Clay, HENRY

1777-1852. U. S. Senator from Ky. 1806, 1809-11, 1831-42, 1849-52; М.С. 1811-21, 1823-25, and generally Speaker; U. S. Sec. of State 1825-29; presidential candidate 1824, 1832, 1844, and 1849. He was prominent in Whig counsels and in public affairs for forty years, especially in the Pacification of Ghent 1815, in tariff measures, and in the Mi ouri Compromise 1850. Webster alone excelled him in oratory and in statesmanship.