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Henry Clay

1777 - 1852

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Henry Clay (April 12, 1777 – June 29, 1852) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. He was the seventh House speaker as well as the ninth secretary of state. He unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 elections. He helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Clay is the 1,066th most popular politician (up from 1,130th in 2019), the 341st most popular biography from United States (down from 334th in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Politician.

Henry Clay was a Kentucky lawyer and politician who served in the House of Representatives, Senate, and as Secretary of State. He was most famous for his work as a member of the Senate, where he helped pass the Compromise of 1850.

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Among politicians, Henry Clay ranks 1,066 out of 19,576. Before him are Paul of Greece, Magnus VI of Norway, Lev Kamenev, Gyula Andrássy, Cato the Younger, and Frederick VI of Denmark. After him are Jozef Tiso, Qutb al-Din Aibak, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Alberto Fujimori, Basil I, and Ḫattušili III.

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Among people born in 1777, Henry Clay ranks 5. Before him are Carl Friedrich Gauss, Hans Christian Ørsted, Alexander I of Russia, and Désirée Clary. After him are Heinrich von Kleist, Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Elisa Bonaparte, John Ross, Philipp Otto Runge, Juliette Récamier, and Louis Jacques Thénard. Among people deceased in 1852, Henry Clay ranks 5. Before him are Ada Lovelace, Nikolai Gogol, Louis Braille, and Friedrich Fröbel. After him are Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Auguste de Marmont, Johan Gadolin, Augustus Pugin, Marie of Hesse-Kassel, and Ján Kollár.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Clay ranks 341 out of 20,380. Before him are Andrew Johnson (1808), George S. Patton (1885), Robert Forster (1941), Herman Melville (1819), Charles Sanders Peirce (1839), and Mel Gibson (1956). After him are John Cage (1912), Tom Petty (1950), Zachary Taylor (1784), John Howard Northrop (1891), Clinton Davisson (1881), and Golden State Killer (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Henry Clay ranks 54. Before him are Calvin Coolidge (1872), William Jennings Bryan (1860), Steve Bannon (1953), Benjamin Harrison (1833), Edith Roosevelt (1861), and Andrew Johnson (1808). After him are Zachary Taylor (1784), Allen Dulles (1893), James A. Garfield (1831), Bernie Sanders (1941), William Howard Taft (1857), and Warren G. Harding (1865).

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