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David Wilmot, American politician, sponsor of Wilmot Proviso (died 1868)
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David Wilmot (politician)
American politician and judge (1814–1868)
David Wilmot was an American politician and judge who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives from 1845 to 1851 and in the United States Senate from 1861 to 1863. In 1863, president Abraham Lincoln appointed Wilmot to the Court of Claims, where he…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Wilmot Proviso
Failed 1846 US proposal limiting slavery
The Wilmot Proviso was an unsuccessful 1846 proposal in the United States Congress to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico in the Mexican–American War. The conflict over the Wilmot Proviso was one of the major events leading to the American Civil War.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)