Henry Clay
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Categories: Secretaries of State | South Carolina
Career Highlights
- Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1803
- U.S. Senate, 1806-07
- Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1808-09
- Speaker, Kentucky State House of Representatives, 1809
- U.S. Senate, 1810-11
- U.S. House of Representatives (Republican), 1811-14 - resigned January 19, 1814
- Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, 1811-14
- Commissioner to peace delegation that negotiated Treaty of Ghent, ending War of 1812
- U.S. House of Representatives (Republican), 1815-21
- Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, 1815-21
- U.S. House of Representatives, 1823-25 - resigned March 6, 1825
- Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives, 1823-25
- Unsuccessful presidential candidate (Democratic-Republican), 1824
- Secretary of State, 1825-29
- U.S. Senate (Whig), 1831-42 - resigned March 31, 1842
- Unsuccesful presidential candidate (National Republican), 1832
- Unsuccessful presidential candidate (Whig), 1844
- U.S. Senate, 1849-52
Fun Facts!
- Father of Rep. James Brown Clay
- First served in the Senate at age 29, despite Constitutional age requirements[1]