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Henry Clay was born in Hanover County, Virginia.
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Henry Clay was admitted into the Virgina Bar which is collective body of members of the legal profession.
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Henry Clay Marries Lucretia Hart the daughter of Colonel Thomas Hart
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Elected to the Kentucky legislature.
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Henry Clay was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives
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Henery handled the passing of the Missouri Compromise which reduced tension between the North and the South over slavery.
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Clay secures a seat in the Senate.
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The Compromise Tariff of 1833 slowly reduced the tariff rate and eased the tensions between the Andrew Jackson White House and Southern legislators.
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Henry Clay managed temporarily to tame sectional passions.
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Henry Clay dies in Washington, D.C.