Henry Clay

By Jack O'Donoghue

  • Henry Clay born

  • Father dies

  • Goes to work for George Wythe

  • Studies law under Robert Brooke

  • Henry Clay marries Lucretia Hart

  • Appointed a Representative of Fayette County

  • Defends Kentucky Insurance Company to repeal its monopolistic charter

  • Sent to senate atage 29

  • Elected to state Legisture and Speaker of the house

  • Elected to House of Representatives

  • Appointed Secretary of State under John Quincy Adams

  • Rejects offer of appointment to Supreme Court

  • Elected U.S. Senate; nominated for Presidency

  • Elected President of American Colonization Society

  • Resigns as U.S. Senator

  • Nominated for Presidency

  • Returns to U.S. Senate

  • Authors Compromise of 1850

  • Resigns from U.S. Senate

  • Henry Clay dies