HENRY CLAY 1777 1852 POLITICIAN AND LAWYER CLAY HENRY 1777 1852 U.S GOV'T LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS AND POLITICS U.S GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION BORN IN HANOVER COUNTY VIRGINIA HENRY CLAY RECEIVED LITTLE FORMAL EDUCATION BUT TAUGHT HIMSELF ENOUGH TO BECOME A LAWYER IN 1797 HE MOVED TO LEXINGTON KENTUCKY CLAY WAS APPOINTED TO THE U.S SENATE IN 1806 AND IN 1810 HE LATER SERVED IN THE U.S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1811 21 1823 25 HE WAS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE THE SAME YEARS EXCEPT 1821 CLAY BECAME LEADER OF THE WAR HAWKS WHO PUSHED FOR WAR WITH BRITAIN IN 1812 AND HE SUPPORTED THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE OF 1820 CLAY SERVED AS SECRETARY OF STATE UNDER JOHN QUINCY ADAMS FROM 1825 UNTIL 1829 HE WAS NOMINATED FOR THE PRESIDENCY IN 1832 AND 1844 BY THE WHIG PARTY BUT LOST BOTH TIMES HE SERVED AGAIN IN THE U.S SENATE THIS TIME FROM 1831 UNTIL 1842 RE ELECTED AGAIN IN 1849 HE LED THE CRAFTING OF THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 AND REMAINED IN OFFICE UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1852
