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1 de abr. de 2016 · Feel free to contribute! “Tell them to obey the laws and uphold the Constitution.”. Stephen A. Douglas, deathbed instructions for his sons, June 3, 1861 [1] Stephen Douglas’ instruction to his sons to uphold the Constitution should have been quite clear. He had spent three decades in public life, including 18 years in the United States ...
Stephen Arnold Douglas (Brandon, Vermont, 23 de abril de 1813 – Chicago, Illinois, 3 de junho de 1861) foi um político norte-americano do estado de Illinois.. Carreira. Ele foi congressista, um senador e candidato pelo Partido Democrata nas eleições presidenciais de 1860, mas perdeu para o republicano Abraham Lincoln.Douglas havia derrotado Lincoln dois anos antes na disputa pelo senado ...
13 de may. de 2024 · Michael Levy. U.S. presidential election of 1860, American election in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. After Lincoln’s election seven Southern states seceded, setting the stage for the American Civil War.
14 de abr. de 2013 · The life of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas. Reg Ankrom • Apr 14, 2013. Even as her son on June 24, 1833, awkwardly climbed aboard a stagecoach to leave his Canandaigua, N.Y., home, Sarah Arnold Douglas pleaded with him once more not to go. Illness had frequently visited the 20-year-old Stephen Arnold Douglas, but he was determined to go west.
Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, at Springfield June 17, 1858. The following speech was delivered at Springfield, Ill., at the close of the Republican State Convention held at that time and place, and by which Convention Mr. Lincoln had been named as their candidate for U. S. Senator. Mr. Douglas was not present. Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Convention: If we could first know where we ...
25 de oct. de 2020 · When Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas met in a series of seven debates while running for a Senate seat from Illinois they fiercely argued the critical issue of the day, the institution of enslavement. The debates elevated Lincoln's profile, helping to push him toward his run for president two years later. Douglas, however, would actually win the 1858 Senate election.
11 de jun. de 2018 · Douglas, Stephen Arnold (1813–61) US statesman. Douglas served in the House of Representatives (1843–47), before becoming Senator for Illinois (1847–61). He tried to unite the Democratic Party on the issue of slavery, and was instrumental in the Compromise of 1850. He sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854), that promoted popular ...
