This Speaker of the House, the "Great Pacificator", was one of the War Hawks urging war with Britain
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used his position to urge the government to declare war against Great Britain in... [DOC] [TLE] Henry Clay (1777-1852) - The Latin Library [PAR] One of the chief sources of his popularity was his activity in Congress as one of 
the "War Hawks," promoting the war with the United Kingdom in 1812