Henry Clay
Jefferson Davis proposed the Missouri compromise.
The Missouri Compromise itself (1820). Also the very last compromise attempted before the outbreak of war (Crittenden) proposed that the Missouri Line could be re-established and extended all the way to the Pacific. It was this compromise that Lincoln rejected, because it could have allowed some extension of slavery.
Henry Clay drafted the Compromise of 1850, and was from Kentucky. However, his follower Stephen Douglas actually proposed it into Congress because Clay was in such old age (he died two years later).
there were 2 proposed plans that dealt with representing the population in congress. the virginia plan proposed deciding the number of reps by population of the state. the new jersey plan proposed having 1 representative per state. the great compromise created 2 houses of congress: the senate and the house of representatives. the senate was to have 2 reps per state. the house was to have its reps based on the population of each state.
Kentucky senator John J. Crittenden proposed a compromise that could have stopped the Civil War. It allowed slavery in the southern states while making it completely illegal in the northern states.
Jefferson Davis proposed the Missouri compromise.
crittenden compromise
The Kansas-Nebraska Act prompted revision of the Missouri Compromise.
He proposed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Henry Clay
John Nelson has written: 'A discourse on the proposed repeal of the Missouri compromise' -- subject(s): Missouri compromise, Slavery
Missouri would be admitted to the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
The Missouri Compromise, passed in 1820, admitted Missouri to the ... This time, Speaker of the House Henry Clay proposed that Congress ...
John C. Calhoun
The name for the compromise proposed by Henry Clay for the admission of Missouri to the United States was the Missouri Compromise. It said that Missouri would be admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It kept the balance of power in the Senate between the slave states and free states. It also called for slavery to be banned from the Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36˚ 30', Missouri's southern border.
The Missouri Compromise itself (1820). Also the very last compromise attempted before the outbreak of war (Crittenden) proposed that the Missouri Line could be re-established and extended all the way to the Pacific. It was this compromise that Lincoln rejected, because it could have allowed some extension of slavery.
Crittendens compromise