ch. 14 By bobheadings@yahoo.com Jan 9, 1846 david wilmot introduces the wilmot proviso Jan 9, 1848 free soil party is founded Jan 9, 1848 zach taylor elected president Jan 9, 1849 california seeks admission to the union Jan 9, 1850 compromise of 1850 Jan 9, 1850 fugitive slave act Jan 9, 1850 Zachary Taylor dies while in office Jan 9, 1851 Sioux sign Treaty of Traverse des Sioux Jan 9, 1851 Congress passes the Land Act of 1851 Jan 9, 1852 uncle tom's cabin published Jan 9, 1852 franklin pierce elected president Jan 9, 1853 Gadsden Purchase Jan 9, 1854 congress passes kansas- nebraska act Jan 9, 1854 republican party founded Jan 9, 1854 Abraham Lincollincoln gives a speech condemning the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Jan 9, 1856 preston brooks assaults charles sumner on senate floor Jan 9, 1857 dread scott case Jan 9, 1857 First elevator installed Jan 9, 1858 james Buchanan inaugurates the new trans-Atlantic telegraph cable Jan 9, 1859 john brown raids harper's ferry