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11 Jan 2021, 2:01 am by Steve Lubet
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]
18 Jun 2017, 2:30 am by NCC Staff
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 by rhapsodyinbooks
He was confirmed despite strong opposition from prominent congressmen such as Henry Clay, John Calhoun, and Daniel Webster. [read post]
11 Jul 2017, 2:24 am by Nicandro Iannacci
Supporters of the war hero Andrew Jackson railed against a suspected “corrupt bargain” between Adams and Henry Clay, another opponent, the latter of whom interceded with Kentucky’s congressional delegation of Adams’ behalf. 6. [read post]
2 Dec 2019, 12:15 pm by Guest Blogger
In part for that reason, and in contrast to the conventional view, I argue that the appellation “nation builder” applies far more accurately to Marshall’s National Republican contemporaries Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams than it does to Marshall. [read post]
9 May 2020, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
David SchwartzNext week, in Colorado Dept. of State v. [read post]
8 May 2017, 8:08 am
“If there be any who want civil war, who want to see the blood of any portion of our countrymen spilt, I am not one of them,” [Henry] Clay said. [read post]
5 Jul 2018, 5:28 am by David Markus
Grant, Hunter Thompson, and Henry Clay—it is not Kentucky’s most-expensive liquor. [read post]
11 Jul 2016, 7:27 am by David Markus
Grant, Hunter Thompson, and Henry Clay—it is not Kentucky’s most-expensive liquor. [read post]
18 Aug 2014, 8:56 am
   Image Attribution Statement: unknown, “Daniel Webster stealing Henry Clay's thunder,” available as a public domain image due to expired copyright, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daniel_Webster_stealing_Henry_Clay%27s_thunder_-_cartoon_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_16960.jpg (image edited) (last visited August 18, 2014). [read post]
25 Nov 2016, 2:02 pm by Mark Graber
  In the subsequent politicking, Henry Clay threw his support to John Quincy Adams, which enabled framing elites and their biological descendants to retain control of the executive branch of the national government.This elite success was short-lived. [read post]
14 Feb 2023, 6:00 am by Kelly Goles
He was well versed with a variety of clays and extracted pigments from them in order to develop a number of house paints. [read post]
19 May 2011, 6:09 am by Gerard Magliocca
 He supported Henry Clay, a slaveowner who was the Whig nominee for President in 1844. [read post]
4 Apr 2017, 2:37 pm by Mike Madison
Two: The golf course at the fabled Oakmont Country Club was designed  just over 100 years ago by Henry Clay Fownes, who made the fortune that supported his interest in golf by selling the family business, the Carrie Furnace Company, to the Carnegie Steel Company. [read post]
12 Aug 2008, 7:31 am
This body of customary law, which was supported by the likes of James Madison, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay, held that the President did not have unfettered discretion to veto legislation. [read post]
11 Apr 2019, 11:25 am by Steve Lubet
Abraham Lincoln read law, as did Daniel Webster, Stephen Douglas, Henry Clay, Salmon P. [read post]