An earlier attempt at the Presidency ended when he settled for Secretary of State after throwing his electoral votes to John Quincy Adams in the "Corrupt Bargain.
The legions of Americans named after this man include a confidante of Andrew Carnegie who was stabbed and shot by Alexander Berkman. First coming to prominence drumming up support for the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions and joining the War Hawks, he later lost the electoral votes of New York due to the Liberty Party, leading to James K. Polk defeating this man. An earlier attempt at the Presidency ended when he settled for Secretary of State after throwing his electoral votes to John Quincy Adams in the "Corrupt Bargain." FTP, name this drafter of both the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850.
The legions of Americans named after this man include a confidante of Andrew Carnegie who was stabbed and shot by Alexander Berkman.
Henry Clay