One consequence of this law was the creation of a town named after the President pro tempore of the senate.
One consequence of this law was the creation of a town named after the President pro tempore of the senate. That man supported this law, which may have helped him hold off a challenge for his seat from Thomas Hart Benton, and during this law's implementation he organized the Border Ruffians. Though supported by David Atchison, this law was heavily criticized by Abraham Lincoln during his failed Senate campaign, and this act repealed sections of the Compromise of 1850 and Missouri Compromise. Name this 1854 law supported by Stephen Douglas that led to the creation of two new states.
One consequence of this law was the creation of a town named after the President pro tempore of the senate.
Kansas-Nebraska Act [or Nebraska-Kansas Act]