Talk:Samuel Dexter Lecompte

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Did you know... that Samuel Dexter Lecompte, the pro-slavery chief justice of Kansas Territory before the Civil War, administered oaths to the Fugitive Slave Act instead of the United States Constitution?

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Move rationale

This Ngram shows the clear and indisputable commonality of Samuel Dexter Lecompte over Samuel Dexter LeCompte, and thus the page was moved per WP:COMMONNAME. 〜 Festucalex • talk 09:39, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 17:28, 17 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Samuel Dexter Lecompte, the proslavery Chief Justice of Kansas Territory before the Civil War, administered oaths to the Fugitive Slave Act instead of the United States Constitution? Source: Thomas Ewing Jr.: Frontier Lawyer and Civil War General: The oath administered to new lawyers by Judge Samuel Lecompte swore allegiance to the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Fugitive Slave Law rather than the Constitution of the United States and the “divinity of the Christian religion.” This was a pragmatic view. The Fugitive Slave Act was more important to national stability than Christianity, at least at this moment—and from a Missouri slave owner’s perspective.
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5x expanded by Festucalex (talk). Self-nominated at 09:56, 23 April 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Samuel Dexter Lecompte; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Recent expansion, interesting hook verified by the source. Length sufficient, QPQ not needed as this is the nominator's second DYK. Earwig only highlights one sentence about him being born and frankly there isn't much other way to write it. Good to go. Juxlos (talk) 05:15, 25 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Lecompte "unexpectedly" opposed Southern secession

I've removed the claim about his opposition to Southern secession being unexpected because the Kansas Historical Society article doesn't seem to support it. There were a number of other pro-slavery individuals who opposed the idea of states seceding (e.g. Andrew Jackson). Partofthemachine (talk) 01:59, 28 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]