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 americans living in our time . I think a couple of counts. First of all, his famous counts, famous comment, i would rather be right than be president , still speaks to us. Its a clarion call to people across whatever were doing. Whether were in politics or Something Else, to do the right things. He also said, you know, that in a sense, that the politicians need to remember the country and sacrifice for the country. I think that is still something we need to remember, as well. The man known as the great
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. Whether were in politics or Something Else, to do the right things. He also said, you know, that in a sense, that the politicians need to remember the country and sacrifice for the country. I think that is still something we need to remember, as well. The man known as the great compromiser. A man that forged compromises that not only kept the nation together, but were constructive. Those kind of things i think are the things we need to remember about henry clay, as well as all the things that he
Something the constituents should be aware of so they can make an important decision as well. Reporter . She said she said shes gotten no response. Voters were left in the dark. About a month after sending the letter she meant with fuentes. He told her bocanegra just needs to learn to keep his hands to himself. Fuentes went further for his friend. So he had asked me to rescind the letter and that basically they would draft a statement that i would have to sign onto basically stating the allegations were not true. She didnt rescind the her, but she did reluctantly sign a statement drafted by fuentes office. The statement was not made public, but pinto had regrets signing it, especially now since she knows she was misled. Honestly i was really disgusted, especially because as females we try to bring forward in his First Campaign and, you know, maybe if at that time he could have addressed the allegations, maybe things would have been department of. And she said bocanegra should resign. I
Reporter Authorities Say a child and adult were shot as they were on their way to school. Both are now in the hospital. One of them was area on his classmate. Tonight there is a story emerging of School Officials quickly jumping into action and saving lives. There was a series of gunshots about a quarter mile away that alerted the staff and they went on an immediate lockdown without having to be told to do so by Law Enforcement. After that series of gunshots the shooter took his vehicle and ramps their fence because he could not get access to any of the rooms because they were locked. He gave up and reentered the vehicle. At that time of the morning people are bringing their children to school. I just cant say to you how monumental it was for the school to take the actions they did. Reporter after they passed the school where he was firing shots he continued along this two lane road heading into town. Tiffany heard the gunfire from inside her coffee shop. I heard about 30 more rounds.
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 lexington, kentucky, and is about 90 minutes. This 14week series is airing at 8 00 p. M. Eastern, august 1 through august 14th here on American History tv on cspan3. This is a portrait of kentuckys henry clay, known to 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,