Share This Article 1. This senator was known as The Great Compromiser from the 1820s through the 1850s. Stephen Douglas Henry Clay Thomas Hart Benton Daniel Webster 2. This Southern senator earned the nickname “Hangman” for threatening to lynch a fellow senator. Henry Stuart Foote Nehemiah Scudder John C. Calhoun Thomas Hart Benton 3. About this many Irish soldiers deserted the Irish Army to fight for the Allies in World War Two. 5,000 1,000 150 300 Loading …