- The Free Soil
Party was a
political party in the
United States from 1848 to 1854, when it
merged into the
Republican Party. The
party was
focused on opposing...
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Forcing Slavery Down the
Throat of a
Freesoiler – An 1856
cartoon depicts a
giant "Free Soiler"
being held down by
James Buchanan and
Lewis C**** standing...
- pertinacity, bitterness, and
rancor unknown even in
Wilmot Proviso days". The
freesoilers were at a
distinct disadvantage in Congress. The
Democrats held large...
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opposition of such a high
proportion that the Democrats, Whigs, and
Freesoilers in the
capital united as the "Anti-Know-Nothing Party". In New York,...
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member of the
Wisconsin State ****embly from
Kenosha County; the
first as a
Freesoiler, the
second as a Republican.
Burgess was born
August 31, 1805, in Chatham...
- a Democrat. He was
succeeded in the next ****embly by
Samuel Brown, a
Freesoiler. In 1857, he was a
Milwaukee County deputy sheriff, as well as
being the...
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builder from Milwaukee,
Wisconsin who
served a
single one-year term as a
Freesoiler member of the
first Wisconsin State ****embly in 1849. "Members of the...
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Walworth County district (East Troy and
Spring Prairie) as a
Freesoiler,
succeeding fellow Freesoiler Joel H.
Cooper (who was not a
candidate for re-election)...
- a
member of the
Wisconsin State ****embly from Rock County,
first as a
Freesoiler and
later as a Republican. Born
August 23, 1812 in
Bradford County, Pennsylvania...
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succeeding fellow Freesoiler Adam E. Ray. He was not a
candidate for re-election, and was
succeeded by
Oscar Bartlett (another
Freesoiler). Instead, the...
