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Henry Clay
"Great biography leaves an indelible view of the subject. After Remini's masterful portrait, Clay is unforgettable." --Donald B. Cole, Newsday
Henry Clay
He was the Great Compromiser, a canny and colorful legislator whose life mirrors the story of America from its founding until the eve of the Civil War. Speaker of the House, senator, secretary of state, five-time presidential candidate, and idol to the young Abraham Lincoln, Henry Clay is captured in full at last in this rich and sweeping biography. David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler present Clay in his early years as a precocious, witty, and optimistic Virginia farm boy who at the age of twenty transformed himself into an attorney. The authors reveal Clay’s tumultuous career in Washington, including his participation in the deadlocked election of 1824 that haunted him for the rest of ...
Henry Clay
Charismatic, charming, and one of the best orators of his era, Henry Clay achieved success at many levels. Yet Clay still saw presidential greatness remain a fingertip away. Why? This book uses new sources to provide a focused, nuanced description of Clay's programs and politics and to explain why the man they called "The Great Rejected" never won the presidency but did win the accolades of history.
The Life and Public Services of Henry Clay, Down to 1848
This is probably the first biography ever written of the legendary Representative and Senator from Kentucky. Henry Clay (1777-1852) was a pillar of American business and politics for 55 years, from 1897, when he was admitted to practice law in Virginia, until his passing in 1852... Clay served three different terms as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and was also Secretary of State from 1825 to 1829, in the administration of President John Quincy Adams. He was a brilliant orator and public speaker, who thrived best in the opposition. His motto in politics was: "I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT ! " Clay was a staunch political adversary to the policies of President Andrew Jackson... The literary treasures in this biography includes the original transcripts of most of Senator Clay's discourses and speeches! Written by Epes Sargent, the book was completed and edited, after Clay's death, by Horace Greeley, the bigger than life founder of The "Trib" (The New York Herald Tribune). One of my best read on American politics in the first part of the 19th Century.
The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Henry Clay
In a critical and little-known chapter of early American history, author Harlow Giles Unger tells how a fearless young Kentucky lawyer threw open the doors of Congress during the nation's formative years and prevented dissolution of the infant American republic. The only freshman congressman ever elected Speaker of the House, Henry Clay brought an arsenal of rhetorical weapons to subdue feuding members of the House of Representatives and established the Speaker as the most powerful elected official after the President. During fifty years in public service-as congressman, senator, secretary of state, and four-time presidential candidate-Clay constantly battled to save the Union, summoning uncanny negotiating skills to force bitter foes from North and South to compromise on slavery and forego secession. His famous "Missouri Compromise" and four other compromises thwarted civil war "by a power and influence," Lincoln said, "which belonged to no other statesman of his age and times." Explosive, revealing, and richly illustrated, Henry Clay is the story of one of the most courageous-and powerful-political leaders in American History.
