He came up with what he called the American System.  His name was Henry Clay of Kentucky.  In 1806, Henry Clay was elected to the US Senate by the Kentucky legislature.  At which, he set out at once for the nation's capital city, Washington DC.  Part of his route would be via boat while more of it would be via the nation's roads... or what were considered roads at that time.  It was upon this journey that Clay's zeal for an internal improvement program for the nation were formed.

Aaron Sorkin is best known for his work depicting the office of the President on The West Wing. Since it's series finale in 2006, he wrote an Oscar-winning screenplay for The Social Network, award-winning screenplay for Moneyball, and a short-lived NBC series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, among other projects. Sorkin returns to television on June 24th, writing a new series on a fictional cable news program in HBO's The Newsroom.

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