David Wilmot (January 20, 1814 – March 16, 1868) was a US politician; he was elected to the US Congress, serving 1845-1851, and to the US Senate, serving 1861-1863 to fill the remainder of a term. Wilmot was a Democrat, a Free Soiler, and a Republican. He was a sponsor and eponym of the Wilmot Proviso (1846), intended to ban slavery in western lands gained from Mexico in the Mexican-American War of 1846–1848. Wilmot was instrumental in...
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David Wilmot (January 20, 1814 – March 16, 1868) was a US politician; he was elected to the US Congress, serving 1845-1851, and to the US Senate, serving 1861-1863 to fill the remainder of a term. Wilmot was a Democrat, a Free Soiler, and a Republican. He was a sponsor and eponym of the Wilmot Proviso (1846), intended to ban slavery in western lands gained from Mexico in the Mexican-American War of 1846–1848. Wilmot was instrumental in...