Henry Clay

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American politician human lawyer orator statesman

Henry Clay was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and orator known as the “Great Compromiser” for brokering major legislative agreements that sought to balance sectional interests and preserve the Union.

Aliases (1)

Henry Clay Sr. ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → human → lawyer → orator → statesman →
appointedBy	John Quincy Adams →
burialPlace	Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky →
causeOfDeath	tuberculosis →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1777-04-12 →
dateOfDeath	1852-06-29 →
educatedAt	read law in Virginia →
fullName	Henry Clay Sr. →
ideology	American System economic nationalism →
influenced	Abraham Lincoln →
knownFor	Compromise Tariff of 1833 → Compromise of 1850 → Missouri Compromise of 1820 → advocacy of the American System →
memberOf	United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
movement	Whig Party leadership →
nickname	Great Compromiser →
notableWork	leadership in passing major sectional compromises →
occupation	lawyer → orator → politician → statesman →
placeOfBirth	Hanover County, Virginia →
placeOfDeath	Washington, D.C. →
politicalParty	Democratic-Republican Party → National Republican Party → Whig Party →
positionHeld	9th United States Secretary of State → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives → United States Senator from Kentucky →
practicedLawIn	Lexington, Kentucky →
ranForOffice	President of the United States →
religion	Christianity →
represented	Kentucky →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Lucretia Hart Clay →
stateOfOrigin	Virginia →
termEnd	Secretary of State term 1829 → Speaker of the House term 1814 →
termStart	Secretary of State term 1825 → Speaker of the House term 1811 →
unsuccessfulCandidacyFor	U.S. presidency in 1824 → U.S. presidency in 1832 → U.S. presidency in 1844 →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Clay County, Florida → Clay County, Missouri →	namedAfter
American Colonization Society →	foundedBy
Henry Clay ("Henry Clay Sr.") →	fullName
Whig Party →	hadProminentLeader
College of William & Mary →	hasNotableAlumni
Philhellenes →	hasNotableMember
Nullification Crisis →	keyFigure
Missouri Compromise →	keyFigureInDebate
Whig Party →	nominatedForPresident
American System (economic plan) →	proponent
Compromise of 1850 →	proposedBy
United States presidential election of 1832 →	runnerUp
Treaty of Ghent →	signatory
Era of Good Feelings →	significantFigure
Second Bank of the United States →	supportedBy