Who wrote the Missouri Compromise?

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Who wrote the Missouri Compromise?

2007-02-21 11:46:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History

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Michael Burgen

2007-02-21 11:55:13 · answer #1 · answered by Ariamay 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋

Henry Clay of Kentucky

2007-02-21 19:59:20 · answer #2 · answered by Medallita 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Most technically, it was an amendment by Rep. Jesse Thomas of Illinois.
As to who was most responsible for it intellectually, that would have to be Henry Clay of Kentucky, one of the Senate's most ardent defenders of slavery.

Here is wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Compromise

2007-02-21 19:55:45 · answer #3 · answered by parrotjohn2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I think Henry Clay came up with the idea.

2007-02-21 19:54:08 · answer #4 · answered by Lucifer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋