Thursday, March 16, 2006

This Day in Republican History 3/16/06

March 16, 1868 Death of U.S. Senator David Wilmot (R-PA), anti-slavery champion and author of first Republican Party platform 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.

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