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30 de mai. de 2024 · Stephen A. Douglas (born April 23, 1813, Brandon, Vermont, U.S.—died June 3, 1861, Chicago, Illinois) was an American politician, leader of the Democratic Party, and orator who espoused the cause of popular sovereignty in relation to the issue of slavery in the territories before the American Civil War (1861–65).
- 1860 Election
U.S. presidential election of 1860 was an American election...
- Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Lincoln-Douglas debates, series of seven debates between the...
- 1860 Election
7 de jun. de 2024 · U.S. presidential election of 1860 was an American election in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell.
- Abraham Lincoln of Illinois was the candidate of the generally antislavery Republican Party. The Democratic Party split in two. Sen. Stephen A. Dou...
- Nothing less than the fate of the Union was at stake in the U.S. presidential election of 1860. The Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision of 1857, wh...
- RepublicanAbraham Lincoln captured less than 40 percent of the vote but won a majority in the electoral college (180 electoral votes) by dominating...
- Abraham Lincoln’s chief competitors for the nomination as the presidential candidate of the Republican Party in 1860 were front-runner William H. S...
18 de jun. de 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.
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Há 5 dias · After two ballots - the 59th ballot overall - the remaining Democrats nominated Stephen A. Douglas from Illinois for president. The election would now pit Lincoln against his longtime political rival, whom Lincoln had lost to in the Illinois senate race just two years earlier.
16 de jun. de 2024 · Abraham Lincoln's arguments against slavery in his first debate with Stephen Douglas in Ottawa, Illinois, would make him a national figure.
4 de jun. de 2024 · “In this highly readable study of the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, McClelland offers the reader an absorbing and compelling story of how two long-time rivals put aside their profound political differences in order to preserve the Union.
30 de mai. de 2024 · He played an essential role in making Chicago the metropolis it is today, and an equally important role in building support for Lincoln’s war effort among his skeptical fellow Democrats. Lincoln...