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Us from history books as the great compromiser. During his 49year political career, clay served as secretary of state, speaker of the house, and as a u. S. Senator. And he was a contender, making sure president ial bids including the election of 1824. 1832 against Andrew Jackson, and 1844, when he ran against james k. Polk. Tonight we are on location at ashland. Henry clays home in lexington, kentucky. For the next 90 minutes, we will explore the life and legacy of this man. Unsuccessful in his ...

And now the contenders. Our series on key political figures who ran for president and lost, but who nevertheless changed political history. Tonight we feature former House Speaker henry clay of kentucky, known as the great compromiser. The program was recorded at clays ashland estate in lexington, kentucky, its about 90 minutes. This is an encore presentation of cspans original 14week series which first aired in 2011. This is a portrait of kentuckys henry clay, known to us in our history books a...

Ashland. Henry clays home in lexington, kentucky, and for the next 90 minutes we will explore the life and legacy of this man, unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on American History. And we are in henry clays parlor r parlor right now. Let me introduce you to jim plotter, historian. Thank you for being with us. Good to be here. Why is he relevant to americans living in our time . On a couple of accounts, his famous quote, i would rather be right ...

1844, when he ran against james k. Polk. Tonight, we are on location at ashland henry clays home in lexington, kentucky. For the next 90 minutes, we will explore the life and legacy of this man, unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on American History. We are in henry clays parlor. Let me introduce you to jim klotter, 25 years now as kentucky state historian. Thanks for being with us. Glad to be here. Why henry clay . Why is he relevant to american...

This man, unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on American History. We are in henry clays parlor. Let me introduce you to jim klotter, 25 years now as kentucky state historian. Thanks for being with us. Glad to be here. Why henry clay . Why is he relevant to americans living in our time . I think a couple of counts. First of all, his famous comment, i would rather be right than be president , still speaks to us. Its a clarion call to people doing. ...

Team here at csis. I also want to thank our panelists, bryan clark, steve mccarthy, olga oliker. Please feel free to follow up with our Research Team if you have further questions. Please, join me in thanking our panelists. Now the contenders. Our series on key political figures who ran for president and lost but nevertheless changed political history. Next, we feature former House Speaker henry clay of kentucky, known as the great compromiser. The program was recorded at clays ashland estate in...

Known as the great compromiser. The program was recorded at clays ashland estate in lexington, kentucky, and is about 90 minutes. This 14week series is airing at 8 00 p. M. Eastern august 1 through august 14 here on American History tv on cspan 3. This is a portrait of kentuckys henry clay, known to us as n our history books as the great compromiser. During his 49year political career, clay served as secretary of state, speaker of the house, and as a u. S. Senator. And he was a contender. Making...

American history tv on cspan 3. This is a portrait of kentuckys henry clay, known to us as n our history books as the great compromiser. During his 49year political career, clay served as secretary of state, speaker of the house, and as a u. S. Senator. And he was a contender. Making five president ial bids, including the election of 1824, is 1832 against Andrew Jackson and 1844 when he ran against james k. Polk. Tonight we are on locations in ashland, henry clays home in lexington, kentucky and...

1832 against Andrew Jackson, and 1844, when he ran against james k. Polk. Tonight we are on location at ash land. Henry clays home in lexington, kentucky. For the next 90 minutes, we will explore the life and legacy of this man. Unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on American History. We are in henry clays parlor. Let me introduce you to jim klotter, 25 years now as kentucky state historian. Thanks for being with us. Glad to be here. Why henry cla...

American history tv on cspan 3. This is a portrait of kentuckys henry clay, known to us as n our history books as the great compromiser. During his 49year political career, clay served as secretary of state, speaker of the house, and as a u. S. Senator. And he was a contender. Making five president ial bids, including the election of 1824, is 1832 against Andrew Jackson and 1844 when he ran against james k. Polk. Tonight we are on locations in ashland, henry clays home in lexington, kentucky and...