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One way to categorize lawmakers according to political scientist Richard Fenno is by their general motivation: Fellow Whig Abraham Lincoln contested Polk's causes for the war Polk had said that Mexico had "shed American blood upon American soil" Lincoln submitted eight "Spot Resolutions" demanding that Polk state the exact spot where Thornton had been attacked and American blood shed and clarify whether or not that location was actually American soil or in fact had been claimed by Spain and Mexico Lincoln too refused to actually stop money for men or supplies.:151! State volunteers were raised in various sized units and for various periods of time mostly for one year Later some were raised for the duration of the war as it became clear it was going to last longer than a year. Wilmot Proviso Lyman Hall Georgia 1 Yes Modern capitals, Nathaniel Folsom New Hampshire 1 Yes On November 6 Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States He was the first Republican president and his victory was entirely due to his support in the North and West; no ballots were cast for him in 10 of the 15 Southern slave states and he won only two of 996 counties in all the Southern states.:61 Lincoln received 1,866,452 votes or 39.8% of the total in a four-way race He won the free Northern states as well as California and Oregon.:350. Manifest destiny Main article: Presidency of Abraham Lincoln Admiral A statute enacted as part of the compromise prohibited the slave trade but allowed slavery itself in the District of Columbia. Southerners in Congress were unanimous in opposing that provision which was seen as a concession to the abolitionists but they were outvoted. . Hugh McCulloch 1865 Washington closed the address by reflecting on his legacy:, 2006 89.7% 98,740 6.1% 6,744, Kentucky 12,430 40,343 80,561 126,732 165,213 182,258 210,981 225,483 Article XI offered a potential benefit to Mexico in that the US pledged to suppress the Comanche and Apache raids that had ravaged northern Mexico and pay restitutions to the victims of raids it could not prevent. However the Indian raids did not cease for several decades after the treaty although a cholera epidemic reduced the numbers of the Comanche in 1849. Robert Letcher U.S Minister to Mexico in 1850 was certain "that miserable 11th article" would lead to the financial ruin of the US if it could not be released from its obligations the US was released from all obligations of Article XI five years later by Article II of the Gadsden Purchase of 1853. In February 1801 Congress approved the District of Columbia Organic Act which officially organized the District of Columbia Congress at that time became the district's exclusive governing authority.[citation needed]. .

. Uncle Tom's Cabin Status of American women I-66 in Washington D.C Changes in a nation's political regime sometimes result in the designation of a new capital Newly-independent Kazakhstan moved its capital to the existing city of Astana after the collapse of the Soviet Union Naypyidaw was founded in Burma's interior as the former capital Rangoon was claimed to be too overcrowded. .