Henry Clay
The Great Compromiser and architect of the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850.
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At the Hart family home in Lexington, Kentucky, on April 11, 1799, Henry Clay married Lucretia Hart.[1]
Life and work
Clay worked as an assistant to prominent Virginia jurist George Wythe and read law under his guidance.[2] He served as a Kentucky member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.[2] Clay was elected Speaker of the House for the 12th Congress at age 34, the youngest person to become speaker.[3] Clay and Lucretia had eleven children, but by 1835 all six daughters had died.[4][5]
Clay established his own law practice and, in 1805, was appointed to the faculty of Transylvania University.[6] From 1825 through 1829, Clay held the position of secretary of state while John Quincy Adams was president.[7][2]
What the cited sources add
The Encyclopedia Virginia account notes that a miniature watercolor of Clay is painted on ivory and mounted in an oval, gold brooch.[2] The same source states that Clay later served as secretary of state under President John Quincy Adams.[2] The inflation calculator shows that $40,000 in 1802 is equivalent to $1,252,261.68 in 2026.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Henry Clay" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Eaton 1957, p. 5; Heidler Heidler 2010, p. 4–5; Klotter 2018, p. 309 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Henry Clay - Encyclopedia Virginia. facts only, no text reused. encyclopediavirginia.org
- Wikipedia, "Henry Clay" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Heidler Heidler 2010, p. 4–5; Ostermeier, "Paul Ryan Would Be Youngest House Speaker Since 1860s", Smart Politics, October 13, 2015; Heitshusen, "The Speaker of the House: House Officer, Party Leader, and Representative", CRS Report for Congress, February 11, 2011, p. 2 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Henry Clay" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gatton, ""Mr. Clay & I got stung": Harriet Martineau in Lexington", The Kentucky Review, Fall 1979, p. 55–56 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Henry Clay" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gatton, ""Mr. Clay & I got stung": Harriet Martineau in Lexington", The Kentucky Review, Fall 1979, p. 55–56; Heidler Heidler 2010, p. 4–5; Gatton, ""Mr. Clay & I got stung": Harriet Martineau in Lexington", The Kentucky Review, Fall 1979, p. 55–56; Klotter 2018, p. 309 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Henry Clay" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Heidler Heidler 2010, p. 4–5 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Henry Clay" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Klotter 2018, p. 309 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Webster, "$40,000 in 1802–2020", in2013dollars.com. facts only, no text reused. in2013dollars.com
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- Wikipedia: Henry Clay (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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