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Henry Clay Morrison (10 de março de 1857 — 24 de março de 1942) foi um evangelista metodista e também editor e presidente do Asbury College . Ele não deve ser confundido com Henry Clay Morrison, nascido em 30 de maio de 1842, que foi um bispo metodista do Tennessee.
Henry Clay ( Hanover County ( Virginia ), 12 april 1777 - Washington D.C., 29 juni 1852) was een Amerikaans politicus. Clay was invloedrijk in de periode waarin de slavernijkwestie de VS dreigde uiteen te rukken. Hij was lid van de Senaat en het Huis van Afgevaardigden en vijfmaal kandidaat voor het presidentschap. Zijn oratorie is befaamd en hij zou de bijnaam The Great Compromiser krijgen ...
Henry Clay moved to Lexington, Kentucky in 1797 and began practising as a lawyer. He soon gained a reputation for his legal skills, which helped him begin his political career. For instance, he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1803. Clay was later elected as the Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1810. As such, his political career was on the rise.
Henry Clay was born into a middle-class family in Hanover County, Virginia, on April 12, 1777, the seventh of nine children. He studied law with the noted George Wythe, mentor of Thomas Jefferson and John Marshall. At age 20, Clay moved to Lexington, Kentucky and quickly established himself as a successful lawyer. His oratorical skills, friendly manner, and inclinations to engage in gambling ...
27 de jan. de 2020 · In Abraham Lincoln’s case, the 16 th President of the U.S. had so much admiration for Henry Clay that he quoted Henry Clay 41 times. Lincoln even appointed Henry Clay’s son, Thomas Clay, to the post of Minister to Nicaragua and later to Honduras in the 1860s. Abraham Lincoln once described Henry Clay as, “my beau ideal of a statesman”.
19 de nov. de 2018 · Henry Clay – The Great Compromiser, Part 1. Only two men in our entire history hold the distinction of losing three presidential elections (losing being defined here as losing in the Electoral College as opposed to seeking their party nomination and failing). One of these men is Henry Clay, The Great Compromiser.
Henry Clay was, indeed, the “Great Compromiser,” the “Great Pacificator.” Abraham Lincoln regarded Henry Clay as the greatest legislator the nation had ever produced, calling him “my beau ideal of a statesman.” Without question, Henry Clay’s ideals of statesmanship and compromise continue to be relevant and necessary in today’s increasingly turbulent and divided world.
