... presented a singular opportunity for Black employment and professional advancement, even for formerly enslaved men such as Henry Clay Bruce, most Black Southerners who encountered the bureau did so via its gatekeepers on the examining boards. disability Gilded Age citizenship civil state building...

... John Charles Cambreleng Churchill C Mexía José Antonio Wilson Stephen Julian Astor John Jacob foreign policy Mexico Texas Freemasons John Quincy Adams Henry Clay James Wilkinson mining James Madison was glad that Poinsett would be returning to Mexico. The former president, now in his...

...This chapter investigates how American statesmen and merchants attempted to adapt to a new global order in the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars. Eager to wean the US economy from its reliance on trade, ambitious American statesmen pushed for Henry Clay’s new "American system," a suite of policies...

... developing philosophy of public law. Some of his speeches involve Henry Clay's proposed compromise bill to bring California into the Union as a free state and make abetting a fugitive slave escape a national crime. The chapter cites how Seward could not see any fruition in his program if he stayed...

...This chapter focuses on the case of Henry Clay Beattie Jr., who was arrested for murdering his wife and was called before the coroner's inquiry. The case quickly became a sensation of the order of the Cluverius murder before it. This was a different era, however, and the Beattie murder fostered its...

...The chapter introduces Jennie Merrill’s neighbors and their personal histories. Richard Henry Clay Dana, known as Dick, was descended from the Danas of New England who were both journalists and ministers. His father Charles Backus Dana was the rector for Christ Church in Alexandria and Trinity...

... Debt Relief Party relief controversy Jacksonianism Henry Clay The toll road from Georgetown to Lexington was easily the best part of John James’s trip. For twenty-five cents, the young Cincinnatian could travel most of the twelve-mile carriage ride without fear of bumping over tree roots, rumbling...

... Pont de Nemours Pierre Samuel Mentelle Edme Mentelle Léone du Pont de Nemours Irénée du Pont de Nemours Victor Mentelle Waldemar Robespierre Maximilien Transylvania University La Fontaine Jean de Brissot Jacques Pierre Fowler John Lexington KY Mentelle Charlotte Clay Henry Clay Lucretia...

... Democratic Party Andrew Jackson Thomas Hart Benton preemption Indian removal Robert J. Walker Chocchuma Henry Clay the toasts flowed freely at William Parker’s Mississippi Hotel on October 10, 1830, as Natchez’s elite gathered to celebrate the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, concluded two...

...People in Kentucky and throughout the United States in the 1850s said Henry Clay was an example of self-reliance, meaningful and unselfish public service, and success without formal schooling or powerful connections. Clay and Kentucky helped one another as Kentucky was one of the most respected...

... efforts of Whig luminaries Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, Harrison clung steadfastly to a belief in the assertive use of the executive power. Clay Henry despotism Harrison William Henry unitary executive Van Buren Martin Webster Daniel cabinets cabinet secretaries Chambers John Jacksonians...

...This chapter examines Kentucky Whig Henry Clay's speech—a welcome break from the anger that had roiled the Capitol over the previous two months, stemming in large part from disputes over the Mexican Cession. Dealing with the new territory proved tricky for a number of reasons. First, since David...

... Jacksonian Democracy Second Bank of the United States Story Joseph banking Hill Andrew Biddle Nicholas Tocqueville Alexis de legislature executive arbitrary jurisprudence executive power nativism Catholic immigrant Second Bank of the United States Bank War Nicholas Biddle Henry Clay Andrew...

... Bushrod Declaration of Independence territory cost of Clay’s plan Hall Prince order benevolence Jones Walter negotiation Pickering Timothy Slave Trade Act of 1819 Crawford William H Garrison William Lloyd Jay William Dialectic Henry Clay Moderation Argumentation Deliberation On January 2...

... improvements, opposition to the Bank of the United States, defense of slavery, and the “spoils system” that used patronage for party building. Whigs supported Henry Clay’s pro-development American System, sympathized with evangelical reform, and reluctantly accepted Democratic techniques for popular...

...Although Henry Clay referred to Congress' failure to enact his American System, his words reflected as well National Republicans' gloom. As a tiny minority, they would resist but they could not stop Andrew Jackson. The last Congress had frustrated their program, and the next Congress would...

..., state, and national levels proved far more difficult than Henry Clay imagined in the bright summer of 1834. anti Jacksonians Clay Henry Clay Henry—and election election election of 1836 Illinois election in Indiana—election in Kentucky—election in Letcher Robert P Mangum Willie P —and election...

... maneuvering by Henry Clay and Daniel Webster for the presidential nomination in 1844 and the subsequent conflict between Clay and John Tyler, who succeeded William Henry Harrison as president. Personal rivalry and the clash between the president and the congressional wing of the party have thus been seen...

...One Massachusetts Whig lamented after Henry Clay's shocking defeat. His despair about the party's continued viability was widely shared. Many historians have accepted these Whig obituary notices as correct, if slightly premature. They have interpreted the reasons for Clay's loss as auguries...

... Waddy race and Democratic Party religion and race blackness whiteness American Protestant Society APS Beecher Edward Beecherite Synthesis Burchard Samuel Cheever George B Dowling John Tappan Henry P Henry Clay Theodore Frelinghuysen James K. Polk nativism Liberty Party Oregon Texas...