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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Henry Clay
|image = henryclay.jpg
|caption =
|office = 9th [[United States Secretary of State]]
|president = [[John Quincy Adams]]
|term_start = March 4, 1825
|term_end = March 4, 1829
|predecessor = John Quincy Adams
|successor = [[Martin Van Buren]]
|jr/sr1 = United States Senator
|state1 = [[Kentucky]]
|term_start1 = December 29, 1806
|term_end1 = March 3, 1807
|predecessor1 = [[John Adair]]
|successor1 = [[John Pope (Kentucky politician)|John Pope]]
|term_start2 = January 4, 1810
|term_end2 = March 3, 1811
|predecessor2 = [[Buckner Thruston]]
|successor2 = [[George M. Bibb]]
|term_start3 = November 10, 1831
|term_end3 = March 31, 1842
|predecessor3 = [[John Rowan (Kentucky politician)|John Rowan]]
|successor3 = [[John J. Crittenden]]
|term_start4 = March 4, 1849
|term_end4 = June 29, 1852
|predecessor4 = [[Thomas Metcalfe (Kentucky politician)|Thomas Metcalfe]]
|successor4 = [[David Meriwether (Kentucky politician)|David Meriwether]]
|office5 = 7th [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]]
|president5 = [[James Madison]]
|term_start5 = March 4, 1811
|term_end5 = January 19, 1814
|predecessor5 = [[Joseph Bradley Varnum|Joseph Varnum]]
|successor5 = [[Langdon Cheves]]
|president6 = James Madison <br />[[James Monroe]]
|term_start6 = March 4, 1815
|term_end6 = October 28, 1820
|predecessor6 = Langdon Cheves
|successor6 = [[John W. Taylor (politician)|John Taylor]]
|president7 = James Monroe
|term_start7 = March 4, 1823
|term_end7 = March 3, 1825
|predecessor7 = [[Philip P. Barbour]]
|successor7 = [[John W. Taylor (politician)|John Taylor]]
|office8 = Member of the<br />[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]]<br />from [[Kentucky]]
|term_start8 = March 4, 1811
|term_end8 = January 19, 1814
|predecessor8 = [[William T. Barry]]
|successor8 = Joseph H. Hawkins
|constituency8 = 2nd district (1813–1814)<br />5th district (1811–1813)
|term_start9 = March 4, 1815
|term_end9 = March 3, 1821
|predecessor9 = [[Joseph H. Hawkins]]
|successor9 = [[Samuel H. Woodson (Kentucky politician)|Samuel Woodson]]
|constituency9 = 2nd district
|term_start10 = March 4, 1823
|term_end10 = March 6, 1825
|predecessor10 = [[John Telemachus Johnson|John Johnson]]
|successor10 = [[James Clark (Kentucky politician)|James Clark]]
|constituency10 = 3rd district
|party = [[Democratic-Republican]] (1797–1825)<br />[[National Republican Party|National Republican]] (1825–1833)<br />[[Whig Party|Whig]] (1833–1852)
|spouse = Lucretia Hart
}}
'''Henry Clay''' (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was one of the half-dozen most important American leaders in the 1812-1850 era, running three times for president, and losing each time. He represented the West—his state of [[Kentucky]]—in House and Senate, and founded and dominated the [[Whig Party]] during the [[Second Party System]]. Clay led the opposition to [[Andrew Jackson]], [[Martin Van Buren]], [[James Knox Polk]] and [[Jacksonian Democracy]]. He is called the "Great Compromiser" for his leadership that prevented the slavery issue from ripping the nation apart in the [[Missouri Compromise]] in 1820, the [[Nullification Crisis]] in 1832, and the [[Compromise of 1850]]. His ideas greatly influenced [[Abraham Lincoln]] and the [[Republican Party]], which emerged after his death and promoted his ideas of national greatness through industry, banking and modernization. Clay was a leading [[nationalist]].
'''Henry Clay''' (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was one of the half-dozen most important American leaders in the 1812-1850 era, running three times for president, and losing each time. He represented the West—his state of [[Kentucky]]—in House and Senate, and founded and dominated the [[Whig Party]] during the [[Second Party System]]. Clay led the opposition to [[Andrew Jackson]], [[Martin Van Buren]], [[James Knox Polk]] and [[Jacksonian Democracy]]. He is called the "Great Compromiser" for his leadership that prevented the slavery issue from ripping the nation apart in the [[Missouri Compromise]] in 1820, the [[Nullification Crisis]] in 1832, and the [[Compromise of 1850]]. His ideas greatly influenced [[Abraham Lincoln]] and the [[Republican Party]], which emerged after his death and promoted his ideas of national greatness through industry, banking and modernization. Clay was a leading [[nationalist]].
negotiated the [[Treaty of Ghent]], signed [[Christmas eve]] 1814. His shrewd surmise that the British would accept moderate terms despite their land victories, served the United States better than did [[John Quincy Adams]]' readiness to give the British free navigation of the Mississippi River in exchange for the right of New Englanders to fish in Canadian waters.
negotiated the [[Treaty of Ghent]], signed [[Christmas eve]] 1814. His shrewd surmise that the British would accept moderate terms despite their land victories, served the United States better than did [[John Quincy Adams]]' readiness to give the British free navigation of the Mississippi River in exchange for the right of New Englanders to fish in Canadian waters.
===American System===
===[[American System]]===
Clay resumed the speakership of the House of Representatives
Clay resumed the speakership of the House of Representatives
and, looking toward the presidency, began to develop his famous
and, looking toward the presidency, began to develop his famous
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