Sep 12, 2014 · This Whig paper supported candidate Henry Clay, whose nickname “Ol’ Coon” was intended to give him rustic appeal and reference his Kentucky roots, echoing Harrison’s …

Summary: A cynical look at the opposition to American annexation of Texas during the 1844 campaign. At the head of a motley procession is Whig candidate and professed anti …

3 days ago · Henry Clay, one of the most prominent politicians in 19th-century America, is also buried in Lexington’s Lexington Cemetery. Known as “The Great Compromiser,” Clay was …

Jan 27, 2025 · In April 1844, before the terms of the treaty became publicly known, the presumptive Whig candidate, Henry Clay (1777–1852), set out his objections to annexation in …

Nov 6, 2009 · Henry Clay of Kentucky, a former secretary of state, speaker of the house, and powerful voice in the senate known as the “Great Compromiser,” was the leader of the Whig …

United States presidential election of 1844, American presidential election held in 1844 in which Democratic candidate James K. Polk defeated Whig candidate Henry Clay with 170 electoral …

Henry Clay was not the first to propose the removal of blacks from America as a solution to the nation’s racial tensions, and wouldn’t be the last. In the early 1700s, slavery spread across …

Oct 28, 2012 · The presidential campaign of 1840 is well described by Carl Schurz as "a popular frolic," with its "monster mass-meetings," with log-cabins, raccoons, hard cider, with "huge …

Block printed silk flag campaign kerchief of Henry Clay with a vignette with a raccoon flaying another animal and stars in the canton; printed in red, blue...

The next resolution of Mr. Clay adopts practically, the nonintervention doctrine so universally held up to ridicule by the Whig press of the North, as the offspring of that prince of sycophants, …