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Who is responsible for the Missouri Compromise?

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Henry Clay , as speaker of the House, did much to secure passage of the compromiseÑso much, in fact, that he is generally regarded as its author, even though Senator Jesse B. Thomas of Illinois was far more responsible for the first bill.

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