apr 22, 1850 - Submits the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty to the Senate for ratification. The treaty (called a “convention” in official documents) established that neither Britain or the United States would have exclusive control over any future ship canal joining the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in Nicaragua or Panama. The treaty was subsequently widely viewed as ambiguous and a source of controversy
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apr 22, 1850
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~ 175 years ago