Henry Clay, also known as the "Great Compromiser", was a prominent political figure during the early to middle stages nineteenth century. He was first recognized for his repeated aid to help solve slavery disputes between the North and South. In 1803, he was elected to be Kentucky's state legislature. Three years later, when Clay was not even thirty years old, the legislature elected him to fill an unexpired term in the U.S. Senate, even though it was required by the Constitution to be at least thirty years old. In 1811, Clay was elected to be a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Almost immediately following, he was chosen to be the Speaker of the House of Representatives and reelected for five more terms after that. In 1816, Henry Clay and John Calhoun helped get the Tariff of 1816 passed. This tariff was closely tired with Clay's national economic system, which he called the American System. The "American System" added a protective tariff to aid American......
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