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Ashland was the home of Henry Clay, who was born April 12, 1777, and died June 29, 1852. He served as a state legislator, US representative and senator, House speaker, and secretary of state, and he ran for president in 1824, 1832, and 1844. Also an attorney, he practiced law for more than 50 years. At Ashland he imported and bred fine livestock, including champion thoroughbreds. Abraham Lincoln called Clay “my beau ideal of a statesman, for whom I fought all my humble life.” Lincoln voted for Clay in 1832 and 1844. The family of Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, were friends with Clay. Lincoln based his political ideology on Clay’s ideals and quoted him in many important speeches.
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