Clue #1: Went from bar operator to lawyer
Clue #2: Supporter of Made in America
Clue #3: Once shot a politician
Clue #4: Being an amanuensis was a career accelerator
Clue #5: Always had a Burr in his side
Clue #6: Regularly found in compromising situations
Clue #7: Chosen as Speaker of the House on the first day of his first session
Clue #8: No need to Whig-out, retired after losing to Taylor