David Wilmot was an American politician and judge.
21 Facts About David Wilmot
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David Wilmot served as Representative and a Senator for Pennsylvania and as a judge of the Court of Claims.
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David Wilmot is best known for being the prime sponsor and eponym of the Wilmot Proviso, a failed proposal to ban the expansion of slavery to western lands gained in the Mexican Cession.
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David Wilmot was admitted to the bar of Bradford County, Pennsylvania and entered private practice in Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania from 1834 to 1844.
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David Wilmot was elected as a Democrat from Pennsylvania's 12th congressional district to the United States House of Representatives of the 29th, 30th and 31st United States Congresses, serving from March 4,1845, to March 3,1851.
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David Wilmot became part of an informal group of anti-slavery Democrats led by New York Congressman Preston King, who was a protege of Governor Silas Wright and an ally of former President Martin Van Buren.
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David Wilmot was a man of strong physique and strong common sense; of phlegmatic temperament, without any pretension to genius; a sensible speaker, with no claim to eloquence or oratory.
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David Wilmot modeled the language for what would usually be referred to as the David Wilmot Proviso after the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
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David Wilmot was presented as the Free Soil candidate for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in 1849 and was at odds with the mainstream Pennsylvania Democratic Party led by James Buchanan.
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David Wilmot was President Judge of the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for the Thirteenth Judicial District from 1851 to 1861.
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David Wilmot took a leading part in the founding of the Republican Party in 1854.
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David Wilmot was Chairman of the Republican Party platform committee, was a delegate to the 1856 Republican National Convention and worked vigorously for the first Republican presidential candidate, John C Fremont, in the 1856 election.
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David Wilmot was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania in 1857, losing to William F Packer.
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David Wilmot was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Senator Simon Cameron and served from March 14,1861, to March 3,1863.
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David Wilmot was not a candidate for reelection in 1862.
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David Wilmot was a member of the Peace Convention of 1861, held in Washington, DC, in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending American Civil War.
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David Wilmot was nominated by President Abraham Lincoln on March 6,1863, to the Court of Claims, to a new seat authorized by 12 Stat.
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David Wilmot was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 7,1863, and received his commission the same day.
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David Wilmot's service terminated upon his death on March 16,1868.
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David Wilmot was the son of Randall and Mary David Wilmot.
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David Wilmot's father was a well-to-do merchant, and David's early life was a comfortable one.