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. Taylor died in July 1850 and was succeeded by Vice President Fillmore who had privately come to support Clay's proposal the various bills were initially combined into one "omnibus" bill Despite Clay's efforts it failed in a crucial vote on July 31 opposed by southern Democrats and by northern Whigs He announced on the Senate floor the next day that he intended to pass each individual part of the bill the 73-year-old Clay however was physically exhausted as the effects of tuberculosis which would eventually kill him began to take their toll Clay left the Senate to recuperate in Newport Rhode Island and Senator Stephen A Douglas took the lead in attempting to pass Clay's proposals through the Senate.

Washington dealt with major problems the old Confederation lacked the powers to handle its workload and had weak leadership no executive a small bureaucracy of clerks a large debt worthless paper money and no power to establish taxes. He had the task of assembling an executive department and relied on Tobias Lear for advice selecting its officers. Great Britain refused to relinquish its forts in the American West and Barbary pirates preyed on American merchant ships in the Mediterranean at a time when the United States did not even have a navy, Pennsylvania Yes Presidential election results. During the War of 1812 British Royal Navy commanders of the blockading fleet based at the Bermuda dockyard were instructed to offer freedom to defecting American slaves as the Crown had during the Revolutionary War Thousands of escaped slaves went over to the Crown with their families Men were recruited into the Corps of Colonial Marines on occupied Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay, Tundra swans were the predominant species of swan on the Potomac River when the Algonquian tribes dwelled along its shores and continue to be the most populous variety today, Over time a large civil rights movement arose to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. . Main article: 1860 United States presidential election, American Slavery As it Is Since 2006 Congress has dropped 10 points in the Gallup confidence poll with only 9% having "a great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in their legislators. Since 2011 Gallup poll has reported Congress's approval rating among Americans at 10% or below three times. Public opinion of Congress plummeted further to 5% in October 2013 after parts of the U.S government deemed 'nonessential government' shut down.