Object Details
- associated person
- Clay, Henry
- Frelinghuysen, Theodore
- Description
- Henry Clay was among the most influential politicians in American history, although he none of his four attempts to win the presidency were successful. His vision of an American nation, united by federally-supported infrastructure projects and capable of cooperation across sections – despite tensions over slavery - won him the nickname “The Great Compromiser.” Like Harrison and Jackson, Clay’s supporters emblazoned his face on posters and clay pipes, whiskey glasses (he was a famous drinker) and songbooks. Long after his death, Americans like Abraham Lincoln continued to look back on Clay as the very model of an American statesman. Unfortunately for Clay, a Whig, the Democratic challenger James K. Polk defeated him in 1844.
- Credit Line
- Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana
- ID Number
- PL.227739.1844.E03
- catalog number
- 227739.1844.E03
- accession number
- 227739
- Object Name
- Book
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- white, black (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 1/2 in x 3 in x 1/4 in; 11.43 cm x 7.62 cm x .635 cm
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
- Exhibition
- American Democracy
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- used
- Political Campaigns
- Record ID
- nmah_516273
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-23b3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
