Henry Clay was an American lawyer, statesman, and diplomat who represented Kentucky in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was the seventh House speaker as well as the ninth secretary of state. Clay unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 elections. He helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Great Triumvirate" of Congressmen, alongside fellow Whig Daniel Webster and Democrat John C. Calhoun.
Saturday. Mr. Clay’s respectful Compliments to Mr. Adams and Mrs. Adams and he regrets Extremely that confinement to his room by indisposition prevents him from having the pleasure of dining…
Washington 11h. Mar. [ , Start insertion, 18 , End, ]22. Mr. Clay has the pleasure to accept the invitation of Mr. Adams and Mrs Adams to dinner on Saturday…
[Extract.] Mr. Clay to Mr. Gallatin. June 19, 1826. As by the convention of 1818 the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude has been agreed to be the line of boundary…
[Extract.] Mr. Clay to Mr. Gallatin. Lexington, August 9, 1826. * * * * * * * “He [the President] is very desirous of an amicable settlement of all the…