page_title: Henry Clay Jr.
section_title: Mexican–American War
hierarchical_section_title: Henry Clay Jr. / Career / Mexican–American War
caption_attribution_description: English: "Death of Lieut. Col. Henry Clay Jr.," lithograph by N. Currier, 152 Nassau Street (corner of Spruce), New York, New York. Courtesy of the Beinecke Rare Book &amp; Manuscript Library, Yale University.[1]
context_page_description: Henry Clay Jr. was an American politician and soldier from Kentucky, the third son of US Senator and Congressman Henry Clay and Lucretia Hart Clay. He was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1835 and served one term. A graduate of West Point, he served in the Mexican–American War and was killed in 1847 at the Battle of Buena Vista.
context_section_description: When the Mexican–American War threatened, Clay raised a regiment, the 2nd Kentucky Volunteers. He was commissioned a lieutenant colonel and led his regiment in support of Zachary Taylor's invasion force in 1846.
  Clay was killed in action while leading a charge of his regiment in the Battle of Buena Vista on February 23, 1847. His body was transported to Kentucky and interred in Frankfort Cemetery in Frankfort.
caption: Death of Lt. Col. Henry Clay Jr. in 1847
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