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Henry Clay ran for President three times, and in the last attempt he narrowly lost to James Polk. Clay had expected to face the unpopular Martin Van Buren, but Van Buren made the mistake of making known his opposition to the proposed annexation of Texas. Had Van Buren managed to keep these views private, then he would most likely have been chosen by the Democrats only to lose to Clay. In such a scenario, Clay would have won by a comfortable margin and he'd take office on March 4, 1845, after Tyler has annexed Texas. What would've happened as a result of a Clay administration?
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