Editor’s Note: As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Herald-Leader and kentucky.com each day throughout 2025 will share interesting facts about our hometown.

The Greater Compromiser,” Henry Clay was born in Virginia but built a large political legacy in Kentucky. The Herald-Leader’s ...

Slavery lay at the crux of the matter ... He succumbed to tropical fever in Ecuador in September 1867 at age 49. Until 1901, Henry Clay in the U.S. Senate hung in an art conservatory in Le ...

Ashland, the Henry Clay Estate, is hosting tours to give visitors ... In the woman's skirt are images that deal with slavery and Ashland from him. Horses and the individuals.

The conservatives formed the Liberty Party and sought to end slavery gradually through traditional, political channels. 1844: Whigs: Henry Clay The Whigs were unanimous in their nomination of ...