File:Henry Clay Senate3.jpg

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current17:04, 14 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 17:04, 14 January 20173,508 × 2,813 (11.57 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<div class="description"> This engraving depicts the Golden Age of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Senate_Chamber" class="extiw" title="en:Old Senate Chamber">Old Senate Chamber</a>, site of many of the institution's most memorable events. Here, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay" class="extiw" title="en:Henry Clay">Henry Clay</a>, "the Great Compromiser," introduces the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compromise_of_1850" class="extiw" title="en:Compromise of 1850">Compromise of 1850</a> in his last significant act as a senator. In a desperate attempt to prevent war from erupting, the "Great Triumvirate," of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Webster" class="extiw" title="en:Daniel Webster">Daniel Webster</a> of Massachusetts, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun" class="extiw" title="en:John C. Calhoun">John C. Calhoun</a> of South Carolina, and Clay of Kentucky struggled to balance the interests of the North, South, and West. This image shows all three men, with Clay at center stage, presenting his compromise to the Senate. Daniel Webster is seated to the left of Clay and John C. Calhoun to the left of the chair of the presiding officer, Vice President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore" class="extiw" title="en:Millard Fillmore">Millard Fillmore</a>.</div>
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