헨리 클레이 시니어

소개

헨리 클레이(Henry Clay. 1777년 4월 12일 ~ 1852년 6월 29일)는 미국의 정치가로 켄터키주 하원의원과 상원의원을 지낸 휘그당의 정치인이다.

Henry Clay was an American lawyer, statesman, and diplomat who represented Kentucky in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was the seventh House speaker as well as the ninth secretary of state. Clay unsuccessfully ran for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 elections. He helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Great Triumvirate" of Congressmen, alongside fellow Whig Daniel Webster and Democrat John C. Calhoun.