The Greater Compromiser,” Henry Clay was born in Virginia but built a large political legacy in Kentucky. The Herald-Leader’s ...

Until 1901, Henry Clay in the U.S. Senate hung in an art ... Douglas of Illinois, the "Little Giant" who finalized the 1850 compromise after the senator from Kentucky collapsed.

The Whig Party formed out of the National Republican Party, the leaders of which were John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay ... of the provisions of the Compromise of 1850, which included the ...