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sectionalism and secession
1850—1859
 

 

 



 
 
Calhoun addresses Senate on Clay's proposals March 4
Benton-Foote confrontation in Senate March 31
 
1850

 

1850 Compromise of 1850
March 7 Webster reply to Calhoun
April 18 Committee of thirteen selected
 
 
 
1851

 

 
Presidential Elections

Franklin Pierce (Democratic)
Winfield Scott (Whig)
John P. Hale (Free Soil)
 


 
Baltimore Democratic Party convention June 1
 
1852

 

Popular Vote

50.9
44.1
5.0
 

Electoral Vote

254
42

 

June 16 Whig convention in Baltimore, put in Compromise measures
 
 
1853

 

1853 civil service reform requiring clerks to pass an examination
 
 
Illinois elects Republican Lyman Trumbull 1854
Alvan E. Bovay founds Republican party March 1
 
1854

 

January Douglas moves to exempt Nebraska
1854 Steven Douglas introduces Kansas-Nebraska act
 
 
1855

 

1855 Republicans outdistance Know-Nothings, absorbing voters
 
Presidential Elections

James Buchanan (Democratic)
John C. Frémont (Republican)
Millard Fillmore (American)
 


 
Know-Nothings (American Party) holds national council meeting February
Sumner denunciates Douglas' views May 14
Democratic National convention in Cincinnati June 2
 
1856

 

Popular Vote

45.3
33.1
21.6
 

Electoral Vote

174
114
8
 

1856 rule of debate considered after philibuster
Feb 22 Republicans national organizing convention in Pittsburg
May 22 Brooks beats Sumner with cane on Senate floor
 
   
1857

 

early 1857 U.S. Supreme Court beings Dred Scott v. Sanford case
 
 
Douglas removed from Committee on Territories December
success of People's Party in Pennsylvania 1858
 
1858

 

May 23 approval of a proslavery Constitution
1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates
 
 
1859

 

1859 Bitter House debate over the Speaker ensues
 
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