Who was Henry Clay?

A. A Democratic president

B. A general in the Mexican-American War

C. A famous abolitionist

D. A Whig leader in Congress

A

Explanation:

As a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, Clay won election to the Kentucky state legislature in 1803 and to the U. S. House of Representatives in 1810 ... Clay won election to the Senate in 1831 and ran as the National Republican nominee in the 1832 presidential election, but he was defeated by President Jackson.