OTD in 1814 the Battle of Horseshoe Bend victory by Jackson over the Creeks.

OTD in 1834 Henry Clay asks Senate to censure Andrew Jackson after he refuses to give them a document. The vote is 26-20 in favor of reprimanding Jackson. (expunged in 1837). #JacksonIsAnAss

OTD in 1850 John C. Calhoun dies at age 68 #GreatTriumvirate #WarHawks and OTD in 1842 Henry Clay gave his famous Valedictory Address to the Senate.

OTD in 1825, 1833, 1837, and 1845 people called Henry Clay "Mr. President." He would always be confused until he looked at a calendar.

OTD in 1841 Whig President William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia, becoming the first President of the United States to die in office, and at one month, the president with the shortest term served. He is succeeded by VP John Tyler, who becomes the 10th President of the U.S.

OTD in 1841 U.S. President John Tyler is sworn in. #WHIG? #AccidentalPresident

OTD in 1655 the death of Henry Clay's Great, Great, Great Grandfather Capt. John Clay who settled in Jamestown in 1613. And sadly, OTD in 1864 the death of Henry Clay's one true love and wife Lucretia Hart Clay.

OTD in 1826 Henry Clay's duel with Sen. John Randolph that ended with the two shaking hands.

1811 OTD in 1811 Henry Clay's son Henry Clay, Jr. born – he would serve in Kentucky House of Reps and was killed in Mexican War.

OTD in 1799 Henry Clay marries Lucretia Hart, daughter of Col. Thomas Hart

April 12 1777 - OTD In 1777 Henry Clay was born in Hanover County, Virginia.

OTD in 1834 the Whig Party is officially named by United States Senator Henry Clay and OTD in 2004 future Whig leader and Henry Clay fan Gavin Waller was born.

OTD in 1849 Clay wrote about his home Ashland “I'm in one respect better off than Moses. He died in sight of the Promised Land. I occupy as good a farm as any that he would have found, if he had reached it; and it has been acquired not by hereditary descent, but by my own labor.”

OTD in 1807 the birth of Henry Clay's 6th child Anne Brown Clay (Erwin) <1807-1835>

OTD in 1844 Henry Clay presented his “Raleigh Letter” - his views on Texas expansion and predicts if we do it, there will be a war with Mexico.

OTD in 1846 the Mexican American War begins with open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas.

OTD in 1813 the Battle of York in War of 1812. #WarHawk

OTD In 1844 Henry Clay wins the Whig Nomination for President on the 1st ballot with all 275 votes.

OTD in 1811 Henry Clay was elected to the Twelfth Congress and serves as Speaker of the House. Throughout his time in the House, he would serve 10 years and 196 days as Speaker. #Leadership #GreatCompromiser

OTD in 1870, the death of Henry Clay’s 2nd child Theodore Wythe Clay