Henry Clay: President Of The United States

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Henry Clay was born on April 12, 1777 and died on June 29, 1852. He had multiple careers throughout his life which included: an American lawyer, politician, and a skilled orator who Kentucky in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. He served a total of three terms as Speaker of the House of Representatives, and was a Secretary of State for four years. He also ran for president 3 times. In 1812 he played a very large roll with Britain, in fact he lead them to war, the war of 1812. After loosing his run for presidency he maneuvered the house to elect John Quincy Adams who made him secretary of state. He ran again in 1832 and once more in 1844, in his run in 1844 the election was very close but he lost votes since he apposed the