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Henry Clay... lol... the biggest loser in American Politics. Ran for president 3(maybe 4) times and lost them all. Ran against J.Q.Adams for the 6th presidency but then withdrew and gave Adams his full support. Adams then turned around and made him Secretary of State... which Jackson supporters claimed a corrupt bargain. This was significant because in the previous 5 elections, the secretary of state went on to become president. Alas, it didn't help Clay who went on to get slaughtered by Jackson in the next election. He went on to barely loose the presidency in '44(I think to Polk) because he wouldn't back the annexation of Texas... and that cost him the vote in the south. Kinda an interesting guy... wish he would have beaten Jackson... country might have turned out a bit better financially and socially.
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