Henry Clay

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  • Birth

    Born in Hanover county, Virginia

  • Father dies

  • Mother moves to Kentucky

  • Goes to work for George Wythe

  • Studies law under Robert Brooke

  • Admitted to bar; moves from Kentucky

  • Marries Lucretia Hart

  • Elected to State Legislature

  • Law professor at Transylvania University

  • Sent to US State Senate at 29

  • elected to state legislature and Speaker of the House

  • Elected to US senate

  • Elected to U.S. House of Representatives and Speaker of the House

  • Peace commissioner at Ghent

  • Presides at formation of American Colonization Society

  • Authors second Missouri Compromise

  • Appointed Secretary of State under John Quincy Adams

  • Rejects offer of appointment at Supreme Court

  • Returns to Lexington to farm and practice law

  • Elected U.S. Senate; nominated for Presidency

  • Authors Compromise Tariff Act

  • Elected President of American Colonization Society

  • Resigns as U.S. Senator

  • Nominated for Presidency

  • Returns to US senate

  • Authors Compromise of 1850

  • Resigns for US Senate

  • Dies in Washington DC