Stephen A. Douglas
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Book on Lincoln election seeks out Obama analogies (AP)...would continue to do in office), and in the end, outfoxed his opponents. The author says that while his longtime rival Stephen A. Douglas and other Democrats treated slavery as a political issue, Lincoln "craftily framed all of his... In this article: Lincoln, Barack Obama, David Davis, New York City, Republican Party, Stephen A. Douglas, William Seward, and Illinois |
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boston.com - Today in History | November 05, 2009
Today in History - Nov. 6
...Illinois Congressman Abraham Lincoln defeated three other candidates for the presidency: John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas. In 1861, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was elected to a six-year term of office. In 1888,...
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The Seattle Times | October 13, 2009
'Abe Lincoln in Illinois' sheds light on a hero's rugged path to greatness
...excerpts of famed speeches - most memorably, a brilliantly argued attack on slavery from Abe's senatorial election debates with Stephen Douglas (the equally articulate R. Hamilton Wright). The rest of the solid cast makes what it can of...
In this article: Abraham Lincoln, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Intiman Theatre, Robert E. Sherwood, Civil War, and Mary Todd
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Today in History - Oct. 13
...B'nai B'rith was founded in New York City. In 1858, the sixth debate between senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas took place in Quicy, Ill. In 1909, political cartoonist Herbert Block (aka "Herblock") was born in...
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washingtonpost.com | October 10, 2009
When Fitness for Office Becomes a Weighty Issue
It's long been argued that Abraham Lincoln, with his hangdog looks and bad complexion, could never be elected these days. If Stephen Douglas had chosen to ridicule Lincoln's face, rather than debate him on the issues, American history...
In this article: Christopher Christie, Jon Corzine, Barack Obama, New Jersey, Abraham Lincoln, Mike Huckabee, Monmouth University, McDonald's, and Democratic Party
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Daily Herald | September 26, 2009
Adlai Stevenson III shakes out the family scrapbook for new book
...debates, according to an account by Adlai I, although when they were first suggested, Stephen A. Douglas said no. Eventually in 1858, Douglas and Lincoln held their famous series of debates as they campaigned for the U.S. Senate seat...
In this article: Adlai Stevenson III, Abraham Lincoln, Adlai I, and Adlai Stevenson II
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Baltimore Sun | September 19, 2009
Backstory: Joe Wilson's 'You lie!' aside, civility in greater supply today
...of the classics which were suppressed in decent and respectable colleges," reported The Sun. Douglas elicited laughter when he said that upon Butler's return to the Senate, Sumner would quietly "whisper a secret apology in his ear"...
In this article: Charles Sumner, Joe Wilson, Lewis Cass, Andrew Butler, South Carolina, Kansas, and Missouri
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New York Post | September 13, 2009
'Decorum' of the house
...and antislavery settlers in the Kansas Territory. He denounced Sen. Andrew P. Butler (D-SC) so bitterly that Sen. Stephen A. Douglas (D-Ill.) growled, "That damn fool is going to get himself shot by some other damn fool. " Douglas...
In this article: Charles Sumner, Preston Brooks, Joe Wilson, Andrew P. Butler, South Carolina, Laurence Keitt, and Yale University
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Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861), son of Stephen Arnold Douglass and Sarah Fisk, was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. He lost to the Republican Party's candidate, Abraham Lincoln, whom he had defeated two years earlier in a Senate contest following a famed series of debates. He was nicknamed the "Little Giant" because he was short but was considered by many a "giant" in politics. Douglas was well-known as a resourceful party leader, and an adroit, ready, skillful tactician in debate and passage of legislation.
As chairman of the Committee on Territories, Douglas dominated the Senate in the 1850s. He was largely responsible for the Compromise of 1850 that apparently settled slavery issues. However, in 1854 he reopened the slavery question by the highly controversial Kansas-Nebraska Act that allowed the people of the new territories to decide for themselves whether or not to have slavery (which had been prohibited by earlier compromises). The protest movement against this became the Republican Party.
- Birth Date:
- April 23, 1813
- Birthplace:
- Brandon, Vermont
- Death Date:
- June 03, 1861
- Place of Death:
- Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Spouse:
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- Adele Cutts
- Martha Martin
- Political party:
- Democratic
- Office:
- from Illinois
- Represents:
- Illinois
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