Henry Clay
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While representing Kentucky in the House of Representatives and the Senate, Clay invariably sought a middle course between polarized positions. He became known as the \u00e2\u0080\u009cGreat Compromiser\u00e2\u0080\u009d after orchestrating the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which preserved the balance of power in Congress by simultaneously admitting into the Union the slave state of Missouri and the free state of Maine. Toward the end of his life, with the North and South on the verge of armed conflict over the extension of slavery into the new western territories, Clay attempted to resolve the conflict through an ambitious \u00e2\u0080\u009comnibus bill\u00e2\u0080\u009d that became the Compromise of 1850."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Clay\u00e2\u0080\u0099s personal engagement with slavery presents his penchant for compromise in a less than flattering light. Although he condemned slavery as a \u00e2\u0080\u009cuniversally acknowledged curse,\u00e2\u0080\u009d he accepted the moral contradiction of being an enslaver himself."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacido en Hanover, Virginia"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Henry Clay dedic\u00c3\u00b3 su carrera pol\u00c3\u00adtica a unificar una naci\u00c3\u00b3n cada vez m\u00c3\u00a1s dividida. Representando a Kentucky en la C\u00c3\u00a1mara y en el Senado, Clay siempre busc\u00c3\u00b3 un punto medio entre posturas polarizadas. Se le conoci\u00c3\u00b3 como el \u00e2\u0080\u009cgran conciliador\u00e2\u0080\u009d despu\u00c3\u00a9s de orquestar el Compromiso de Misuri de 1820, que conservaba el balance de poder en el Congreso admitiendo simult\u00c3\u00a1neamente en la Uni\u00c3\u00b3n al estado esclavista de Misuri y al estado libre de Maine. Hacia el fin de su vida, con el norte y el sur al borde del conflicto armado por el debate de extender la esclavitud a los nuevos territorios del oeste, Clay trat\u00c3\u00b3 de resolver el problema mediante una ambiciosa \u00e2\u0080\u009cley \u00c3\u00b3mnibus\u00e2\u0080\u009d que se convirti\u00c3\u00b3 en el Compromiso de 1850."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "No obstante, su participaci\u00c3\u00b3n en la pr\u00c3\u00a1ctica de la esclavitud resta lustre a su talento conciliador. Si bien afirmaba que era \u00e2\u0080\u009cuna maldici\u00c3\u00b3n reconocida como tal universalmente\u00e2\u0080\u009d, aceptaba la contradicci\u00c3\u00b3n moral de ser un esclavizador."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "(F.O.Bailey, Portland, Maine); purchased 1993 by (Philip Mould, Historical Portraits Ltd., London); purchased 1993 NPG"}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "Joy Piscapo at F.O.Bailey said that the painting came from the McMichael family. 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Neagle, 4 Nov 1796 - 17 Sep 1865"}, {"label": "Sitter", "content": "Henry Clay, 12 Apr 1777 - 29 Jun 1852"}], "topic": [{"label": "Topic", "content": "Henry Clay: Male"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Henry Clay: Law and Law Enforcement\\Lawyer"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Henry Clay: Politics and Government\\Presidential Candidate"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Henry Clay: Politics and Government\\US Congressman\\Speaker of the House"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Henry Clay: Politics and Government\\Cabinet member\\Secretary of State"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Henry Clay: Politics and Government\\US Congressman\\Kentucky"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Henry Clay: Politics and Government\\State Legislator\\Kentucky"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Henry Clay: Politics and Government\\US Senator\\Kentucky"}, {"label": "Topic", "content": "Portrait"}], "physicalDescription": [{"label": "Medium", "content": "Oil on canvas"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Stretcher: 70.5 x 55.2 x 3.8cm (27 3/4 x 21 3/4 x 1 1/2\")"}, {"label": "Dimensions", "content": "Frame: 94.9 x 79.7 x 10.2cm (37 3/8 x 31 3/8 x 4\")"}], "dataSource": [{"label": "Data Source", "content": "National Portrait Gallery"}], "objectRights": [{"label": "Restrictions & Rights", "content": "CC0"}], "objectType": [{"label": "Type", "content": "Painting"}]}}, "url": "edanmdm:npg_NPG.93.476", "hash": "feebc917510693ef5c407c1d0d7e30ab0012b16e", "docSignature": "eece886818a7e9484406bf24b464dad8", "timestamp": 1666256170, "lastTimeUpdated": 1666256083, "title": "Henry Clay"}