He was successful and the United States went to war with the United Kingdom until 1815 were Clay traveled to Britain and signed the Treaty of Ghent which ended the war. Clay is known to even use his power to influence the decision of the house of representatives in the 1824 election. Clay ran in the election however it ended up in a 4-way election with no candidate winning the electoral college. Clay used the position of the speaker to convince the house of representative to vote for John Quincy Adams instead of Andrew Jackson who won the plurality of the electoral votes. This further made divided the two commanding political parties and diverted them from being able to run the country. Congress was fractured and many times it was hard to gain the majority for any candidate. In the years of 1855 and 1859, the voting contest for the speaker lasted for more than 2 months. With the unhinged and fragmented government, the speaker’s tenure lasted very short and often didn’t get anything done due to the tenure. From the years of 1839 to 1863 there was a total of 11 speakers which averages to less than 2 years’ occupancy. This started to fade away towards the end of the 19th century due to power forceful speakers. During this time, the position of Chairman of the Committee on Rules was the most powerful position the speaker had. It was reorganized in 1880, to give the speaker more power and the subsequent speakers took this to power. Some powerful speakers of the house were James G. Blaine, Thomas Brackett Reed, Joseph Gurney Cannon, Samuel J. Randall, John Griffin Carlisle, and Charles F. Crisp. This
He was successful and the United States went to war with the United Kingdom until 1815 were Clay traveled to Britain and signed the Treaty of Ghent which ended the war. Clay is known to even use his power to influence the decision of the house of representatives in the 1824 election. Clay ran in the election however it ended up in a 4-way election with no candidate winning the electoral college. Clay used the position of the speaker to convince the house of representative to vote for John Quincy Adams instead of Andrew Jackson who won the plurality of the electoral votes. This further made divided the two commanding political parties and diverted them from being able to run the country. Congress was fractured and many times it was hard to gain the majority for any candidate. In the years of 1855 and 1859, the voting contest for the speaker lasted for more than 2 months. With the unhinged and fragmented government, the speaker’s tenure lasted very short and often didn’t get anything done due to the tenure. From the years of 1839 to 1863 there was a total of 11 speakers which averages to less than 2 years’ occupancy. This started to fade away towards the end of the 19th century due to power forceful speakers. During this time, the position of Chairman of the Committee on Rules was the most powerful position the speaker had. It was reorganized in 1880, to give the speaker more power and the subsequent speakers took this to power. Some powerful speakers of the house were James G. Blaine, Thomas Brackett Reed, Joseph Gurney Cannon, Samuel J. Randall, John Griffin Carlisle, and Charles F. Crisp. This