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Gag Rule

The Gag Rule was first implemented in 1836. The United States House of Representatives and Senate annually ruled that all petitions to Congress about slavery would be tabled without consideration. Senator (and former President) John Quincy Adams was famous for his annual opposition to this resolution. Ultimately the United States Civil War decided the issue.

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