Booklet, "Clay Minstrel", 1844
name: label: associated person
content: Clay, Henry
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content: Frelinghuysen, Theodore
notes: label: Description
content: Henry Clay was among the most influential politicians in American history, although he none of his four attempts to win the presidency were successful. His vision of an American nation, united by federally-supported infrastructure projects and capable of cooperation across sections – despite tensions over slavery - won him the nickname “The Great Compromiser.” Like Harrison and Jackson, Clay’s supporters emblazoned his face on posters and clay pipes, whiskey glasses (he was a famous drinker) and songbooks. Long after his death, Americans like Abraham Lincoln continued to look back on Clay as the very model of an American statesman. Unfortunately for Clay, a Whig, the Democratic challenger James K. Polk defeated him in 1844.
topic: label: used
content: Political Campaigns
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content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Ralph E. Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1844.E03
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content: 227739.1844.E03
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content: 227739
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content: Book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white, black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 3 in x 1/4 in; 11.43 cm x 7.62 cm x .635 cm