USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A U.S. Congressman (1845-1851) and later Senator (1861-1863) from Pennsylvania, David Wilmot sponsored an amendment to an appropriations bill in the House of Representatives on August 8, 1846, which proposed the banning of slavery in land gained from Mexico in the Mexican-American War.

Detailed explanation-2: -David Wilmot (January 20, 1814-March 16, 1868) was a U.S. abolitionist and political figure. He was a sponsor and eponym of Wilmot Proviso which aimed to ban slavery in land gained from Mexico in 1846.

Detailed explanation-3: -David Wilmot was a representative (and later a senator) who introduced the Wilmot Proviso, which would ban slavery in any lands the United States might acquire from Mexico. Southerners did not like this plan, for they wanted California and New Mexico open to slavery.

Detailed explanation-4: -In 1846, a Pennsylvania representative named David Wilmot proposed legislation intended to bar slavery’s expansion into the lands acquired after the Mexican-American War. The Wilmot Proviso failed to pass-and debate over the proposal exacerbated North-South tensions.