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Henry Clay

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Noun

1. clay, henry clay, the great compromiser

United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)

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Henry Clay

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American politician who pushed the Missouri Compromise through the US House of Representatives (1820) in an effort to reconcile free and slave states.

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