PRENTICE, George D. [Henry Clay].
Biography of Henry Clay.
New York: Published by John Jay Phelps , 1831.
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George D. Prentice's Biography of Henry Clay; from the library of William Safire
Second edition of Prentice's early biography of Clay. Octavo, bound in full contemporary tree calf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine, all edges marbled, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece portrait of Clay. From the library of William Safire, although not marked. William Safire was an important American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter. He joined Nixon’s campaign for the 1960 Presidential race, and supported him again in 1968. After Nixon’s 1968 victory, Safire served as a speechwriter for him and Spiro Agnew. He authored several political columns in addition to his weekly column “On Language” in The New York Times Magazine from 1979 until the month of his death and authored two books on grammar and linguistics: The New Language of Politics (1968) and what Zimmer called Safire’s “magnum opus,” Safire’s Political Dictionary. Safire later served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board from 1995 to 2004 and in 2006 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. In very good condition.
American attorney and statesman Henry Clay represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in the early 19th century. He was the seventh House Speaker as well as the ninth Secretary of State, also receiving electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections and helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Great Triumvirate" of Congressmen, alongside fellow Whig Daniel Webster and John C. Calhoun. Clay sought the presidency in the 1840 election but was passed over at the Whig National Convention by William Henry Harrison. When Harrison died and his vice president ascended to office, Clay clashed with Harrison's successor, John Tyler, who broke with Clay and other congressional Whigs after taking office upon Harrison's death in 1841. Clay resigned from the Senate in 1842 and won the 1844 Whig presidential nomination, but was narrowly defeated in the general election by Democrat James K. Polk, who made the annexation of the Republic of Texas his issue.
Biography of Henry Clay.
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