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|successor10    = [[James Clark (Kentucky politician)|James Clark]]

|successor10    = [[James Clark (Kentucky politician)|James Clark]]

|constituency10 = 3rd district

|constituency10 = 3rd district

|party          = [[Democratic-Republican]] (1797–1825)<br />[[National Republican Party|National Republican]] (1825–1833)<br />[[Whig Party]] (1833–1852)

|party          = [[Democratic-Republican]] (1797–1825)<br />[[National Republican Party|National Republican]] (1825–1833)<br />[[Whig Party|Whig]] (1833–1852)

|spouse        = Lucretia Hart

|spouse        = Lucretia Hart

}}

}}

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

[[Category:Early National U.S.]]

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