Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith (R) said the compromise ultimately helped end slavery, while historians generally agree it reinforced the power of slave states.

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith defends controversial comments on Three-Fifths Compromise at heated town hall meeting in Zionsville.

Protestors gathered during a town hall event Indiana Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith held in Zionsville Tuesday night. The ...

I am responding to the letter published May 11 in IndyStar maintaining Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is lying about the ...

The Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis, a group founded as part of the Civil Rights Movement, is asking Gov. Mike Braun to condemn Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith 's statement that the Three-fifths Compromise ...

A coalition of clergy is asking for an apology from Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith for his recent comments about the Three-Fifths ...

The night featured numerous interruptions from both Beckwith and those in the audience. Loud boos and noes were repeatedly ...

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is facing backlash for sharing a debunked conservative argument that the Three-Fifths Compromise was a step toward ending slavery in response to a discussion ...

I’ll wait. No takers? The Three-Fifths Compromise of 1787 was a means of counting the population in southern slave-holding states, for the purposes of taxation and determining the number of ...

In that video, he called the Three-Fifths Compromise "a great move." The video came in response to a debate during the legislative session over a Senate bill that Democrats compared to the Three ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WNDU) - Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is facing backlash over comments he made over the Three-Fifths Compromise, a 1787 deal tied to the history of slavery in the United States.