Civil War Timeline / Chronology for 1850

January 29, 1850	Aging politician Henry Clay proposes a series of laws that would later be known as the Compromise of 1850
	Compromise of 1850
	Henry Clay
February 16, 1850	John C. Calhoun writes privately that the South "cannot with safety remain in the Union."
	John C. Calhoun
March 4, 1850	Too ill to deliver his prepared text to the Senate against Clay's plan, John C. Calhoun listens as Virginia Senator James M. Mason reads the text for him.	South Carolina
	Speech by John C. Calhoun, March 4, 1850
	Compromise of 1850
	John C. Calhoun
	Henry Clay
March 7, 1850	Daniel Webster rises in the Senate and supports Clay's Compromise of 1850. John C. Calhoun is listening.
	Compromise of 1850
	John C. Calhoun
	Henry Clay
March 25, 1850	The original bills of the Compromise of 1850 are completed. They were written individually by Stephen Douglas
	Compromise of 1850
	Stephen A. Douglas
March 31, 1850	John C. Calhoun dies, Washington, D.C.
	John C. Calhoun
April 17, 1850	Committee of Thirteen agree on the the border of Texas as part of the Compromise of 1850. It will later be revised	Texas
	Compromise of 1850
April 17, 1850	During the debate over the Compromise of 1850 in the U. S. Senate, Vice-president Millard Fillmore called Thomas Hart Benton out of order. The exchange became so heated that Benton was nearly shot by Compromise floor leader Henry Foote of Mississippi
	Compromise of 1850
	Millard Fillmore
May 12, 1850	Fugitive slave Shadrach Minkins arrives in Boston	Massachusetts
June 3, 1850 June 12, 1850	Nashville Convention - 9 slave states hold a convention to determine their best course of action if the Compromise of 1850 passes.	Louisiana Arkansas North Carolina Florida Texas South Carolina Mississippi Georgia Alabama
	Compromise of 1850
	Nashville Convention of 1850 [Resolutions]
	Nashville Convention of 1850
	Robert Barnwell Rhett
July 4, 1850	Following an Independence Day celebration centered around the as yet unfinished Washington Monumnent, Zachary Taylor becomes sick.
	Zachary Taylor
July 9, 1850	President Taylor dies of gastroenteritis. Millard Fillmore becomes President
	Compromise of 1850
	Millard Fillmore
	Zachary Taylor
July 10, 1850	Whig Millard Fillmore is inaugurated President of the United States
	Millard Fillmore
July 30, 1850	Henry Clay's Omnibus Bill (the original Compromise of 1850 legislation) is defeated
	Henry Clay
	Compromise of 1850
August 5, 1850	James Pearce Plan for the Compromise of 1850 is proposed. Under this plan Texas retains more land and receives $10 million for the land it gives up. It is this plan that is finally adopted in the Compromise	Texas
	Compromise of 1850
August 6, 1850	Millard Fillmore, in a message to Congress, urges the payment of Texas for abandoning her claims to a portion of New Mexico.
	Compromise of 1850
	Millard Fillmore
August 21, 1850	The short-lived Southern National party is formed in Macon, Georgia, by Barnwell Rhett, William Lowndes Yancy and others.	Georgia
	Robert Barnwell Rhett
September 9, 1850	James Pierce's plan is accepted, making it a fundimental piece of the Compromise of 1850
	Compromise of 1850
September 9, 1850	California is admitted to the United States. For the first time the number of free states (16) exceeds the number of slave states (15)	California
	Compromise of 1850
September 18, 1850	Fugitive Slave Act is passed by Congress
	Compromise of 1850
September 19, 1850	Millard Fillmore signs the last of the Acts approved by Congress that comprise the Compromise of 1850
	Compromise of 1850
	Causes of the Civil War
	Millard Fillmore
November 10, 1850	Second Nashville Convention
December 10, 1850	Delegates to a convention in Milledgeville issue the "Georgia Platform"	Georgia
	Georgia Platform
	Georgia Convention of 1850

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