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Biographical Note
Henry Clay
Date | Event |
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1777, Apr. 12 | Born, Hanover County, Va. |
1791 | Appointed clerk, Richard Denny's retail store, Richmond, Va. |
1792 | Appointed clerk, Office of the Clerk, High Court of Chancery, Richmond, Va. |
1796 | Studied law under Robert Brooke |
1797 | Admitted to the Virginia bar Moved to Lexington, Ky. |
1798 | Admitted to the Kentucky bar |
1799 | Married Lucretia Hart (died 1864) |
1803-1809 | Member, Kentucky legislature |
1806-1807 | Member, U.S. Senate, filling unexpired seat of John Adair |
1807-1809 | Speaker, Kentucky legislature |
1809 | Survived duel with Humphrey Marshall |
1809-1811 | Member, U.S. Senate, filling unexpired seat of Buckner Thruston |
1811-1821 | Member, U.S. House of Representatives; speaker, 1811-1820 |
1814 | Appointed commissioner, Ghent Peace Commission, Ghent, Belgium |
1816 | Appointed presiding officer, founding meeting of the American Colonization Society |
1820-1825 | Counsel, Bank of the United States |
1821 | Resigned from U.S. House of Representatives |
1822 | Nominated for president by Kentucky legislature |
1822-1823 | Commissioner, land claim dispute between Kentucky and Virginia |
1823-1825 | Member and speaker, U.S. House of Representatives |
1824 | Announced as Whig candidate for president |
1825-1829 | Secretary of state |
1826 | Survived duel with John Randolph |
1827 | Published Address to the Public |
1830 | Nominated for president by Kentucky legislature |
1831 | Nominated as Whig candidate for president |
1831-1842 | Member, U.S. Senate |
1836 | Elected president, American Colonization Society |
1838 | Nominated for president by Kentucky legislature |
1844 | Nominated as Whig candidate for president |
1848 | Announced as Whig candidate for president |
1849-1851 | Member, U.S. Senate |
1852, June 29 | Died, Washington, D.C. |