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Henry Clay (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) a Senator and a Representative from Kentucky, statesman, and famed orator. Given the title the "Great Compromiser," for his work on the Compromise of 1850, a series of legislative attempts to balance the powers of free and slave states.

Resources in This Category

• Henry Clay: An Introduction

  http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/biographies/henry-clay/
  Profile of the man and his times.

• Humanities Web: Henry Clay

  http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=h&p=c&a=b&ID=313
  Biography by John Lord.

• Lincoln's Eulogy on Henry Clay

  http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/clay.htm
  Delivered July 6, 1852 in Springfield, Illinois.

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