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Neither man was hurt. With Clay's National Republican Party coming apart at the seams—it would eventually become absorbed by the Whig Party—Clay retired from politics and returned to Kentucky. But Clay was unable to stay away from Washington. Inhe came back to Washington, D. The following year he headed the National Republicans' bid to unseat Jackson.

At the center of the presidential election was Clay's support for the renewal of the charter of the Second Bank of the United States, whose creation in Clay had fought hard for. But the issues around it proved to be Clay's undoing. Jackson vehemently opposed the bank and the renewal of its charter. He alleged it was a corrupt institution and had helped steer the nation toward higher inflation.

The voters sided with him.

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After the election Clay remained in the Senate, taking on Jackson and becoming the head of the Whig Party. Another White House Run The decade following his loss to Jackson for the presidency proved to be a frustrating period for Clay. Inhe had every reason to expect to be nominated as the Whigs' candidate for the White House. He did little to hide his frustration when the party turned to General William Henry Harrisonwho selected John Tyler as his running mate.

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After Harrison's death just a month into his presidency, Clay tried to dominate Tyler and his administration, but his actions proved futile. Inhe retired from the Senate and again returned to Kentucky. Two years later, however, he was back in Washington, when the Whig Party chose him, not Tyler, as its candidate for the presidential election.

But like his run a decade earlier, the election centered around one issue and this time it was the annexation of Texas.

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Clay opposed the move, fearing it would provoke a war with Mexico and reignite the battle between pro-slavery and anti-slavery states. After his tenure as Secretary of State, Clay returned to the U. Senate from to and from to His bid for the Presidency in the election of ended with no clear majority for any candidate. Clay lent his support to John Quincy Adams instead of Andrew Jackson, thereby violating the instructions of the Kentucky legislature.

Adams was then selected as President by the House of Representatives. From to he served as secretary of state under President John Quincy Adams, then returned to the Senate in and again inserving a total of 16 years as senator.

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Throughout his career, as senator, Speaker of the Houseand secretary of state, Clay helped guide a fragile Union through several critical impasses. Van Buren's presidency was affected badly by the Panic ofa major recession that badly damaged the Democratic Party. He also faced opposition in the North due to his ownership of slaves and lingering association with the Freemasons, and in the South from Whigs who distrusted his moderate stance on slavery.

Webster was instead chosen as Secretary of State, while John J. Crittendena close ally of Clay, was chosen as Attorney General.