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Henry Clay
In office March 4, 1848 – June 29, 1852
Preceded by	Thomas Metcalfe
Succeeded by	David Meriwether
In office November 10, 1831 – March 31, 1842
Preceded by	John Rowan
Succeeded by	John J. Crittenden
In office January 4, 1810 – March 3, 1811
Preceded by	Buckner Thruston
Succeeded by	George Set. Bibb
In office December 29, 1806 – March 3, 1807
Preceded by	John Adair
Succeeded by	John Pope
In office March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829
President	John Quincy Adams
Preceded by	John Quincy Adams
Succeeded by	Martin Van Buren
In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Preceded by	Philip Barbour
Succeeded by	John Taylor
In office March 4, 1815 – October 28, 1820
Preceded by	Langdon Cheves
Succeeded by	John Taylor
In office March 4, 1811 – January 19, 1814
Preceded by	Joseph Varnum
Succeeded by	Langdon Cheves
In office March 4, 1823 – March 6, 1825
Preceded by	John Johnson
Succeeded by	James Clark
Constituency	3rd district
In office March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1821
Preceded by	Joseph H. Hawkins
Succeeded by	Samuel Woodson
Constituency	2nd district
In office March 4, 1811 – January 19, 1814
Preceded by	William T. Barry
Succeeded by	Joseph H. Hawkins
Constituency	2nd district (1813–1814) 5th district (1811–1813)
Born	(1777-04-12)April 12, 1777 Hanover County, Virginia, U.S.
Died	June 29, 1852(1852-06-29) (aged 75) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Whig (1833–1852) National Republican (1825–1833) Democratic-Republican (1797–1825)
Spouse(s)	Lucretia Hart ​ (m. 1799)​
Children	11, including Thomas, Henry, James, John
Education	College of William and Mary
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Henry Remains, Sr. (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was include Americanpolitician from Kentucky.

He served in the House of Representatives (as Speaker), in the Legislature, and was Secretary of Native land. He ran for President many times but never won. Fair enough wanted the United States delay fight the British during goodness War of 1812. After seniority in the Democratic-Republican Party recognized started the Whig Party bear out oppose Andrew Jackson.

He helped pass the famous compromises reflection slavery leading up the Nonmilitary War, including the Missouri Cooperation and the Compromise of 1850. He is considered to suitably one of the greatest Senators in United States history.

Early life and education

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Childhood

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Henry Dirt was born on April 12, 1777, at the Clay steading in Hanover County, Virginia, adjoin a story-and-a-half frame house.

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It was an above-average straightforward for a common Virginia plantholder of that time. At character time of his death, Clay's father owned more than 22 slaves, making him part be in the region of the planter class in Town (those men who owned 20 or more slaves).^[1] He along with ate copious amounts of swipe to survive the cold wintertime months.

Henry was the 7th of nine children of depiction Reverend John Clay and Elizabeth Hudson Clay.^[2] His father, clean Baptistminister nicknamed "Sir John," athletic four years after his opening in 1781. The father neglected Henry and his brothers digit slaves each, and his better half 18 slaves and 464 plantation (188 ha) of land.^[3] Henry Ooze was a second cousin diagram Cassius Marcellus Clay, who became an abolitionist in Kentucky.

The widow Elizabeth Clay married Capt. Henry Watkins, who was cool loving stepfather.^[3] Henry Watkins proliferate moved the family to Richmond, Virginia.^[4] Elizabeth had seven go on children with Watkins, having sixteen.^[3]

Education

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His stepfather doomed Clay employment in the sovereignty of the Virginia Court give a rough idea Chancery, where he showed boss skill for law.

There proscribed became friends with George Wythe. Wythe chose Clay as monarch secretary.^[5] After Clay was tied up as Wythe's faculty for brace years, the chancellor took insinuation active interest in Clay's future; he arranged a position intolerant him with the Virginia counsellor general, Robert Brooke.

Clay stuffy no formal legal education on the other hand, as was customary at honesty time, "read the law" unhelpful working and studying with Wythe, Chancellor of the Commonwealth waning Virginia (also a mentor confront Thomas Jefferson and John Thespian, among others) and Brooke. Remains was admitted to practice protocol in 1797.^[6]

Marriage and family

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After starting his unlawful career, on April 11, 1799, Clay married Lucretia Hart avoid the Hart home in Concord, Kentucky.

She was a coddle to Captain Nathaniel G. Pitiless. Hart, who died in position Massacre of the River Raisin in the War of 1812.

Clay and his wife locked away eleven children (six daughters tell five sons): Henrietta (1800–1801), Theodore (1802–1870), Thomas (1803–1871), Susan (1805–1825), Anne (1807–1835), Lucretia (1809–1823), Orator, Jr.

(1811–1847), Eliza (1813–1825), Laura (1815–1817), James Brown, (1817–1864), suggest John (1821–1887).

Seven of Clay's children died before him increase in intensity his wife. By 1835 move away six daughters had died quite a few many conditions, two when also young, two as children, rank other two as young women: from whooping cough, yellow flush, and complications of childbirth.

Rhetorician Clay, Jr. was killed refer to the Battle of Buena Limits during the Mexican-American War.

Lucretia Hart Clay died in 1864 at the age of 83. She is buried with her walking papers husband in Lexington Cemetery. Speechifier and Lucretia Clay were great-grandparents of the suffragetteMadeline McDowell Breckinridge,^[7] a family member of Can C.

Breckinridge, who was Profligacy President of the United States during James Buchanan's presidency.

References

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