Henry Clay lost what election?

In 1844 he ran against James K. Polk , an avowed expansionist. Earlier Clay had publicly opposed the annexation of Texas, and he restated his position in the "Alabama letters," agreeing to annexation...

his attempt to straddle the Texas annexation issue lost him votes to the antislavery Liberty party in New York (accoridng to web assign)

Clay finished fourth in electoral votes for president and so was eliminated from consideration by the House which had to decide the election since no candidate got a majority. Clay carried three...

John Quincy Adams

Henry Clay had helped start the War of 1812, form the Whig Party, get two presidents (John Quincy Adams and William Henry Harrison) elected, and create the Compromise of 1850.