David Wilmot
David Wilmot
David Wilmotwas a U.S. politician; he was elected to the U.S. Congress, serving 1845–1851, and to the U.S. Senate, serving 1861–1863 to fill the remainder of a term. Wilmot was a Democrat, a Free Soiler, and a Republican. He was a sponsor and eponym of the Wilmot Proviso, intended to ban slavery in western lands gained from Mexico in the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth20 January 1814
CountryUnited States of America
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Congress would exclude slavery from any territory that in the future might be acquired from Mexico.