Under his tenure as Speaker of the House, discussion of anti-slavery petitions became banned under the gag rule.
This politician's first speech in Congress advocated use of the popular vote to elect the President. Under his tenure as Speaker of the House, discussion of anti-slavery petitions became banned under the gag rule. Duties were lowered under this man's administration due to his passage of the Walker Tariff. Despite campaigning against Theodore Frelinghuysen and Henry Clay under the campaign slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight," this president accepted a compromise of the 49th parallel as the northern border of the Oregon Territory. For 10 points, name this Democratic president nicknamed "Young Hickory," who oversaw the Mexican-American War.
This politician's first speech in Congress advocated use of the popular vote to elect the President.
James Knox Polk