Show THE WILMOT PROVISO A correspondent from kingston utah asks what was the wilmot proviso it was so called from its author david wilmot who was born in 1814 at bethany pa and died in 1868 at towanda in the same state wilmot supported martin van buren in the presidential canvass of 1836 and thereby gained for himself considerable publicity david wilmot served in congress from december 1 1845 to march 3 1851 during the sension of 1846 while a bill was pending to appropriate 2 for the purchase of a part of mexico he moved an amendment that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory 12 f this which became known as the wilmot proviso passed the house but was rejected by the senate and gave rise to the free soil movement wilmot went to colgren Con grecs as a democrat but afterwards became a republican reserved he served as delegate at the national republican conventions of 1856 and 1860 and ever even acted as temporary chairman of the latter when simon cameron became secretary of war in Lincol ns cabinet wilmot willot was elected to camerons place in the united states senate where he be served from march 18 to march 3 1863 in tb this is latter year president lincoln appointed wilmot judge of the U S court of claims which office he held at the time of his death in 1868 m |