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Oct 29, 2009 · The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a series of seven public debates in 1858 between Republican challenger Abraham Lincoln and incumbent Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas.
Aug 11, 2023 · April 23, 1813–June 3, 1861. Stephen Douglas was a prominent Congressman and Senator from Illinois, He supported Manifest Destiny and Popular Sovereignty and helped pass the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. In 1858, he participated in a series of public debates with Abraham Lincoln.
The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War 1848-1861. The Fate of Their Country: Politicians, Slavery Extension, and the Coming of the Civil War. Although a complex statesman, Stephen Douglas stood as one of the leading political figures in the coming of the American Civil War.
Aug 11, 2023 · Stephen Douglas was a leading proponent of popular sovereignty as an answer to the sectional dissent regarding the extension of slavery in the United States. Stephen Douglas was unsuccessful in securing the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1852.
Stephen A. Douglas, (born April 23, 1813, Brandon, Vt., U.S.—died June 3, 1861, Chicago, Ill.), U.S. politician. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (1843–47) and Senate (1847–61), where he strongly supported the Union and national expansion.
Stephen A. Douglas: A Featured Biography. Known as “the Little Giant” because his political stature far exceeded his height of five-foot-four, Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas remained a prominent national figure from his first election to the Senate in 1847 until his death in 1861. When the Compromise of 1850, an omnibus bill proposed ...
May 8, 2024 · Lincoln-Douglas debates, series of seven debates between the Democratic senator Stephen A. Douglas and Republican challenger Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 Illinois senatorial campaign, largely concerning the issue of slavery extension into the territories.
