You can either get something, or get nothing; if you want to get something, you have to compromise." Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York concurs. "Henry Clay's talent repeatedly drew us back ...

One of Kentucky’s most famous statesmen, Henry Clay, was born in Virginia ... and led the passage of the Missouri Compromise that averted a national crisis over slavery. Later, he played ...

There is a huge painting of Henry Clay which hangs in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., and it once hung in the high school auditorium in Le Roy. It was painted in 1865 by Phineas ...

1844: Whigs: Henry Clay The Whigs were unanimous in their ... were dedicated to the enforcement of the provisions of the Compromise of 1850, which included the admission of California as a ...