Missouri senators on Thursday approved a plan to redraw the state ... had pushed for a more favorable Republican gerrymander — Sens. Mike Moon and Bob Onder — ended up voting for the compromise.

The Missouri state Senate on Thursday reached a compromise on new congressional district map lines, ending a deep division among Republicans that created a monthlong impasse in one of the final sta… ...

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 24 years, and its elimination was one ...

Understanding the Missouri Compromise in this way points the way to a reinterpretation of the Civil War as something other than a simple conflict between North and South or even slavery and freedom.

The Missouri Compromise 1820 In 1818, the Territory of Missouri submitted application to the United States for statehood. At this time, there were an equal number of senators ...

Missouri's 'religious liberty' bill has been a contentious issue this session of the Legislature, but there's one compromise that could bring the two sides closer together.

In 1819, Missouri sought admission to the United States as a slave state. Following the Missouri Debates of 1819 and the Missouri Compromise of 1820, Congress admitted Missouri as a slave state in ...

Missouri’s role in precipitating the conflict involved more than the Missouri compromise, however. The supreme court’s 1857 Dred Scott Decision involved Dred Scott, who was a slave owned by St ...