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.

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Label	Occurrences
Henry Clay canonical	56
American statesman Henry Clay	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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Henry Clay Sr.
ideology	American System economic nationalism ⓘ
influenced	Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
knownFor	Compromise Tariff of 1833 ⓘ Compromise of 1850 ⓘ Missouri Compromise ⓘ surface form: Missouri Compromise of 1820 advocacy of the American System ⓘ
memberOf	United States House of Representatives ⓘ United States Senate ⓘ
movement	Whig Party ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Whig Party ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Compromise of 1850 → proposedBy → Henry Clay ⓘ

Second Bank of the United States → supportedBy → Henry Clay ⓘ

Clay County, Missouri → namedAfter → Henry Clay ⓘ

Whig Party → hadProminentLeader → Henry Clay ⓘ

Whig Party → nominatedForPresident → Henry Clay ⓘ

College of William & Mary → hasNotableAlumni → Henry Clay ⓘ

Treaty of Ghent → signatory → Henry Clay ⓘ

American Colonization Society → foundedBy → Henry Clay ⓘ

Era of Good Feelings → significantFigure → Henry Clay ⓘ

Nullification Crisis → keyFigure → Henry Clay ⓘ

Missouri Compromise → keyFigureInDebate → Henry Clay ⓘ

Henry Clay → fullName → Henry Clay self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Henry Clay Sr.

Clay County, Florida → namedAfter → Henry Clay ⓘ

United States presidential election of 1832 → runnerUp → Henry Clay ⓘ

American System (economic plan) → proponent → Henry Clay ⓘ

Philhellenes → hasNotableMember → Henry Clay ⓘ

Clay County, Iowa → namedAfter → Henry Clay ⓘ

Peace of Ghent → negotiatorForUnitedStates → Henry Clay ⓘ

Golden Lamb Inn → hasGuest → Henry Clay ⓘ

Clay County, Kansas → namedFor → Henry Clay ⓘ

Tallmadge Amendment debate → significantPerson → Henry Clay ⓘ

Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate → formerResident → Henry Clay ⓘ

Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate → namedAfter → Henry Clay ⓘ

Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate → significantPerson → Henry Clay ⓘ

Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate → associatedWith → Henry Clay ⓘ

this entity surface form: American statesman Henry Clay

War of 1812 era → keyFigure → Henry Clay ⓘ

Hanover County, Colony of Virginia → notableResident → Henry Clay ⓘ

Ashland, Pennsylvania → namedFor → Henry Clay ⓘ

United States presidential election of 1824 → candidate → Henry Clay ⓘ

United States presidential election of 1824 → electoralVotesReceivedBy → Henry Clay ⓘ

United States presidential election of 1824 → popularVotesReceivedBy → Henry Clay ⓘ

United States presidential election of 1824 → excludedFromHouseRunoff → Henry Clay ⓘ

United States presidential election of 1824 → allegedCorruptBargainBetween → Henry Clay ⓘ

Compromise Tariff of 1833 → primaryArchitect → Henry Clay ⓘ

Compromise Tariff of 1833 → negotiatedBy → Henry Clay ⓘ

Clay County, Georgia → namedFor → Henry Clay ⓘ

Clay → notableBearer → Henry Clay ⓘ

Great Compromiser → refersTo → Henry Clay ⓘ

Great Compromiser → hasBearerFullName → Henry Clay ⓘ

Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Kentucky → containsGraveOf → Henry Clay ⓘ

subject surface form: Lexington Cemetery

Lucretia Hart Clay → spouse → Henry Clay ⓘ

Lucretia Hart Clay → marriedToProminentPolitician → Henry Clay ⓘ

John Sergeant → runningMateOf → Henry Clay ⓘ

slave power controversy → hasNotableFigure → Henry Clay ⓘ

subject surface form: Slave Power Controversy

Tariff of 1842 debates → participant → Henry Clay ⓘ

Lexington Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Henry Clay ⓘ

1844 United States presidential election → hasLoser → Henry Clay ⓘ

1844 United States presidential election → mainOpponent → Henry Clay ⓘ

Tariff of 1816 → significantSupporter → Henry Clay ⓘ

Maysville Road veto → opposedPolicyOf → Henry Clay ⓘ