Died - June 15th, 1875 II. ... Wilmot Proviso (1846) David Wilmot, a Democratic Congressman, presented the amendment to a bill put before the U.S. ... Although some said they were more interested in "keeping the soil free and not for setting men free," they did manage to elect 14 congressmen and 2 senators. ... In 1846, Americans tired of Mexican rule, seized the administrative capital at Sonoma before word arrived about the outbreak of hostilities between Mexico and the US. ... In addition some 11,155 Americans died of disease as result of the war. ...

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