WILMOT, DAVID

1814–68, American legislator, b. Bethany, Pa. As a Democratic Congressman (1845–51) he became widely known as the author of the famous Wilmot Proviso, which helped build up sectional animosity before the Civil War. Ardently opposed to slavery, Wilmot became a leader of the Free-Soil party. He helped to found the Republican party and was (1861–63) a Republican Senator, filling out the unexpired term of Simon Cameron. He then became (1863) judge of the U.S. Court of Claims.

See biography by C. B. Going (1924, repr. 1966).

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Enthusiast in Wit: A Portrait of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester 1647-1680
Book by Vivian de Sola Pinto; University of Nebraska Press, 1962
Subjects: Rochester, John Wilmot--Earl Of--1647-1680
PLATES 1. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester facing...Peter Lely 2. Elizabeth Wilmot, Countess of Rochester 43 3. Elizabeth Barry 58 4. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester 59 attributed...as well as a drawing by David Loggan, now in the British...
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The Works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
Book by Harold Love, John Wilmot; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Fiction
...D. H. Lawrence. David M. Vieths landmark...collected works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester...complete poems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester , ed. David M. Vieth New Haven...and The poems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester...
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Earl of Rochester: The Critical Heritage
Book by David Farley-Hills; Routledge, 1995
Subjects: Love Poetry, English--History And Criticism, Rochester, John Wilmot--Earl Of--1647-1680--Criticism And Interpretation, Verse Satire, English--History And Criticism
...sections: I. Works attributed to John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester; II. Rochesters...Section III. I. WORKS ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN WILMOT, SECOND EARL OF ROCHESTER Absent from...Complete Poems, 23 ; see also Vieth, David Defence of Satire, 191 Disappointment...
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The Sun at Noon: Three Biographical Sketches
Book by Kenneth B. Murdock; The Macmillan Company, 1939
Subjects: Aristocracy (Social class)--England, Cary, Elizabeth--Lady--1585 or 6-1639, Falkland, Lucius Cary--Viscount--1610?-1643, Rochester, John Wilmot--Earl of--1647-1680
...184 , 263 Lee, Lady Anne, see also Wilmot, Anne St. John , Countess of Rochester...Baron Littleton, 213 , 215 , 216 Lloyd, David, 96 , 196 Loftus, Adam, 47 Longueville...Lovelace, 258 , 272 Malet, Elizabeth, see Wilmot, Elizabeth Malet , Countess of Rochester...
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A Historical Guide to Henry David Thoreau
Book by William E. Cain; Oxford University Press, 2000
Subjects: Literature And History--United States--History--19th Century, Literature And Society--United States--History--19th Century, Thoreau, Henry David--1817-1862--Criticism And Interpretation
...and Other Poems . 1846: May, United States declares war on Mexico; August, Wilmot Proviso, proposed by Democratic congressmen from Pennsylvania, David Wilmot 1814-1868 , states that slavery should be prohibited in any territory acquired...
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journal articles on: Wilmot David  - 160 results

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New Garrick Letters
Journal article by F.P. Lock; Theatre Notebook, Vol. 60, 2006
Subjects: Garrick, David--Records and correspondence, Letters (Correspondence)--Evaluation, Letters--Evaluation, Theatrical directors--Records and correspondence, Theatrical producers and directors--Records and correspondence, Wilmot, Robert--Records and correspondence
...of the Letters of David Garrick contains only...Garrick to Sir Robert Wilmot (c. 1709-72...1) Garrick to Wilmot, 24 Feb. 1766, in Letters, ed. David M. Little and George...Derbyshire Record Office, Wilmot-Horton Papers...
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Interpreting Popular Sovereignty: A Historiographical Essay
Journal article by Christopher Childers; Civil War History, Vol. 57, 2011
Subjects: Calhoun, John C.--Political activity, Cass, Lewis--Political activity, Dickinson, Daniel S.--Political activity, Fehrenbacher, Don E.--Political activity, Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, Missouri Compromise, 1820-1821--Political aspects, Missouri Compromise, 1820-1821--Reports, Nichols, Roy F.--Political activity, Political parties--Isle of Man, Political parties--Kansas, Political parties--Nebraska, Political parties--New York, Political parties--Reports, Potter, David M.--Political activity, Slavery--Political aspects, Slavery--Reports, United States. Supreme Court--Reports, Wilmot Proviso of 1846 (Draft)
...as articulated in the aftermath of the Wilmot Proviso. Second, scholars have sought...politicians looking for a way to neutralize the Wilmot Proviso imbued popular sovereignty with...when it emerged as an alternative to the Wilmot Proviso that moderates in the North and...
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Following David Unaipon's Footsteps
Journal article by John Alexander; Journal of Australian Studies, 1997
Subjects: Australian aborigines--Authorship, Australian literature--Australian aboriginal authors, Unaipon, David--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Following David Unaipons footsteps by John Alexander David Unaipon was born in 1872. His...23) Smith, op. cit. (24) David Unaipon, Australian Aborigines...33) Ibid. (34) Ibid. (35) Wilmot, op. cit., p. 9.
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Education and Democracy in South Africa Today
Journal article by Kader Asmal, Wilmot James; Daedalus, Vol. 130, 2001
Subjects: Education and state--South Africa, South Africa--Social policy
...of he Western Cape. Wilmot James is professor of...Cape Town and London: David Philip Publishers and...in Charles Hamilton, Wilmot James, Neville Alexander...Tightrope (Cape Town: David Philip, 2000). (33...1999): 78. (38.) Wilmot James (chair), Working...
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The Options for Internet Gambling in Canada
Journal article by Justin Rex, David J. Jackson; American Review of Canadian Studies, Vol. 38, 2008
Subjects: Canada--Social policy, Online gambling--Laws, regulations and rules
...races without paying for it," said David Wilmot, CEO of Woodbine Entertainment Group...Reuters, 26 October. Stewart, David O. 2006. "An Analysis of Internet...According to the CBC, in 1997 federal MP David Mills submitted a private members...
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The Grandfather of African Liberation: If, as Is Now Almost Universally Acknowledged, George Padmore Was the "Father" of African Liberation, Then Edward Wilmot Blyden, as Padmore's Intellectual Mentor, Was the "Grandfather", Argues Cameron Duodu
Magazine article by Cameron Duodu; New African, June 2010
Subjects: Blyden, Edward Wilmot--Biography, Educators--Biography
...African Liberation, Then Edward Wilmot Blyden, as Padmores Intellectual...Cameron Duodu THE WORK OF EDWARD WILMOT Blyden had such an effect on...intellectual mentor, Edward Wilmot Blyden was its "grandfather...philosopher, and historian, David Hume: ILLUSTRATION OMITTED...
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Forgotten Feminist: Women's Page Editor Maggie Savoy and the Growth of Women's Liberation Awareness in Los Angeles
Magazine article by Kimberly Wilmot Voss; California History, Vol. 86, Spring 2009
Subjects: Journalism--Growth, News agencies--Achievements and awards, News agencies--Growth, Newspapers--Achievements and awards, Newspapers--Growth, The Associated Press--Achievements and awards, The Associated Press--Growth
...in Los Angeles. by Kimberly Wilmot Voss The year was 1963, and...Celebrated journalist/historian David Halberstam got it wrong when...Who Enters Here, 4. (65) David Halberstam, The Powers That...Thinking Big, 467-71. KIMBERLY WILMOT VOSS holds a PhD from the University...
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'No Sex Please, We're Irish'
Magazine article by David O. Mahony; Film Ireland, January 2008
No Sex Please, Were Irish by David O. Mahony I RECENTLY AGREED to write...perspective - that of British director David Lean - to orchestrate a properly...Deirdre OKanes ministrations to David Wilmot in John Crowleys Intermission...
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Ago Chapter News
Magazine article; The American Organist, Vol. 45, January 2011
...Columbia. Oct. 24, Dongho Lee and David Baskeyfieldplayed a recital at...Presbyterian Church in Haddonfield (host David Rhody, chapel organist at the...Staples, Eleanor Timberlake, Joche Wilmot, Jessica Bobb, and David Cole. Truuke Ameigh played Three...
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Racism and Blacks Who've 'Made It': Stories That Will Make You Laugh ... and Cry
Magazine article by Douglas C. Lyons; Ebony, Vol. 44, October 1989
Subjects: African Americans--Anecdotes, cartoons, satire, etc., Racism--Anecdotes, cartoons, satire, etc., Success--Anecdotes, cartoons, satire, etc.
...School in Washington, D.C., David Wilmot is a big man on campus, having an...right over to him and said, Dean Wilmot!! I just wanted to meet you...remark. "These things happen," Wilmot offers. "I tell the kids in my...
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I Go on Stage and I Show Off. I Love It; North Wales Return for Gary Wilmot
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), July 31, 2009
...Off. I Love It; North Wales Return for Gary Wilmot. Byline: DAVID POWELL ENTERTAINER Gary Wilmot is returning to North Wales to tour with Chicago...Catherine Zeta Jones. But all rounder Gary Wilmot is having none of that. "I didnt even consider...
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Ring, Grant Swipe One from Wilmot
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), May 15, 2011
Ring, Grant Swipe One from Wilmot. Byline: Daily Herald report Throw...bases in Grants 9-5 victory over Wilmot. Ring now has 36 stolen bases on the...doubles and drove in 2 runs while pitcher David Meade got the win. He pitched 5 innings...
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Suits Tailor-Made to Land the Nick Wilmot-Smith Memorial Handicap
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), May 24, 2011
Suits Tailor-Made to Land the Nick Wilmot-Smith Memorial Handicap. SUITS Me appeals...looked as sharp as ever this spring. David Barron has an outstanding knack of resuscitating...more than a solid showing in the Nick Wilmot-Smith Memorial Handicap. Star turn...
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A Sister for Baby David? MADGE IN LOVE TUG
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 21, 2006
A Sister for Baby David? MADGE IN LOVE TUG. Byline...star to be a sister for baby David Banda. But Madge is up against...workers Angela, 34, and John Wilmot, 42, moved to Malawi seven...Madonnas first choice, before David, was Jessica Kondanani...
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Docklands Tempts Families to Move in; Young Families Have Been Steering Clear of Canary Wharf, Believing It Has Nothing to Offer Children. A New School Is Going to Change All That, Says David Spittles
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 2, 2007
...School Is Going to Change All That, Says David Spittles. DOCKLANDS has long been considered...no hesitation in buying IT TAKES Jeremy Wilmot 20 minutes to walk to his job at Canary...no hesitation in buying IT TAKES Jeremy Wilmot 20 minutes to walk to his job at Canary...
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encyclopedia articles on: Wilmot David  - 3 results

 
 
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Wilmot, David
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WILMOT, DAVID 1814 68, American legislator, b. Bethany...widely known as the author of the famous Wilmot Proviso , which helped build up sectional...Civil War. Ardently opposed to slavery, Wilmot became a leader of the Free-Soil party...
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Wilmot Proviso
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WILMOT PROVISO 1846, amendment to a bill put before...negotiate a territorial settlement with Mexico. David Wilmot introduced an amendment to the bill stipulating...million appropriation was introduced, and Wilmot again proposed an antislavery amendment...
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United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Missouri Compromise of 1820. The Wilmot Proviso illustrated Northern antislavery...negotiations between Egypt and Israel at Camp David, Md. The talks led to the signing of a peace treaty (see Camp David accords ) by Egyptian president Anwar...


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