I chose Henry Clay as the person who I think should have been president instead of these four other men. These other men were incompetent, they lacked leadership, and they each didn’t have much support. None of them had much drive or motivation to be a good president, and as for a couple of them, they didn’t have much political background at all. Henry Clay, on the other hand would have made a …showed first 75 words of 705 total…

…showed last 75 words of 705 total…threat of civil war over the issue of slavery in the new territories. He died in Washington, D.C., on June 29, 1852. Conclusively, although Clay only lived long enough to take presidency during the early part of the 50’s, he still would have made a great president. His long time foot-in-the-door of the white house would only have given him a greater chance at becoming the great president that the other four 50’s presidents were not.