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Henry Clay 1777–1852


Kentucky
Henry Clay 1777–1852

The charismatic “Harry of the West” championed national unity as House Speaker and then as a U.S. Senator. Clay tirelessly bridged the growing sectional chasm by brokering the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850.

Sculptor: Charles Niehaus
(Henry Clay, 1928), Bronze
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