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| February 8, 1820 | William Tecumeh Sherman born, Lancaster, Ohio | |
| March 1, 1820 | Missouri Compromise moves out of conference committee and to the floor of the House and Senate for debate. | Maine Missouri |
| Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820) | ||
| March 3, 1820 | Maine admitted to the U. S. as a free state, Missouri admitted to the U. S. as a slave state. | Missouri Maine |
| Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820) | ||
| April 24, 1820 | Land Act of 1820 abolishes subsidies paid to investors who purchased Western lands to reduce speculation, but increases the cash requirement to benefit speculators. | |
| July 1, 1820 | At a convention in St. Louis, Missouri passes a pro-slave state constitution. | Missouri |
| Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820) | ||
| July 1, 1820 | John Henry Winder (11/30) and George Douglas Ramsay (26/30) graduate from West Point | |
| November 14, 1820 | President James Monroe asks Congress to address the public land debt issue in his annual message. | |
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| December 5, 1820 | In his annual report to the Senate, Treasury Secretary William Crawford asks the Congress to forgive up to 1/3 the debt owed by purchasers of public lands | |
| William H. Crawford |
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