OVERVIEW:
BORN:
April 12, 1777
Hanover County, Virginia
DIED:
June 29, 1852 (age 75)
Washington, DC
EDUCATION:
Studied law under George Wythe at the College of William & Mary
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican (1797–1825)
National Republican/ Anti-Jacksonian (1825–1833)
Whig (1833–1852)
HIGHLIGHTS:
1797:
Admitted to the Virginia and Kentucky Bars,
Began practicing law in Lexington, Kentucky
1803-1806:
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
1806-1807:
U.S. Senator from Kentucky
1807-1809:
Member and Speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives
1810-1811
U.S. Senator from Kentucky
1811-1814:
Member and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives,
Leader of an anti-British group of Congressmen known as the War Hawks
1814:
Appointed as Commissioner to Negotiate the peace treaty with Great Britain
1815-1821, 1823-1825:
Member of U.S. House of Representatives
1815-1820, 1823-1825:
Speaker of the House of Representatives
1824:
Unsuccessful Democratic Republican Candidate for President
1825-1829:
U.S. Secretary of State
1831-1842:
U.S. Senator from Kentucky
1832:
Unsuccessful National Republican Candidate for President
1844:
Unsuccessful Whig Candidate for President
1849-1852:
U.S. Senator from Kentucky
RESOURCES:
House of Representatives
Biographical Directory of Congress
Department of State
College of William & Mary
Ashland (Henry Clay Estate)
Library of Congress
The Contenders (C-SPAN)
Wikipedia
PAPERS:
Papers of Henry Clay (Vol. 1, Vol. 2)
