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See also:CLAY, See also:CASSIUS See also:MARCELLUS (1810-1903) , See also:American politician, was See also:born in See also:Madison See also:county, See also:Kentucky, on the 19th of See also:October 181o. He was the son of See also:Green Clay (1757–1826), a Kentucky soldier of the See also:war of 1812 and a relative of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Clay. He was educated at Centre See also:College, See also:Danville, Kentucky, and at Yale, where he graduated in 1832. Influenced to some extent by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Lloyd See also:Garrison, he became an See also:advocate of the abolition of See also:slavery, and on his return to his native See also:state, at the See also:risk of social and See also:political See also:ostracism, he gave utterance to his belief. He studied See also:law, but instead of practising devoted himself to a political career. In 1835, 1837 and 1840 he was elected as a Whig to the Kentucky legislature, where he advocated a See also:system of See also:gradual emancipation, and secured the See also:establishment of a public school system, and a much-needed reform in the See also:jury system. In 1841 he was defeated on See also:account of his abolition views. In 1844 he delivered See also:campaign speeches for Henry Clay throughout the See also:North. In 1845 he established, at See also:Lexington, Kentucky, an See also:anti-slavery publication known as The True American, but in the same See also:year his See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
office and See also:press were wrecked by a See also:mob, and he removed the publication office to See also:Cincinnati, See also:Ohio. During this and the earlier See also:period of his career his zeal and See also:loot See also:temper involved him in numerous See also:personal encounters and several duels, in all of which he See also:bore himself with a reckless bravery. In the Mexican War he served as a See also:captain of a Kentucky See also:company of See also:militia, and was taken prisoner, while reconnoitring, during See also:General See also:Scott's advance on the See also:City of See also:Mexico. He See also:left the Whig party in 185o, and as an anti-slavery See also:candidate for See also:governor of Kentucky polled 5000 votes. In 1856 he joined the Republican party, and wielded considerable See also:influence as a See also:Southern representative in its See also:councils. In 186o he was a leading candidate for the See also:vice-presidential nomination. In 1861 he was sent by See also:President See also:Lincoln as See also:minister to See also:Russia; in 1862 he returned to See also:America to accept a See also:commission as See also:major-general of See also:volunteers, but in See also:March 1863 was reappointed to his former See also:post at St See also:Petersburg, where he remained until 1869. Disapproving of the Republican policy of reconstruction, he left the party, and in 1872 was one of the organizers of the Liberal-Republican revolt, and was largely instrumental in securing the nomination of See also:Horace See also:Greeley for the See also:presidency. In the political See also:campaigns of 1876 and 188o he supported the Democratic candidate, but rejoined the Republican party in the campaign of 1884. He died at See also:Whitehall, Kentucky, on the 22nd of See also:July 1903.
See his autobiography, The See also:Life, See also:Memoirs, Writings, and Speeches of Cassius Marcellus Clay (Cincinnati, 1896) ; and The Writings of Cassius Marcellus Clay (edited with a " Memoir" by Horace Greeley. New See also:York, 1848).
End of Article: CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
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