The Senate map also keeps both of Missouri's main military bases in the 4th District, a key demand of conservative caucus member Sen. Denny Hoskins.

On March 3, 1820, Thomas Jefferson, the nation’s third president, wrote to Monroe, his fellow Virginian, stating, “This Missouri question by a geographical line of division is the most ...

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 ...

On this day in 1820, President James Monroe signed the Missouri Compromise, a measure to keep the number of slave-holding and free states equal by bringing Missouri into the Union as a slave state ...