Life of Henry Clay

Life of Henry Clay

Carl Schurz, Confidante of Lincoln, U.S. Ambassador to Spain, a major-general in the Civil War, a U.S. Senator from Missouri, Secretary of the Interior in the Hayes administration, author of a biography of Henry Clay, president of the National Civil Service Reform League, and an editorial writer for Harper's Weekly (1829-1906)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Editor's Preface

- Youth

- The Kentucky Lawyer

- Beginnings In Politics

- Beginnings In Legislation

- The War Of 1812

- Ghent And London

- In The House Of Representatives

- The Missouri Compromise

- Candidate For The Presidency

- President-maker

- Secretary Of State

- The Party Chiefs

- The Campaign Of 1832

- The Compromise Of 1833

- The Removal Of The Deposits

- French Difficulties - Indians - Patronage

- Slavery

- The Exit Of President Jackson

- The Crisis Of 1837

- Clay And Van Buren

- Slavery Again

- The Election Of 1840

- Clay And Tyler

- The Election Of 1844

- 1844-1849

- The Compromise Of 1850

- The End