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Zachary Taylor became President of the United States
Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850) was the 12th President of the United States (1849–1850) and an American military leader.
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Senate March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
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House of Representatives March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
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March 4, 1849 to March 3, 1851
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Begining of 1st Session
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Senator Daniel Webster gave his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorsed the Compromise of 1850 to prevent a possible civil war
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five bills, passed in September 1850, which defused a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). The compromise, drafted by Whig Henry Clay and brokered by Clay and Democrat Stephen Douglas, avoided secession or civil war and reduced sectional conflict for four years. -
Taylor died and Millard Fillmore became President
Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the 13th President of the United States (1850–1853) and the last member of the Whig Party to hold the office of president. As Zachary Taylor's Vice President, he assumed the presidency after Taylor's death. -
Compromise of 1850, sess. 1, chs. 48-51, 9
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five bills, passed in September 1850, which defused a four-year confrontation between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). The compromise, drafted by Whig Henry Clay and brokered by Clay and Democrat Stephen Douglas, avoided secession or civil war and reduced sectional conflict for four years. -
Texas Borbers Change
Texas's borders were changed, ch. 48, 9 Stat. 446
Texas's annexation as a state that tolerated slavery had caused tension in the United States among slave states and those that did not allow slavery. The tension was partially defused with the Compromise of 1850, in which Texas ceded some of its territory to the federal government to become non-slave-owning areas but gained El Paso. -
The Organic Act
The Organic Act for the Territory of New Mexico was part of the Compromise of 1850, passed September 9, 1850. Primarily concerned with slavery, the act organized New Mexico as a territory, with boundaries including the areas now embraced in New Mexico, Arizona, and southern Colorado. -
The territory of Mexico
The Congressional Compromise of 1850 halted a bid for statehood under a proposed antislavery constitution, and bounded by the Arkansas River (the former US-Mexico border) from its source to the 100th meridian west, south to just south of the 32nd parallel north, west passing north of El Paso, then along the new US-Mexico border set by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo until the 111th meridian west, north to the Colorado River, then a diagonal straight line back to the source of the Arkansas River. -
California was admitted as a state in to the union
Western areas of Alta California became the state of California, which was admitted as the 31st state on September 9, 1850. Admitted as a direct result of the Mexican Cession. -
Utah Territory was organized, ch. 51, 9
The territory was organized by an organic act of Congress in 1850, on the same day that the State of California was admitted to the Union. The creation of the territory was part of the Compromise of 1850 that sought to preserve the balance of power between slave and free states. -
Fugitive Slave Act, sess. 1, ch. 60, 9
The fugitive slave laws were laws passed by the United States Congress in 1793 and 1850 to provide for the return of slaves who escaped from one state into another state or territory. -
Donation Land Claim Act, sess. 1, ch. 76, 9
The Donation Land Claim Act of 1850 (ch. 76, 9 Stat. 496, enacted September 27, 1850, sometimes known as the Donation Land Act) was a statute enacted by the United States Congress intended to promote homestead settlement in the Oregon Territory in the Pacific Northwest (comprising the present-day states of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho). The law, which is considered a forerunner of the later Homestead Act, brought thousands of settlers into the new territory, swelling the ranks of the emigrants -
End of 1st Session
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Begining of 2nd session
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Christian Female College, now Columbia College, receives its charter from the Missouri General Assembly
The Missouri General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Missouri. The bicameral General Assembly is composed of a 34-member Senate, and a 163-member House of Representatives. Members of both houses of the General Assembly are subject to term limits. Senators are limited to two four-year terms, and representatives to four two-year terms; a total of 8 years for members of both houses. -
Determine the name of an origon territory
The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in the Oregon Territory is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine -
End of 2nd session
