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22 de mai. de 2023 · Stephen A. Douglas var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker. Efter en karriere som jurist i Illinois blev Douglas valgt til Repræsentanternes Hus 1843, og fra 1847 havde han sæde i Senatet. Douglas var en af hovedkræfterne bag Kansas-Nebraska-loven 1854, der gav de nye delstater selvbestemmelsesret i slaverispørgsmålet.
Stephen A. Douglas. A Quincy lawyer, Douglas was involved in the organization of the Democratic Party in Illinois in the 1830s, working closely with John Wentworth. As a state legislator, he supported funding of the Illinois & Michigan Canal . He received strong support from Chicago voters when he entered Congress in the mid-1840s.
Stephen Douglas was born on April 24, 1813, in Brandon, Vermont. In 1830, his family moved to upstate New York, where he attended Canandaigua Academy. Three years later he left this institution to study the law by attaching himself, rather like an apprentice, to the office of a local lawyer. Frustrated by the time it took to qualify for the bar ...
The Little Giant. U.S. congressman, senator, and presidential candidate Stephen A. Douglas was born in Brandon, Vermont, on April 23, 1813. Short in stature but influential in Congress, Douglas was nicknamed the “Little Giant.”. Stephen Arnold Douglas, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to left. Mathew Brady’s Studio, [between 1844 and ...
Fergus M. Bordewich. September 2008. Douglas expected to crush his untried opponent in the enormously crowd-pleasing debates Granger Collection, New York. In Freeport, Illinois, just beyond the ...
Stephen Arnold Douglas ( Brandon, 23 aprile 1813 – Chicago, 3 giugno 1861) è stato un politico statunitense, senatore del Partito democratico per lo stato dell' Illinois . Era soprannominato "Little Giant", cioè "piccolo gigante". Si candidò alle elezioni presidenziali degli Stati Uniti del 1860, venendo sconfitto dal candidato del Partito ...
24 de abr. de 2012 · It forced the country to confront the central issue — slavery. In a new book, America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas and the Compromise That Preserved the Union, Fergus Bordewich ...
