1. John Henry Clay designated his portion of the estate as Ashland Stud, which he devoted to breeding thoroughbred horses.
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5. Henry Clay left the Senate to recuperate in Newport, Rhode Island.
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12. Henry Clay narrowly trailed Taylor after the first ballot of the 1848 Whig National Convention, and Taylor eventually won the presidential nomination on the fourth ballot.
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14. Henry Clay refused to take a position on the annexation of Texas, as support for annexation would have offended the North and opposition would have offended the South.
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15. Henry Clay quietly favored New York Congressman Millard Fillmore for the position, and made it clear that he did not want Webster as his running mate, as Clay was angered by Webster's association with Tyler.
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16. Henry Clay initially viewed Webster as his strongest rival, but Clay, Harrison, and General Winfield Scott emerged as the principal candidates at the 1839 Whig National Convention.
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17. Henry Clay quickly became a major opponent of the Jackson administration and continued to enjoy the reputation of a great public speaker.
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18. Henry Clay was humiliated that he finished behind the invalid Crawford and Jackson, but supporters of the three remaining presidential candidates immediately began courting his support for the House vote.
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19. Henry Clay supported the Greek independence revolutionaries in 1824 who wished to separate from the Ottoman Empire, an early move into European affairs.
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21. In foreign policy, Henry Clay was the leading American supporter of independence movements and revolutions in Latin America after 1817.
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26. Henry Clay was part of a team of five commissioners, which included Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin, Senator James Bayard, ambassador Jonathan Russell, and ambassador John Quincy Adams, the nominal head of the American team.
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30. Henry Clay joined the United States House of Representatives in 1811.
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33. On December 29, 1806, Henry Clay was sworn in as senator, serving for slightly more than two months During his brief tenure, Clay advocated for the construction of various bridges and canals, including a canal connecting the Chesapeake Bay and the Delaware River.
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35. Henry Clay introduced the Hereford livestock breed to the United States.
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37. Henry Clay was admitted to the Virginia Bar to practice law in 1797.
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39. Henry Clay was viewed as the primary representative of Western interests in this group, and was nicknamed "Harry of the West" and "The Western Star".
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40. Henry Clay continued to advocate his American System, and mobilized the opposition to President Jackson and his new Democratic Party.
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