Great Triumvirate

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Great Triumvirate

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…constituted what contemporaries called “the Great Triumvirate.” It marked their contribution to the Senate’s intellectual power and oratory in ways that may never be equaled. In 1957 a special committee headed by Sen. John F. Kennedy solidified the triumvirate’s reputation when it named Clay, Webster, and Calhoun as among…
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…constituted what contemporaries called “the Great Triumvirate.” It marked their contribution to the Senate’s intellectual power and oratory in ways that may never be equaled. In 1957 a special committee headed by Sen. John F. Kennedy solidified the triumvirate’s reputation when it named Clay, Webster, and Calhoun as among…
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