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Last name Clay
First name Henry
Display name Henry Clay
Birth date 1777
Death date 1852
Death place wash
Gender m
Affiliations United States Government
Bio notes Lawyer, politician, and skilled orator who represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives. He served three non-consecutive terms as Speaker of the House of Representatives and was also Secretary of State from 1825 to 1829. Clay ran for the presidency several times..

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Life of Thomas Eddy