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Right
On April 12, 1777 Henry Clay was born in Hanover County, Virginia. Clay was a
three time unsuccessful candidate for President. After the first failed candidacy
for the Presidency in 1824, he became the elected President
‟
s (John Quincy
Adams) Secretary of State. In 1832 he made another try and was unsuccessful but
remained a Senator until 1842. His third Presidential attempt was in 1844 and
resulted in another failure. He was elected to the Senate again in 1849 and served
until his death in 1852.
In 1833 Clay became a leader of the new
“
Whig
”
political
party. During this time he gave several strong anti-slavery
speeches. When he was about to make one of these
speeches in 1839, one of his colleagues told him that it
would ruin his chance to ever become President. Clay
replied,
“
I would rather be right than President.
”
The first meeting of the International Correspondence of
Corkscrew Addicts (ICCA) was held October 1, 1974. It
was organized and hosted by Dr. Bernard Watney and held at the Guinness
Brewery, London, England. Remembering the words of Henry Clay (
“
I would
rather be right than President
”
), it was decreed at this meeting that the leader of
the group is to be known as
“
Right
”
Brother Timothy was elected as the first
Right of the ICCA.
In a 1958 advertisement for Old Crow Bourbon Whiskey sales copy states
“
Henry Clay stops by for a barrel of Crow
‟
s Whiskey. Traveling through
Kentucky, the popular statesman, who knew his whiskey as well as his politics
stopped at Crow
‟
s Distillery for a barrel of his famous whiskey.
”
