Labels:daily | dialog box | hakham | person | tv | web site OCR: Henry Clay(1777-1852} About Henry Clay Herry Clay the statesman who became known as the "Great Compromiser, helped hold the United States together through the difficult years of the first half of the 1800s Again and again, when war threatened ta break out between North and South, Clay produced compromises the issue of slavery. Although Clay was the great test statesman af his day and campaigned for the presi dency five times- he never beca .me presi dent. Speal king of his defeats, Clay said would rather right than be president bout becarme Urited threa atened comp romises over greatest tesmar Speaking woula