Davit Wilmot was a Congressman from Pennsylvania.
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David Wilmot wasd a Congressman from Pennsylvania.
..banned slavery in all the new territories acquired from Mexico.
The Wilmot Proviso tried to prevent any of the new Western territories joining the USA as slave-states. Popular Sovereignty was the plan to allow each new state to vote on whether to be slave or free.
David Wilmot's home state is Pennsylvania. David was a US Senator and Congressman from Pennsylvania's 12th district during the 1800's.
The Wilmot Proviso declared that none of the newly-acquired Mexican territories should become slave-states. The Abolitionists strongly supported this belief, and it drove the two sides further apart.
The intent of the Wilmot Proviso was to not allow slavery in the new US territories. In 1846, US President Polk asked Congress to appropriate $2 million for expenses related to the war against Mexico. Congressman David Wilmot attached an amendment to this appropriations bill. Wilmot was a fellow party member of President Polk.
Senator Jesse Thomas of Illinois then proposed the so-called Thomas Proviso: If the north would admit Missouri as a slave state, the South would agree to outlaw slavery above a line extending from the southern border of Missouri to spanish territtory. The Thomas Proviso did pass.
The Wilmot Provisio passed in the House of Representatives, because the amount of representatives per state depends on the population. The population of all of the northern states was greater than that of the southern states. This means that since there were more Northern Representatives, it was passed. However, the amount of senators per state is the same regardless of population. In some sense, the power between the North and South was much more equal in the Senate as opposed to the House. That is why the Wilmot Provisio was passed in the House, but not the Senate.
The Wilmot Provisio passed in the House of Representatives, because the amount of representatives per state depends on the population. The population of all of the northern states was greater than that of the southern states. This means that since there were more Northern Representatives, it was passed. However, the amount of senators per state is the same regardless of population. In some sense, the power between the North and South was much more equal in the Senate as opposed to the House. That is why the Wilmot Provisio was passed in the House, but not the Senate.
The Wilmot Proviso was named for Congressman David Wilmot of Pennsylvania. The bill passed the House twice, but failed in the Senate. It also failed in the effort to be included in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.