Wilmot, David

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David Wilmot was a 19th-century American politician best known for introducing the Wilmot Proviso, an unsuccessful proposal to ban slavery in territory acquired from Mexico.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
human
lawyer
burialPlace Riverside Cemetery, Towanda, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1814-01-20
dateOfDeath 1868-03-16
educatedAt public schools in Pennsylvania
endTime 1851 (service in U.S. House of Representatives)
1863 (service in U.S. Senate)
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Wilmot NERFINISHED
givenName David NERFINISHED
introducedIn United States House of Representatives (Wilmot Proviso) NERFINISHED
knownFor introducing the Wilmot Proviso
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
Free Soil Party NERFINISHED
Republican Party
movement anti-slavery movement NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
notableWork Wilmot Proviso NERFINISHED
occupation judge
lawyer
politician
opposedTo expansion of slavery into western territories
partOf Free Soil movement NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Bethany, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Towanda, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
positionHeld Judge of the United States Court of Claims
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
President Judge of the 13th Judicial District of Pennsylvania
United States Senator NERFINISHED
practicedLawIn Towanda, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
proposed ban on slavery in territory acquired from Mexico
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
represented Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
residence Towanda, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
startTime 1845 (service in U.S. House of Representatives)
1861 (service in U.S. Senate)
workLocation Towanda, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
Washington, D.C.

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Wilmot Proviso proposedBy Wilmot, David