http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Henry_Clay&feed=atom&action=historyHenry Clay - Revision history2024-03-29T08:37:49ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.27.5http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/index.php?title=Henry_Clay&diff=56480&oldid=prevGwsweeney at 13:51, 31 May 20172017-05-31T13:51:43Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clay served as a U.S. Representative from 1811 to 1825. He was elected to serve as Speaker of the House on his first day in office and held the Speaker position for a majority of the years that he spent in the House of Representatives.<ref>United States Senate website, s.v. "Henry Clay."</ref> In the House, Clay became a leader of an anti-British group of congressman known as the War Hawks.<ref>U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian website, s.v. "Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Henry Clay."</ref> Clay’s role as a leader of the War Hawks ultimately contributed to the commencement of the War of 1812.<ref>United States Senate website, s.v. "Henry Clay."</ref> Clay served on the Peace Commission that negotiated the Treaty of Ghent with Great Britain in 1814.<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', s. v. "Henry Clay."</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Clay served as a U.S. Representative from 1811 to 1825. He was elected to serve as Speaker of the House on his first day in office and held the Speaker position for a majority of the years that he spent in the House of Representatives.<ref>United States Senate website, s.v. "Henry Clay."</ref> In the House, Clay became a leader of an anti-British group of congressman known as the War Hawks.<ref>U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian website, s.v. "Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Henry Clay."</ref> Clay’s role as a leader of the War Hawks ultimately contributed to the commencement of the War of 1812.<ref>United States Senate website, s.v. "Henry Clay."</ref> Clay served on the Peace Commission that negotiated the Treaty of Ghent with Great Britain in 1814.<ref>''Encyclopædia Britannica Online'', s. v. "Henry Clay."</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1825, after a failed presidential campaign, Clay was appointed Secretary of State under John Quincy Adams.<ref>United States Senate website, s.v. "Henry Clay."</ref> He served in that position for four years before being elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served from 1831 to 1842, and again from 1849 to 1852.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Clay earned the moniker “The Great Compromiser” during this period due to his role in crafting three major legislative compromises.<ref>Ibid.</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In 1825, after a failed presidential campaign, Clay was appointed Secretary of State under John Quincy Adams.<ref>United States Senate website, s.v. "Henry Clay."</ref> He served in that position for four years before being elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served from 1831 to 1842, and again from 1849 to 1852.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Clay earned the moniker “The Great Compromiser” during this period due to his role in crafting three major legislative compromises.<ref>Ibid.</ref></div></td></tr>
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