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The Missouri Compromise debates stirred suspicions by slavery interests that the underlying purpose of the Tallmadge Amendments had little to do with opposition to the expansion of slavery. The accusation was first leveled in the House by the Republican anti-restrictionist John Holmes from the District of Maine. He suggested that Senator Rufus ...
The Missouri Plan (originally the Missouri Nonpartisan Court Plan, also known as the merit plan, or some variation) is a method for the selection of judges. It originated in Missouri in 1940 and has been adopted by many states of the United States. Similar methods are used in some other countries.
The Missouri Crisis in 1820 made the explosive political conflict between slave and free soil open and explicit. [43] Only through the adroit handling of the legislation by Speaker of the House Henry Clay was a settlement reached and disunion avoided. [13] [44] [45]
The Missouri state Senate on Thursday reached a compromise on new congressional district map lines, ending a deep division among Republicans that created a monthlong impasse in one of the final ...
Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, Secretary of Jay Ashcroft and state Sen. Bill Eigel have clashing visions for Missouri in the Aug. 6 primary for governor. The race could be a ‘watershed moment’ for the ...
Eventually, the Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to be a slave state, however, they could not admit any more states above a line marked by the new Arkansaw Territory. [a] On March 6, 1820, Congress passed a law directing Missouri to hold a convention to form a constitution and a state government. This law stated that "…the said state ...
After a challenge by Springfield's Eden Village and others, Missouri's Supreme Court decided the bill contained too many unrelated provisions. MO Supreme Court strikes down bill banning homeless ...
Realizing that the Missouri Compromise was "canonized in the hearts of the American people", he called for both religious and political action in order to defeat the bill. [4] The Appeal was originally published in the Cincinnati Gazette and widely reprinted by other newspapers throughout the country. Historian Eric Foner wrote, "Historians ...