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 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. Jim thanks for being with us. Glad to be here. Why henry clay . Why is he relevant to americans living in our time . Think a couple of counts. First of all, his famous counts, i would rather be right than be president , still speaks to us. Its a clarion call to people across whatever were during. Whether
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 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, 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 and for the next 90 minutes we will explore the life and legacy of this man. Unsuccessful in his long quest for the white
To get some booty. We see what happens when children are on escalators. We know that officials in china have often warned about paying attention to them. You have this little girl, shes standing in front of her mom, rocking back and forth. She has her arms out in front of the elevator doors. As the doors open youll notice her hands get stuck. Shoot, and the doors still going. Now her mom sees her, shes trying to figure out how to get her daughter out of there. Youll be happy to know that maintenance did come and free her p. M. The warning is out there. Different elevator, same situation, though. No way. Mom saw it coming too, i wouldnt think to keep a kid away from the door in a situation like that. Youre standing two feet away. I would not expect the elevator to munch up my kids arm. She jumps into action immediately. The little girl was injured. Her tendons were broken. He was able to stabilize her, he did say there is no guarantee the function in her hand will return. This is a seri
To get some booty. We see what happens when children are on escalators. We know that officials in china have often warned about paying attention to them. You have this little girl, shes standing in front of her mom, rocking back and forth. She has her arms out in front of the elevator doors. As the doors open youll notice her hands get stuck. Shoot, and the doors still going. Now her mom sees her, shes trying to figure out how to get her daughter out of there. Youll be happy to know that maintenance did come and free her p. M. The warning is out there. Different elevator, same situation, though. No way. Mom saw it coming too, i wouldnt think to keep a kid away from the door in a situation like that. Youre standing two feet away. I would not expect the elevator to munch up my kids arm. She jumps into action immediately. The little girl was injured. Her tendons were broken. He was able to stabilize her, he did say there is no guarantee the function in her hand will return. This is a seri
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,