Henry Clay : statesman for the Union / Robert V. Remini.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c1991. Edition: 1st edDescription: xxviii, 818 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 0393030040Subject(s): Legislators -- United States -- Biography | United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861DDC classification: 973.5'092 LOC classification: E340.C6 | R46 1991Online resources: WorldCat details Summary: Among nineteenth-century Americans, few commanded the reverence and respect accorded to Henry Clay of Kentucky. As orator and as Speaker of the House for longer than any man in the century, he wielded great power, a compelling presence in Congress who helped preserve the Union in the antebellum period. Remini portrays both the statesman and the private man, a man whose family life was painfully torn and who burned with ambition for the office he could not reach, the presidency.--From publisher description.
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| 973.0496073 DUS 2003 The souls of Black folk / | 973.0722 KYN 1982 Nearby history : | 973.4609 ADH 1986 History of the United States of America during the administrations of Thomas Jefferson / | 973.5'092 REH 1991 Henry Clay : | 973.51092 MAW 1999 Writings / | 973.62 EIS 1989 So far from God : | 973.68 LIS 1989 Speeches and writings, 1859-1865 : |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Among nineteenth-century Americans, few commanded the reverence and respect accorded to Henry Clay of Kentucky. As orator and as Speaker of the House for longer than any man in the century, he wielded great power, a compelling presence in Congress who helped preserve the Union in the antebellum period. Remini portrays both the statesman and the private man, a man whose family life was painfully torn and who burned with ambition for the office he could not reach, the presidency.--From publisher description.
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