Life of Henry Clay

Life of Henry Clay by Carl Schurz

The bulk of this text and the page numberings are from the 1896 edition of this book. The Editor's Preface, Illustrations for Volume I and Volume II, and the text for pp. 377-380 of Volume I are from the 1899 edition which was volumes XIX and XX from Houghton, Mifflin and Company's Riverside Press American Statesmen series. The Index is omitted.

American Statesmen
John T. Morse, Jr., ed.

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LIFE OF HENRY CLAY

BY

CARL SCHURZ

IN TWO VOLUMES

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
CHAPTER		PAGE
	Editor's Preface	v
	Illustrations	xv
I.	Youth	1
II.	The Kentucky Lawyer	13
III.	Beginnings in Politics	27
IV.	Beginnings in Legislation	38
V.	The War of 1812	67
VI.	Ghent and London	102
VII.	In the House of Representatives	126
VIII.	The Missouri Compromise	172
IX.	Candidate for the Presidency	203
X.	President-Maker	236
XI.	Secretary of State	258
XII.	The Party Chiefs	311
XIII.	The Campaign of 1832	350
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
CHAPTER		PAGE
	Illustrations
XIV.	The Compromise of 1833	1
XV.	The Removal of the Deposits	23
XVI.	French Difficulties — Indians — Patronage	52
XVII.	Slavery	69
XVIII.	The Exit of President Jackson	95
XIX.	The Crisis of 1837	113
XX.	Clay and Van Buren	128
XXI.	Slavery Again	152
XXII.	The Election of 1840	171
XXIII.	Clay and Tyler	198
XXIV.	The Election of 1844	228
XXV.	1844-1849	268
XXVI.	The Compromise of 1850	315
XXVII.	The End	373

Copyright, 1887 and 1899,
By CARL SCHURZ

Copyright, 1899,
By HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.

All rights reserved.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1923. It may be copyrighted outside the U.S. (see Help:Public domain).

External links

• [Facsimile of Volume I (1896 edition) at the Internet Archive] (missing pp. 377-380, but there are other copies at archive.org which most likely don't have this problem)
• [Facsimile of Volume II (1896 edition) at the Internet Archive]