Question

3. Where does David Wilmot stand on the issue of slavery?

Answer 1

He is best known for being the prime sponsor and namesake of the eponymous Wilmot Proviso, a failed proposal to ban the expansion of slavery to western lands gained in the Mexican Cession.

Answer 2

Although Wilmot opposed the extension of slavery into the territories, he was generally considered to be a Democratic Party loyalist; he supported Polk in the initiation of the Mexican-American War and was the lone House Democrat from Pennsylvania to vote for the Walker tariff.