Henry Clay Biography, Age, Weight, Height, Friend, Like, Affairs, Favourite, Birthdate & Other

Henry Clay was an influential politician in the nineteenth century America. In the political circle, he was referred as The Great Pacificator or The Great Compromiser. A lawyer by profession, he chose to sacrifice his career in order to serve his nation, which at that time, was going through a precarious period. It was the time when the anti- slavery movement almost split the nation into two halves.

He brokered a compromise between the slaveholding and slave free states and thus delayed the Civil War for a couple of years. Much before that, Clay played an important part in leading the nation into the war with Great Britain in 1812. He was also the proponent of the American System, an economic policy aimed at strengthening the federal system. At the same time, he had a colorful character. To resolve disputes, he often took recourse to duel.

Many people also disliked him for his blunt and dictatorial stance. His attitude to the blacks also dismayed many. He criticized slavery and advocated gradual emancipation; but wanted free blacks to be relocated to Africa. Even most ardent of Clay’s critics had to admit that he was a nationalist, dedicated to the cause of political integration and economic development of his homeland.