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 controversy was, of course, settled with a compromise. Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state, and Maine would enter as a free state, but Congress would prohibit slavery in ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri officials pushed through new ...

Missouri may be moving out of swing state territory, turning up the pressure in the Republican Senate primary, where the nominee has a good chance of beating Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill ...

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 ...

Sen. Henry Clay, known as "the Great Compromiser," brought about the Missouri Compromise of 1820. House of Representatives historian Robert Remini says Clay's feat resulted from his ability to ...

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 ...

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 ...

On this date in 1821, Missouri entered the Union as the 24th state. ... That deal held until 1854, when the Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise. In 1861, ...

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… ...

Bullish (Video) The Missouri Compromise: Slavery, Congress, and the 1820 Crisis. Posted: February 24, 2025 | Last updated: March 19, 2025. The film discusses the historical context leading to the ...