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Henry Clay (born April 12, 1777 in Hanover County, Virginia; died June 29, 1852 in Washington DC) succeeded Joseph B. Varnum as the thirteenth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between December 1, 1823 and March 4, 1825, including the whole of 1824.

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Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (born April 21, 1809 in Essex County, Virginia; died July 18, 1887 in Essex County, Virginia) succeeded James K. Polk as the eighteenth Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between December 16, 1839 and March 4, 1841, including the whole of 1841.

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Henry Clay (born April 12, 1777 in Hanover County, Virginia; died June 29, 1852 in Washington DC) succeeded Langdon Cheves as the eleventh Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between December 4, 1815 and October 28, 1820.

Following the end of Clay's term as speaker, John W. Taylor (born March 26, 1784 in Charlton, New York; died September 18, 1854 in Cleveland, Ohio) became the eleventh Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, serving between November 15, 1820 and March 4, 1821.

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Henry Clay from Kentucky was the Speaker of the House in 1824 (18th Congress) and was also a candidate for President.

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The Speaker of the House was William Graham!

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John Bell, former House speaker ran in 1860. No serious candidate from 1864 was ever speaker of the House.

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Henry Clay,who came in fourth in 1824 was House Speaker on several occasions.

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john Q. Adams

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