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=='Revisionists are at work'== 

The insertion of a comment on the Treaty of Ghent (End of the War of 1812) is not correct. The Treaty does not agree to end slavery. 

Article 1 allows for return of all possessions taken from either party, including "slaves or other private property". The treaty does refer to the slave trade (not slavery itself). Article 10 states "Whereas the traffic in slaves is irreconcileable with the principles of humanity and justice, and whereas both his Majesty and the United States are desirous of continuing their efforts to promote its entire abolition, it is hereby agreed that both the contracting parties shall use their best endeavors to accomplish so desirable an object." 

==Italics==

Use of italics on this page is really strange. Could anyone explain this?
[[User:Juan Ponderas|Juan Ponderas]] 03:41, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)  

==Harmful effects==  
The manipulation of the U. S. Constitution by the production of Gag rules injured the image of the U. S. Constitution in the eyes of the citizens of the United States.  Afterwards, the slave States concluded that they could ignore the [[U. S. Constitution]] and secede from the Union.  

::[[User:141.151.176.156|141.151.176.156]] 14:43, 12 August 2005 (UTC)  

:::Since the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Constitutional Amendment]] had been abridged by the Congressmen, the supreme law of the land lost some of its inviolability.  However, the single greatest cause of the [[American Civil War|War Between the States]] was the enormous gulf in wealth which had developed.  Northerners were building [[Mutual savings bank|savings banks]] at the rate of approximately ten per year.  Southerners were "the working poor" in the 1850s.  [[User:Superslum|Superslum]] 00:19, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

===MULTIPLICITY===  
Contributors to this article should keep it in mind that there were various gag rules.  ''THE'' should be "THOSE" gag rules.  

At one time, this article named and scantily explained the different gag rules.  Some person has destroyed the content, for some reason.  [[User:71.253.55.81|71.253.55.81]] 07:05, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

==Revisionists are at work==  
[[Gag Rule]] is an article which has been changed so many times that it is now only a grotesque shell of what it had been a year ago.  It has been given a new slant.  It pretends that southerners forced slavery on northerners.  It bypasses the real facts, which are that pro-slavery Democrats held top governmental offices in northern States such as New York, New Hampshire, and Maine.  President [[Martin van Buren]] was a pro-slavery Democrat from New York.  

Pro-slavery Democrats were created about seven years after the [[Treaty of Ghent]] was ratified by Congress in [[1815]].  The [[Treaty of Ghent]] included an agreement that both nations would take steps to end slavery.  England gradually ended slavery throughout the British Empire by the end of [[1835]].  The United States enacted a series of Acts of Congress (known as "gag rules") which ignored the provision in the [[Treaty of Ghent]] that required a cessation of slavery.  In effect, the Americans employed their "gag rules" to '''revise''' the [[Treaty of Ghent]] and thereby to keep slavery in their nation.  

Revisionists are busily changing many of the articles in Wikipedia.  Basically, revisionists are removing important materials and inserting vacuous materials into articles.  Important materials removed from the [[Gag Rule]] article were these: 
:* Presidents [[Andrew Jackson|Jackson]] and [[Martin van Buren|van Buren]] were pro-slavery Democrats  
:* The [[Treaty of Ghent]] specified that slavery would cease  
:* There was a series of "gag rules" (not just one)  
:* One of the "gag rules" was named the '''Atherton gag''', probably because it was originated by (Congressman or Senator) Charles Gordon Atherton of New Hampshire (which is a northern State)  

It is possible that the title of the page was changed from [[Gag rule]] to [[Gag Rule]] in order to obliterate the original page.  Over the span of a year, revisionists have removed the important information from the page, thereby creating a worthless page.  [[User:71.240.42.72|71.240.42.72]] 11:33, 25 February 2006 (UTC)  

==Democrats advocated slavery==  
*{{NIE}}  

Between 1815 and 1865, more than 200 Democrats served as State Governors in the United States.  The State Governors who were Democrats are placed closest to the left edge of the page. A &#35; sign indicates each Democrat.  The political party of each Governor who was not a Democrat follows his name.  

* '''Alabama''' 
::*W. W. Bibb (Territorial Governor) (1817-19)  
:[[William Wyatt Bibb|W. W. Bibb]] (1819-20)  &#35; 
:[[Thomas Bibb]] (1820-21)  &#35; 
:[[Israel Pickens]] (1821-25)  &#35; 
:[[John Murphy (Alabama)|John Murphy]] (1825-29)  &#35; 
:[[Gabriel Moore]] (1829-31)  &#35; 
:[[Samuel B. Moore]] (1831)  &#35; 
:[[John Gayle]] (1831-35)  &#35; 
:[[Clement C. Clay]] (1835-37)  &#35; 
:[[Hugh McVay]] (1837)  &#35; 
:[[Arthur P. Bagby]] (1837-41)  &#35; 
:[[Benjamin Fitzpatrick]] (1841-45)  &#35; 
:[[Joshua L. Martin]] (1845-47)  &#35; 
:[[Reuben Chapman]] (1847-49)  &#35; 
:[[Henry W. Collier]] (1849-53)  &#35; 
:[[John A. Winston]] (1853-57)  &#35; 
:[[Andrew B. Moore]] (1857-61)  &#35; 
:[[John Gill Shorter|John G. Shorter]] (1861-63)  &#35; 
:[[Thomas H. Watts]] (1863-65)  &#35; 
::*[[Lewis E. Parsons]] (Provisional) (1865)  

* '''Arkansas''' 
:[[James Sevier Conway|James S. Conway]] (1836-40)  &#35; 
:[[Archibald Yell]] (1840-44)  &#35; 
:[[Samuel Adams (governor)|Samuel Adams]] (1844)  &#35; 
:[[Thomas Stevenson Drew|Thomas S. Drew]] (1844-48)  &#35; 
:[[John Selden Roane|John S. Roane]] (1848-52)  &#35; 
:[[Elias Nelson Conway|Elias N. Conway]] (1852-60)  &#35; 
:[[Henry Massey Rector|Henry M. Rector]] (1860-62)  &#35; 
:[[Harris Flanagin|Harris Flanagan]] (1862-64) &#35; 
::*[[Isaac Murphy]] (Republican) (1864-68)   

* '''California'''  
:[[Peter Burnett|Peter H. Burnett]] (1849-51)  &#35;  
:[[John McDougall|John McDougal]] (1851-52)  &#35; 
:[[John Bigler]] (1852-56)  &#35; 
::*[[J. Neely Johnson|J. N. Johnson]] (Know-Nothing) (1856-58) 
:[[John B. Weller]] (1858-60)  &#35; 
:[[Milton Latham|Milton S. Latham]] (1860)  &#35; 
:[[John G. Downey]] (1860-61)  &#35; 
::*[[Leland Stanford]] (Republican) (1861-63)  

* '''Connecticut'''  
::*[[Gideon Tomlinson]] (Federalist) (1827-31)  
::*John S. Peters (Whig) (1831-33)  
:[[Henry W. Edwards|H. W. Edwards]] (1833-34)  &#35; 
::*[[Samuel A. Foot|Samuel A. Foote]] (Whig) (1834-35)  
:[[Henry W. Edwards|H. W. Edwards]] (1835-38)  &#35; 
::*[[William W. Ellsworth|W. W. Ellsworth]] (Whig) (1838-42)  
:[[Chauncey Fitch Cleveland|C. F. Cleveland]] (1842-44)  &#35; 
::*[[Roger Sherman Baldwin|Roger S. Baldwin]] (Whig) (1844-46)  
:[[Isaac Toucey]] (1846-47)  &#35; 
::*Clark Bissell (Whig) (1847-49)  
::*[[Joseph Trumbull (governor)|Joseph Trumbull]] (Whig) (1849-50)  
:[[Thomas H. Seymour|Thomas H. Seymour]] (1850-54)  &#35; 
::*Henry Dutton (Whig) (1854-55)  
::*W. T. Minor (Know-Nothing) (1855-57)  
::*A. H. Holley (Whig) (1857-58)  
::*[[William A. Buckingham|W. A. Buckingham]] (Republican) 1858-66)

* '''Delaware'''  
::*[[William Temple (governor)|William Temple]] (acting) (no political party) (1846-47)  
:[[William Tharp]] (1847-51)  &#35; 
:William H. Ross (1851-55)  &#35; 
::*[[Peter F. Causey]] (Whig-Know-Nothing) (1855-59)  
:[[William Burton (governor)|William Burton]] (1859-63)  &#35; 
::*[[William Cannon]] (Republican) (1863-65)  

* '''Florida'''  
::*[[Thomas Brown (politician)|Thomas Brown]] (Whig) (1849-53)  
:[[James E. Broome]] (1853-57)  &#35; 
:[[Madison S. Perry]] (1857-1861)  &#35; 
:[[John Milton (politician)|John Milton]] (1861-65)  &#35; 
::*[[William Marvin]] (Provisional) (1865-66)  

* '''Georgia'''  
::*George R. Gilmer (National Republican [later Whig]) (1829-31)  
:[[Wilson Lumpkin]] (1831-35)  &#35; 
:William Schley (1835-37)  &#35; 
::*George R. Gilmer (Whig) (1837-39)  
:Charles A. Macdonald (1839-43)  &#35; 
:[[George W. Crawford]] (1843-47)  &#35; 
:George W. B. Towns (1847-51)  &#35; 
:[[Howell Cobb]] (1851-53)  &#35; 
:[[Herschel Vespasian Johnson|Herschel V. Johnson]] (1853-57)  &#35; 
:[[Joseph E. Brown]] (1857-65)  &#35; 
:[[James Johnson (Georgia)|James Johnson]] (1865)  &#35; 
:[[Charles Jones Jenkins|Charles J. Jenkins]] (1865-67)  &#35; 
::*[[Thomas H. Ruger|Gen. T. H. Ruger]] (Military) (1867-68)  

* '''Illinois'''  
:[[Shadrach Bond]] (1818-22)  &#35; 
:[[Edward Coles]] (1822-26)  &#35; 
:[[Ninian Edwards]] (1826-30)  &#35; 
:[[John Reynolds (U.S. politician)|John Reynolds]] (1830-34)  &#35; 
:[[Joseph Duncan (politician)|Joseph Duncan]] (1834-38)  &#35; 
:[[Thomas Carlin]] (1838-42)  &#35; 
:[[Thomas Ford (politician)|Thomas Ford]] (1842-46)  &#35; 
:[[Augustus C. French]] (1846-53)  &#35; 
:[[Joel Aldrich Matteson|Joel A. Matteson]] (1853-57)  &#35; 
::*[[William Henry Bissell|William H. Bissell]] (Republican) (1857-60)  

* '''Indiana'''  
::*[[Samuel Bigger]] (Whig) (1840-43)  
:[[James Whitcomb]] (1843-49)  &#35; 
:[[Joseph A. Wright]] (1849-57)  &#35; 
:[[Ashbel P. Willard]] (1857-61)  &#35; 
::*Henry S. Lane (Republican)  (1861)  

* '''Kansas'''  
::*[[Charles L. Robinson|Charles Robinson]] (Republican) (1851-63)  
::*Thomas Carney (Republican) (1863-65)  

* '''Kentucky'''  
::*John Desha (Democrat-Republican) (1824-28)  
:[[Thomas Metcalfe|Thomas Metcalf]] (Clay Democrat) (1828-32)  &#35; 
:[[John Breathitt]] (Jackson Democrat) (1832-34) &#35; 
:[[James Turner Morehead (Kentucky)|James T. Morehead]] (Jackson Democrat) (1834-36) &#35; 
::*[[James Clark (Kentucky)|James Clark]] (Whig) (1836-39) 
::*[[Charles A. Wickliffe]] (Whig) (1839-40)  
::*[[Robert P. Letcher|Robert Letcher]] (Whig) (1840-44)  
::*[[William Owsley]] (Whig) (1844-48)  
::*[[John J. Crittenden|John Crittenden]] (Whig) (1848-50)  
:[[John L. Helm|John Helm]] (1850-51)  &#35; 
:[[Lazarus W. Powell|Lazarus Powell]] (1851-55)  &#35; 
::*Charles Morehead (Whig) 1855-59)  
:[[Beriah Magoffin]] (1859-62)  &#35; 
:[[James F. Robinson|James Robinson]] (1862-63)  &#35; 
:[[Thomas E. Bramlette]] (1863-67) &#35; 

* '''Louisiana'''  
::*[[Alexander Mouton]] (Whig) (1843-46)  
:[[Isaac Johnson]] (1846-50)  &#35; 
:[[Joseph Marshall Walker|Joseph Walker]] (1850-53)  &#35; 
:[[Paul Octave Hebert|Paul Octave H&#233;rbert]] (1853-56)  &#35; 
:[[Robert C. Wickliffe]] (1856-60)  &#35; 
:[[Thomas Overton Moore|Thomas O. Moore]] (1860-62)  &#35; 
::*[[George F. Shepley]] (Military) (1862-64) 
::*[[Henry Watkins Allen|Henry W. Allen]] {Governor of Confederate part of State} (1864-65)  
::*[[Michael Hahn]] (Unionist and Military) (1864-65) 
:[[James Madison Wells|James M. Wells]] (1865-67) &#35; 
::*[[Benjamin Flanders|Benjamin F. Flanders]] (Military) (1867) 

* '''Maine'''  
:[[William King (governor)|William King]] (1820-21)  &#35; 
:[[William D. Williamson]] (acting) (1821)  &#35; 
:[[Albion K. Parris]] (1822-27)  &#35; 
:[[Enoch Lincoln]] (1827-29)  &#35; 
:[[Nathan Cutler]] (acting) (1829-30)  &#35; 
:Jonathan D. Hunton (1830-31)  &#35; 
:Samuel E. Smith (1831-34)  &#35; 
:Robert P. Dunlap (1834-38)  &#35; 
::*[[Edward Kent]] (Whig) (1838-39)  
:[[John Fairfield]] (1839-40)  &#35; 
::*[[Edward Kent]] (Whig) 1840-41)  
:[[John Fairfield]] (1841-43)  &#35; 
:[[Edward Kavanagh]] (1843-44)  &#35; 
:[[Hugh J. Anderson]] (1844-47)  &#35; 
:John W. Dana (1847-50)  &#35; 
:[[John Hubbard]] (1850-53)  &#35; 
::*William G. Crosby (Whig and Free Soil) (1853-55)  
::*[[Anson P. Morrill]] (Republican) (1855-56)  
:Samuel Wells (1856-57)  &#35; 
::*[[Hannibal Hamlin]] (Republican) (1857)  

* '''Maryland'''  
::*[[Joseph Kent]] (Democratic-Republican) (1825-28)  
::*Daniel Martin (Anti-Jackson) (1828-29)  
:[[Thomas King Carroll|Thomas K. Carroll]] (1829-30)  &#35; 
::*[[Daniel Martin (Governor of Maryland|Daniel Martin]] (Anti-Jackson) (1830-31)  
::*[[George Howard (Governor of Maryland)|George Howard]] (Whig) (1831-33)  
::*[[James Thomas (Governor of Maryland)|James Thomas]] (Whig) (1833-35)  
::*[[Thomas W. Veazey]] (Whig) (1835-38)  
:[[William Grason|William Grayson]] (1838-41)  &#35; 
:[[Francis Thomas]] (1841-44)  &#35; 
::*[[Thomas G. Pratt]] (Whig) (1844-47)  
:[[Phillip F. Thomas|Philip F. Thomas]] (1847-50)  &#35; 
:[[Enoch Louis Lowe|Enoch L. Lowe]] (1850-53)  &#35; 
:[[Thomas W. Ligon]] (1852-58)  &#35; 
::*[[Thomas H. Hicks]] (American) (1858-62)  
::*[[Augustus Bradford|August W. Bradford]] (Unionist) (1862-65)  

* '''Massachusetts'''  
::*[[Marcus Morton]] (acting) (Democratic-Republican) (1825)  
::*[[Levi Lincoln, Jr.|Levi Lincoln]] (Democrat and Federalist) (1825-34)  
::*[[John Davis (Massachusetts Governor)|John Davis]] (Whig) (1834-35)  
::*[[Samuel Armstrong|Samuel T. Armstrong]] (acting) (Whig) (1835-36)  
::*[[Edward Everett]] (Whig) (1836-40)  
:Marcus Morton (1840-41)  &#35; 
::*[[John Davis (Massachusetts Governor)|John Davis]] (Whig) 1841-43)  
:Marcus Morton (1843-44)  &#35; 
::*[[George N. Briggs]] (Whig) (1844-51)  
::*[[George S. Boutwell]] (Democrat and Free Soil) (1851-53)  
::*[[John H. Clifford]] (Whig) 1853-54)  
::*[[Emory Washburn]] (Whig) (1854-55)  
::*[[Henry J. Gardiner]] (American) (1855-58)  
::*[[Nathaniel P. Banks]] (Republican) 1858-61)  

* '''Michigan'''  
:[[Stevens T. Mason]] (1836-40)  &#35; 
::*[[William Woodbridge]] (Whig) (1840-41)  
::*[[James Wright Gordon|James W. Gordon]] (acting) (Whig) (1841-42)  
:[[John S. Barry]] (1842-46)  &#35; 
:[[Alpheus Felch]] (1846-47)  &#35; 
:[[John S. Barry]] (1850-52)  &#35; 
:[[Robert McClelland (American politician)|Robert McClelland]] (1852-53)  &#35; 
:[[Andrew Parsons]] (acting) (1853-55)  &#35; 
::*[[Kinsley S. Bingham|Kingsley S. Bingham]] (Republican)  (1855-59)  

* '''Minnesota'''  
:[[Henry Hastings Sibley|Henry H. Sibley]] (1858-60)  &#35; 
::*[[Alexander Ramsey]] (Republican) (1860-64)  

* '''Mississippi'''  
::*[[David Holmes (politician)|David Holmes]] (Democrat-Republican) (1817-20)  
:[[George Poindexter]] (1820-22)  &#35; 
:[[Walter Leake]] (1822-25)  &#35;  
:[[Gerard Brandon|Gerard C. Brandon]] (ad int.)  (1825)  
:David Holmes (ad int,)  (1826) 
:Gerard C. Brandon (1827)  &#35; 
:Gerard C. Brandon (1828-32)  &#35; 
:[[Abram M. Scott]] (1832-33)  &#35;  
:[[Charles Lynch (politician)|Charles Lynch]] (ad int.) (1833)  &#35; 
:[[Hiram Runnels]] (1833-35)  &#35; 
::*[[John A. Quitman]] (Whig) (1835)  
:Charles Lynch (1836-38)  &#35; 
:[[Alexander G. McNutt|Alexander G. McNutt]] (1838-42)  &#35; 
:[[Tilghman M. Tucker]] (1842-44)  &#35; 
:[[Albert G. Brown]] (1844-48)  &#35; 
:[[Joseph W. Matthews]] (1848-50)  &#35; 
:John A. Quitman (1850-51) &#35; 
:[[John I. Guion]] (ad int.) (1851) &#35; 
:[[James Whitfield (Mississippi)|James Whitfield]] (ad int) (1851)  &#35; 
::*[[Henry S. Foote]] (Union Democrat) (1852-54)  &#35; 
:[[John J. McRae]] (1854-58)  &#35; 
:[[William McWillie]] (1858-60)  &#35; 
:[[John J. Pettus]] (1860-62)  &#35; 
:[[Jacob Thompson]] (1862-64)  &#35; 
:[[Charles Clark|Charles Clarke]] (1864-65) &#35; 
:[[William L. Sharkey|W. L. Sharkey]] (Provisional) (1865)  
:[[Benjamin G. Humphreys]] (1865-68)  &#35; 

* '''Missouri'''  
:[[Alexander McNair]] (1820-24)  &#35; 
:[[Frederick Bates]] (1824-25)  &#35; 
:[[Abraham J. Williams]] (1825)  &#35; 
:[[John Miller (Missouri)|John Miller]] (1825-32)  &#35; 
:[[Daniel Dunklin]] (1832-36)  &#35; 
:[[Lilburn W. Boggs]] (1836-40)  &#35; 
:[[Thomas Reynolds (Governor)|Thomas Reynolds]] (1840-44)  &#35;  
::*[[Meredith Miles Marmaduke|M. M. Marmaduke]] (acting) (no political party) (1844)  
:[[John C. Edwards]] (1844-48)  &#35; 
:[[Augstin Augustus King|Augstin A. King]] (1848-52)  &#35; 
:[[Sterling Price]] (1852-56)  &#35; 
:[[Trusten Polk]] (1856-57)  &#35; 
:[[Hancock Lee Jackson|Hancock Jackson]] (1857)  &#35; 
:[[Robert Marcellus Stewart|Robert M. Stewart]] (1857-61)  &#35; 
:[[Claiborne Fox Jackson|Claiborne F. Jackson]] (1861)  &#35; 
::*[[Hamilton Rowan Gamble|Hamilton R. Gamble]] (Provisional) (1861-64)  
::*[[Willard Preble Hall|Willard P. Hall]] (acting) (no political party) (1864-65)  

* '''New Hampshire'''  
::*[[Benjamin Pierce (governor)|Benjamin Pierce]] (Democrat-Republican) (1827-29)  
:[[John Bell (New Hampshire)|John Bell]] (1829-30)  &#35; 
:[[Matthew Harvey]] (1830-31)  &#35; 
:Joseph M. Harvey (acting) (1831)  &#35; 
:[[Samuel Dinsmoor]] (1831-34)  &#35; 
:[[William Badger]] (1834-36)  &#35; 
:[[Isaac Hill]] (1836-39)  &#35; 
:[[John Page (New Hampshire)|John Page]] (1839-42)  &#35; 
:[[Henry Hubbard]] (1842-44)  &#35; 
:[[John Hardy Steele|John H. Steele]] (1844-46)  &#35; 
:[[Anthony Colby]] (1846-47)  &#35; 
:[[Jared W. Williams]] (1847-49)  &#35; 
:[[Samuel Dinsmoor, Jr.|Samuel Dinsmoor]] (1849-52)  &#35; 
:[[Noah Martin]] (1852-54)  &#35; 
:[[Nathaniel B. Baker]] (1854-55)  &#35; 
::*[[Ralph Metcalf]] (American) (1855-57)  
:[[William Haile]] (1857-59)  &#35; 
::*[[Ichabod Goodwin]] (Republican) (1859-61) 

* '''New Jersey'''  
::*[[Isaac Halstead Williamson|Isaac H. Williamson]] (Democratic-Republican)  (1817-29)  
:Garret D. Wall (declined) (1829)  &#35; 
:[[Peter Dumont Vroom|Peter D. Vroom]] (1829-32)  &#35; 
::*[[Samuel L. Southard]] (Whig) (1832-33)  
:Elias P. Seely (1833)  &#35; 
:[[Peter Dumont Vroom|Peter D. Vroom]] (1833-36)  &#35; 
:[[Philemon Dickerson]] (1836-37)  &#35; 
::*[[William Pennington]] (Whig) (1837-43)  
:Daniel Haines (1843-44)  &#35; 
::*[[Charles C. Stratton]] (Whig) (1845-48)  
:[[Daniel Haines]] (1848-51)  &#35; 
:[[George F. Fort]] (1851-54)  &#35; 
:[[Rodman M. Price]] (1854-57)  &#35; 
::*[[William A. Newell|Wm. A. Newell]] (American)  (1857-60)  
::*[[Charles Smith Olden|Charles S. Olden]] (American) (1860-63)  
:[[Joel Parker]] (1863-66)  &#35; 
::*[[Marcus L. Ward]] (Republican) (1866-69)  

* '''New York'''  
::* Nathaniel Pitcher (acting) (Democratic-Republican) (1828-29)  
:[[Martin Van Buren]] (1829)  &#35; 
:[[Enos T. Throop]] (acting)  (1829-31)  &#35; 
:Enos T. Throop (1831-33)  &#35; 
:[[William L. Marcy]] (1833-39)  &#35; 
::*[[William H. Seward]] (Whig) (1839-43)  
:[[William C. Bouck]] (1843-45)  &#35; 
:[[Silas Wright]] (1846-47)  &#35; 
::*[[John Young (U.S. politician)|John Young]] (Whig)  (1847-49)  
::*[[Hamilton Fish]] (Whig) (1849-51)  
::*[[Washington Hunt]] (Whig) (1851-53)  
:[[Horatio Seymour]] (1853-55)  &#35; 
::*[[Myron H. Clark]] (Whig) (1855-57)  
::*[[John A. King]] (Republican)  (1857-59)  
::*[[Edwin D. Morgan]] (Republican) (1859-63)  
:Horatio Seymour (1863-65)  &#35; 
::*[[Reuben E. Fenton]] (Republican) (1865-69)  

* '''North Carolina'''  
::*[[Hutchins Gordon Burton|Hutchins G. Burton]] (Democratic Republican) (1824-27)  
:[[James Iredell, Jr.|James Iredell]] (1827-28)  &#35; 
:[[John Owen (politician)|John Owen]] (1828-30)  &#35; 
:[[Montfort Stokes]] (1830-32)  &#35; 
:[[David Lowry Swain|David L. Swain]] (1832-35)  &#35; 
:[[Richard Dobbs Spaight, Jr.]] (1835-37)  &#35; 
::*[[Edward Bishop Dudley|Edward B. Dudley]] (Whig) (1837-41)  
::*[[John Motley Morehead|John M. Morehead]] (Whig) (1841-45)  
::*[[William Alexander Graham|William A. Graham]] (Whig) (1845-449)  
::*[[Charles Manly]] (Whig) 1849-51)  
:[[David Settle Reid|David S. Reid]] (1851-54)  &#35; 
:[[Warren Winslow]] (acting)  (1854-55)  &#35; 
:[[Thomas Bragg]] (1855-59)  &#35; 
:[[John Willis Ellis|John W. Ellis]] (1859-61)  &#35; 
:[[Henry Toole Clark|H. T. Clark]] (acting) (1861-62)  &#35; 
:[[Zebulon Baird Vance|Zebulon B. Vance]] (1862-65)  &#35; 
::*[[William Woods Holden|W. W. Holden]] (Provisional) (1865)  

* '''Ohio'''  
::*[[Joseph Vance]] (Whig) (1836-38)  
:[[Wilson Shannon]] (1838-40)  &#35; 
::*[[Thomas Corwin]] (Whig) (1840-42)  
:[[Wilson Shannon]] (1842-44)  &#35; 
:[[Thomas W. Bartley|T. W. Hartley]] (acting) (1844)  &#35; 
::*[[Mordecai Bartley]] (Whig) (1844-46)  
::*[[William Bebb]] (Whig) (1846-49)  
::*[[Seabury Ford]] (acting) (Whig) (1849-50)  
:[[Reuben Wood]] (1850-53)  &#35; 
:[[William Medill]] (acting) (1853-54)  &#35; 
:William Medill (1854-56)  &#35; 
::*[[Salmon P. Chase]] (Republican) (1856-60)  

* '''Oregon'''  
:John Whiteaker (1859-62)  &#35; 
::*Addison C. Gibbs (Republican) (1862-66)  

* '''Pennsylvania'''  
::*[[William Findlay]] (Democratic-Republican)  (1817-20)  
::*[[Joseph Hiester]] (Independent democrat) (1820-23)  
::*[[John Andrew Schulze]] (Democratic-Republican) (1823-29)  
::*[[George Wolf]] (Democratic-Republican) (1829-35)  
::*[[Joseph Ritner]] (Antimasonic)  
:[[David R. Porter|David Rittenhouse Porter]] (1839-45)  &#35; 
:[[Francis R. Shunk|Francis Rawn Shunk]] (1845-48)  &#35; 
::*[[William F. Johnston|William Freame Johnston]] (Whig) (1848-52)  
:[[William Bigler]] 1852-55)  &#35; 
:[[James Pollock]] (1855-58)  &#35; 
:[[William F. Packer|William Fisher Packer]] (1858-61)  &#35; 
::*[[Andrew Gregg Curtin]] (Republican) (1861-67)  

Governors Porter, Shunk, Bigler, Pollock and Packer were in a political party called "Democratic" (in Pennsylvania).  

* '''Rhode Island'''  
::*[[Henry B. Anthony]] (Whig) (1849-51)  
::*[[Philip Allen (Rhode Island)|Philip Allen]] (Democratic-Free Soil) (1851-53)  
::*Francis M. Dimond (acting) (no political party) (1853-54)  
::*[[William W. Hoppin]] (American) (1854-57)  
::*Elisha Dyer (Republican) (1857-59)  

* '''South Carolina'''  
::*[[John Taylor (1770-1832)|John Taylor]] (Democrat-Republican) (1826-28)  
:[[Stephen Decatur Miller|Stephen D. Miller]] (1828-30)  &#35; 
:[[James Hamilton, Jr.|James Hamilton]] (1830-32)  &#35; 
:[[Robert Young Hayne|Robert Y. Hayne]] (1832-34)  &#35; 
:[[George McDuffie]] (1834-36)  &#35; 
:[[Pierce Mason Butler|Pierce M. Butler]] (1836-38)  &#35; 
:[[Patrick Noble]] (1838-40)  &#35; 
::*[[Barnabus Kelet Henagan|B. K. Hennegan]] (acting)  (no political party) (1840)  
:[[John Peter Richardson|John P. Richardson]] (1840-42)  &#35; 
:[[James Henry Hammond|James H. Hammond]] (1842-44)  &#35; 
:[[William Aiken]] (1844-46)  &#35; 
:[[David Johnson (governor)|David Johnson]] (1846-48)  &#35; 
:[[Whitemarsh Benjamin|W. B. Seabrook]] (1848-50)  &#35; 
:[[John Hugh Means|John H. Means]] (1850-52)  &#35; 
:[[John Lawrence Manning|John L. Manning]] (1852-54)  &#35; 
:[[James Hopkins Adams|James H. Adams]] (1854-56)  &#35; 
:[[Robert Francis Withers Allston|Robert F. W. Allston]] (1856-58)  &#35; 
:[[William Henry Gist (Democrat)|William H. Gist]] (1858-60)  &#35; 
:[[Francis Wilkinson Pickens (Democrat)|Francis W. Pickens]] (1860-62)  &#35; 
:[[Milledge Luke Bonham (Democrat)|M. L. Bonham]] (1862-64)  &#35; 
:[[Andrew Gordon Magrath (Democrat)|A. G. Magrath]] (1864-65)  &#35; 
::*[[Benjamin Franklin Perry (Unionist Democrat)|Benjamin F. Perry]] (Provisional) (1865)  

* '''Tennessee'''  
::*[[Sam Houston]] (Democratic-Republican)  (1827-29)  
::*[[William Hall (Governor of Tennessee)|William Hall]] (acting) (Democratic-Republican) (1829) 
: [[William Carroll]] (1829-35)  &#35; 
:[[Newton Cannon]] (States-Rights Democrat) (1835-39) &#35; 
:[[James K. Polk]] (1839-41) &#35; 
::*[[James C. Jones]] (Whig) (1841-45)  
:[[Aaron V. Brown]] (1845-47)  &#35; 
::*[[Neil S. Brown]] (Whig) (1847-49)  
:[[William Trousdale]] (1849-51) &#35; 
::*[[William B. Campbell]] (Whig) (1851-53)  
:Andrew Johnson (1853-57)  &#35; 
:[[Isham G. Harris]] (1857-62)  &#35; 
::*[[Andrew Johnson]] (Military) (1862-65) 
::*([[Edward H.East|Interregnum]]) 4th March, 5th April, 1865 
::*[[William Gannaway Brownlow|William G. Brownlow]] (Republican) (1865-69) 

* '''Texas'''  
:[[James Pinckney Henderson|James P. Henderson]] (1846-47)  &#35; 
:[[George Tyler Wood|George T. Wood]] (1847-49)  &#35; 
:[[Peter Hansborough Bell|P. Hansborough Bell]] (1849-53)  &#35; 
:[[Elisha M. Pease]] (1853-57)  &#35; 
:[[Hardin Richard Runnels]] (1857-59)  &#35; 
::*[[Sam Houston]] (Independent and Unionist) (1859-61)  
:[[Edward Clark (governor)|Edward Clark]] (acting) (1861)  &#35; 
:[[Francis R. Lubbock]] (1861-63)  &#35; 
:[[Pendleton Murrah]] (1863-65)  &#35; 
::*[[Andrew J. Hamilton]] (Provisional ... Unionist) (1865-66)  

* '''Vermont'''  
::*[[William A. Palmer]] (Fusion) (1831-35)  
::*Silas A. Jenison (Whig) (1835-41)  

* '''Virginia''' 
::*[[William Branch Giles|William B. Giles]] (no political party) (1827-30)  
:[[John Floyd (Virginia politician)|John Floyd]] (1830-34)  &#35; 
:[[Littleton Waller Tazewell]] (1834-36)  &#35; 
:[[Wyndham Robertson]] (acting) (1836-37)  &#35; 
::*[[David Campbell (Virginia)|David Campbell]] (no political party) (1837-40)  
::*[[Thomas Walker Gilmer|Thomas W. Gilmer]] (Whig) (1840-41)  
::*[[John Mercer Patton|John M. Patton]] (acting) (Whig) (1841)  
::* [[John Rutherford]] (acting) (Whig) (1841-42)  
::*[[John Munford Gregory]] (acting) (Whig) (1842-43)  
::*[[James McDowell]] (Whig) (1843-46)  
:[[William "Extra Billy" Smith|William Smith]] (1846-49)  &#35; 
:[[John Buchanan Floyd]] (1849-52)  &#35; 
:[[Joseph Johnson (Virginia politician)|Joseph Johnson]] (1852-56)  &#35; 
:[[Henry A. Wise|Henry Alexander Wise]] (1856-60)  &#35; 
:[[John Letcher]] (1860-64)  &#35; 
:[[William "Extra Billy" Smith|William Smith]] (1864-65)  &#35; 
::*[[Francis H. Pierpont]] (Provisional [Republican])  

* '''West Virginia'''  
::*[[Arthur I. Boreman]] (Republican) (1863-69)  

* '''Wisconsin'''  
:[[Nelson Dewey]] (1848-52) &#35; 
::*[[Leonard J. Farwell]] (Whig) (1852-54) 
:[[William A. Barstow]] (1854-56) &#35; 
::*[[Arthur MacArthur, Sr.|Arthur McArthur]] (acting) (no political party) (1856) 
::*[[Coles Bashford]] (Republican) (1856-58) 
::*[[Alexander W. Randall]] (Republican) (1858-62)

This list of State Governors provides information that conveys the general attitude that voters in the United States held towards slavery.  Democrats promoted slavery.  Men in the Whig Party were the primary group that opposed Democrats.

:They were voting for Democrats in [[New England]], too. [[User:Superslum|Superslum]] 15:35, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

==Article destruction==  
'''Gag Rule''' is an article which has been shredded into nothingness. Now, it has no value.  Reading it is a waste of time.  Wikipedia takes the approach that each apple on a tree is more important than the tree itself.  Wikipedia ought to recognize that some of the apples on a tree may contain worms. [[User:Superslum|Superslum]] 00:57, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

== Wikification tag ==

The article seems to meet Wikification standards, so I am removing the tag. - [[User:Conrad Devonshire|Conrad Devonshire]] 22:13, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

== Rule XX1 Link Needs Updating ==

Can someone update the rule XX1 link? <small>—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/128.61.17.79|128.61.17.79]] ([[User talk:128.61.17.79|talk]]) 20:56, 16 May 2008 (UTC)</small>

:Done. --[[User:Error -128|Error -128]] ([[User talk:Error -128|talk]]) 23:58, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

==Separate Article covering Gag Rule Debates in US==

The Gag Rule debates were a significant part of the events leading up to the American Civi War. It deserves its own article, especially since the material in this article unrelated to it (which makes up the entire article lead) contains little of interest or significance in its current form and there appears to be no interest in expanding it.  Absent some objections, I intend in the near future to create a new article titled something like "Gag Rule Debates in the United States Congress." [[User:North Shoreman|Tom (North Shoreman)]] ([[User talk:North Shoreman|talk]]) 21:28, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

:Can I assume nobody cares what I do? [[User:North Shoreman|Tom (North Shoreman)]] ([[User talk:North Shoreman|talk]]) 01:05, 24 March 2010 (UTC)

== Article name ==

{{Ping|Deisenbe}} The current article name isn't precise since there are other gag rules in the United States, such as the [[Mexico City policy]].  This article is now specifically about the gag rule on slavery, and the article name should reflect that.  Do you have a better suggestion?  [[User:Antony-22|Antony&ndash;'''''22''''']] (<sup>[[User talk:Antony-22|talk]]</sup>⁄<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Antony-22|contribs]]</sub>) 06:49, 18 November 2021 (UTC)