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29 Apr 2022, 11:05 am
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22 Nov 2015, 7:26 am
Henry used term banana republic in 1904.Rita Braver. [read post]
8 Jun 2018, 1:01 pm
George Tucker, Bushrod Washington, and Henry Clay, he probably deserves to be "sung" a bit more than he is. [read post]
10 Dec 2019, 7:50 am
The Compromise itself is mentioned only in passing in the book, but the image foregrounds Henry Clay, John C. [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 11:06 am
There, Henry Clay—whose fourth-place finish in the electoral vote removed him from contention, but whose control of three states’ delegations gave him immense power—threw his support to John Quincy Adams, enabling the latter to take office in March 1825. [read post]
20 Mar 2008, 10:56 am
Allison and Henry Charles Safford v. [read post]
15 Oct 2007, 5:04 pm
Judge Paul resigned his seat in Congress to take his judgeship, during the pendency of what would become a successful challenge to the outcome of the election.To replace Judge Paul, Theodore Roosevelt gave a recess appointment to Henry Clay McDowell, a great-grandson of Henry Clay.Of Judge McDowell, Judge Emory Widener told this story:"Judge Henry Clay McDowell was presiding and, after a strenuous trial of several days, directed a verdict in favor of… [read post]
2 Jun 2008, 6:18 am
Maysville is one of the oldest settlements in Kentucky; its role in U.S. history is as the key terminus in the network of roads to the American West in Henry's Clay's ill-fated American System. [read post]
31 May 2013, 6:59 am
The conflicting positions of the two houses were reconciled by House Speaker Henry Clay in what came to be known as the Missouri Compromise. [read post]
5 Apr 2017, 2:51 am
Some scholars point to a Senate incident involving Henry Clay and Thomas Hart Benton in 1841 as the first modern filibuster moment. [read post]
21 Jun 2007, 9:40 am
He demonstrates his feet of clay - a lack of political courage and imagination. [read post]
9 Sep 2014, 1:02 am
(This was a package of five bills drafted by Whig Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky and promoted by young Democratic Senatory Stephen Douglas, that included admission of California as a free state. [read post]
16 May 2016, 4:29 am
The Whigs who exiled President Tyler believed that they would be able to elect Henry Clay in 1844, but he was defeated by the Democrat James Polk, who ran with Tyler’s implicit support. [read post]
14 Feb 2018, 2:00 am
Party leader Henry Clay tried his best to get Tyler to quit office; ultimately, the Whigs simply kicked the president out of the party. [read post]
23 May 2010, 8:33 am
"Also reviewed this week: At the Edge of the Precipice: Henry Clay and the Compromise that Saved the Union by Robert V. [read post]
15 Sep 2009, 12:56 am
Yet Gerhardt argues that even though his Presidency lasted a mere month, Harrison made constitutional history.Most importantly, says Gerhardt, Harrison's brief experience--in finding it necessary to stand up to Senator Henry Clay and to his own Cabinet--set the Whig Party on the road to its own destruction, and accordingly, strengthened the Presidency itself. [read post]
18 Jun 2017, 2:30 am
Another factor was the influence of the War Hawks, a group of young Democratic-Republican congressmen led by 33-year-old Henry Clay, who pushed for war with Britain. [read post]
23 Jul 2009, 12:13 pm
Gadsden State Community College -- $22,445 for the East Alabama Highway Safety Office which serves Calhoun, Chambers, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Randolph, Talladega and Tallapoosa counties. [read post]
28 Mar 2023, 1:01 am
He was confirmed despite strong opposition from prominent congressmen such as Henry Clay, John Calhoun, and Daniel Webster. [read post]
11 Jan 2021, 2:01 am
Instead of nominating one of their legendary statesmen — Daniel Webster or Henry Clay — the Whigs went with celebrity war-hero Zachary Taylor, an enslaver who was popular with Southerners but had no governing experience and no fealty to Whig principles. [read post]
