Sen. Henry Clay, known as "the Great Compromiser," brought about the Missouri Compromise of 1820. House of Representatives historian Robert Remini says Clay's feat resulted from his ability to ...

Harlow GIles Unger discussed the Missouri Compromise in 1820 and Henry Clay's role in postponing the Civil War. Javascript must be enabled in order to access C-SPAN videos. *This text was compiled ...

With the House in the hands of Democrats and the Senate controlled by Republicans for the next two years, compromise will be essential to the passage of any legislation. But it won’t come easily.

as it did in Clay's era, provide a beacon of leadership that contributes to an improved political environment based on civility, comity and compromise — the principles at the heart of Henry Clay ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Harlow GIles Unger discussed the Missouri Compromise in 1820 and Henry Clay's role in postponing the Civil War. The American Civil War was fought ...

Phineas Staunton paid homage to his subject, Henry Clay ... for creative compromise repeatedly drew the nation back from sectional crisis and possible dissolution. In 1820, Missouri's imminent ...

It highlights key events such as the Missouri Compromise, the Wilmot Proviso, and the Compromise of 1850, which aimed to maintain a balance between North and South regarding slavery. The film also ...

Yet there was one crisis in Henry Clay’s life in which the Great Pacificator showed no desire to compromise. The incident occurred in Washington, D.C., when he was serving as secretary of state ...

On this day in 1850, Henry Clay, a Whig from Kentucky, rose in the Old Senate Chamber to advance what became known as the Compromise of 1850 — a proposal that, when later adopted, put off the ...

For more than a year, parents at Henry Clay Elementary in Rolando ... But he is perhaps best known for spearheading the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Great Compromise of 1850, two ...

Rand Paul, R-Ky., recalled "Great Compromiser" and fellow Kentuckian Henry Clay, and Clay's less-likely to compromise cousin Cassius, comparing their fights over slavery to today's battle to cut ...