On March 6, 1820, President James Monroe signed into law legislation referred to as the Missouri Compromise, which prohibited slavery in the northern parts of the Louisiana Territory and allowed it in ...

On March 3, 1820, Congress approved the Missouri compromise, a law that maintained a balance in the Senate between free and slave states. The pact only lasted 34 years, and its elimination was one of ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.- Race and politics are certainly part of the news today. But these issues go back so far, they’ve been part of Missouri’s story since the beginning. The founding of the state and the ...

Outerbridge Horsey, the Delaware senator with an unusual first name, faced a dilemma. The question before the United States Senate would have far-reaching consequences; and Horsey could vote as the ...

When the territory of Missouri applied for admission to statehood, the Congress and the nation were confronted with a unique substantive question that had far-reaching implications both for the ...

In 1820, a law known as the Missouri Compromise was passed in the US Congress. The law made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state. In addition, the law prohibited slavery in the Louisiana ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KY3) - Tuesday, August 10 marks the bicentennial of Missouri’s entry as the 24th state to enter the United States. U.S. Congress allowed for admission of Missouri as the 24th ...

In 1818, the Territory of Missouri submitted application to the United States for statehood. At this time, there were an equal number of senators (22) in the United States Senate from both free and ...

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