James Tallmadge Jr.

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James Tallmadge Jr. was a U.S. congressman from New York best known for proposing the Tallmadge Amendment in 1819, which sought to restrict the expansion of slavery into Missouri.

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James Tallmadge Jr. canonical 2

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instanceOf human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
birthDate 1778-01-28 ⓘ
birthPlace Stanford, New York ⓘ
burialPlace Green-Wood Cemetery ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1853-09-29 ⓘ
deathPlace New York City ⓘ
educatedAt Brown University ⓘ
Union College ⓘ
endTime 1819 ⓘ
era Early national period of the United States ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Tallmadge ⓘ
father James Tallmadge Sr. ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
honoredIn historical discussions of the Missouri Compromise ⓘ
knownFor proposing the Tallmadge Amendment to restrict slavery in Missouri ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
legislativeFocus restriction of slavery expansion ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableWork Tallmadge Amendment ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participatedIn Missouri statehood debates ⓘ
partyAffiliation Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
positionHeld Lieutenant Governor of New York ⓘ
Member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
practicedLawIn Poughkeepsie, New York ⓘ
proposed Tallmadge Amendment ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian
represented New York ⓘ
New York's 4th congressional district ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
Poughkeepsie, New York ⓘ
servedAs president of the American Institute of the City of New York ⓘ
trustee of New York University ⓘ
servedIn United States House of Representatives ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Matthias B. Tallmadge ⓘ
linked to: James Tallmadge Sr.
spouse Laura Tallmadge ⓘ
startTime 1817 ⓘ
stateOfOffice New York ⓘ
topicOf Tallmadge Amendment controversy ⓘ
workLocation New York ⓘ

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Tallmadge Amendment debate → significantPerson → James Tallmadge Jr. ⓘ
Missouri statehood controversy → involves → James Tallmadge Jr. ⓘ