The Kansas-Nebraska Bill--Debate: Hon. Salmon P. Chase of Ohio and Hon. James Murray Mason of VirginiaDelivered on the Senate floor, March 2nd, 1854.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Bill--Debate: Hon. Salmon P. Chase of Ohio and Hon. James Murray Mason of Virginia

Delivered on the Senate floor, March 2nd, 1854.

Subject

United States Senate, 33rd Congress, Kansas-Nebraska Bill, Debate, James Murray Mason, Salmon P. Chase

Description

Selections of a debate between Salmon Chase of Ohio and James Mason of Virginia over the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Combined Northern and Southern Democrat votes pushed the bill through both houses, and President Franklin Pierce signed it into law on May 30th, 1854.

Creator

James Murray Mason (1798-1871)

John C. Rives (1795-1864)

Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873)

Source

The Congressional Globe

Publisher

University of North Texas Digital Library

Date

2, March, 1854

Contributor

Santiago Jauregui

Rights

Item not held in Copyright, Public Domain

Format

Digitized Book

Language

English

Type

Transcribed Speech

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Citation

James Murray Mason (1798-1871) John C. Rives (1795-1864) Salmon P. Chase (1808-1873), “The Kansas-Nebraska Bill--Debate: Hon. Salmon P. Chase of Ohio and Hon. James Murray Mason of VirginiaDelivered on the Senate floor, March 2nd, 1854.,” Mason's Legacies, accessed October 23, 2026, https://www.masonslegacies.org/items/show/829.

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