Henry Clay

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  • Born

  • Period: to

    Life

  • Father Dies

  • Admitted into the Virginia bar

  • Marries Lucretia Hart

  • Polictical Career kicks offf

    elected to the Kentucky General Assembly

  • Buys Ashland

    Their his family grow tobacco and hemp. Ashland was his home til he died

  • Defends a man named Burr

    Clay defends a man named Burr who was accused of trying to go to Spanish territory. It was later revealed that Burr was guilty.

  • Clay was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

  • Becomes Speaker of the House

  • Signs document to end War of 1812

  • Secretary of State

    Becomes the secretary of state under John Quincy Adams in the 1820s,

  • Missouri compromise

    Clay helps in the creation of the Missouri compromise which takes passes in 1820

  • Clay tries for President

  • Clay becomes apart of the senate

  • Oppossed Tariffs

  • Retires from Senate and returns to Kentucky

  • Tries again for President

  • Helped to introduce California as a State

  • Helps in the Compromise of 1850

  • Date of Death