Henry Clay
American politician from Kentucky (1777-1852)
8 dated entries naming Henry Clay, drawn from 7 separate years between 1777 CE and 1852 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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- 1824December 3 – 1824 United States presidential election: None of the four candidates for U.S. president— Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay or William H. Crawford— gain a majority of the electoral votes, although Jackson has a plurality of 40.5% of the popular vote. John C. Calhoun wins a majority of the electoral votes for Vice President. The election for President is carried out by the U.S. House of Representatives on February 9, 1825, pursuant to the Twelfth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, with each of the 24 states having a vote, of which Adams receives 13 votes for the minimum majority necessary .source
- 1834April 14 – The Whig Party is officially named by United States Senator Henry Clay.source
- 1839December 6 – The Whig Party (United States), at its first ever national convention, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, nominates former U.S. Army General William Henry Harrison to be its candidate for President of the United States in the 1840 election. Although Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky has received 103 of the 128 necessary votes on the first ballot, he obtains only 90 on the final vote, while Harrison gets 148. Former U.S. Senator John Tyler is unanimously nominated for vice president.source
- 1844December 4 – 1844 United States presidential election: James K. Polk defeats Henry Clay.source
- 1850January 29 – Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the United States Congress.source
- 1852July 1 – American statesman Henry Clay is the first to receive the honor of lying in state in the United States Capitol rotunda.source
- 1852June 29 – Henry Clay, American statesman (b. 1777)source