Stephen Douglas was never President. He was the Democrat's nominee for president in 1860. He lost that election to the Republican, Abraham Lincoln.
In the famous senate race in which Abraham Lincoln made his name, his opponent was Stephen A. Douglas. The debates from this senate race are known as the Lincoln-Douglass debates.
People were interested in the senate race because of the interesting and entertaining debates. Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas debated in what are known as the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
The"The Little Giant" was Stephen Douglas not Frederick Douglass. He was the opponent for Lincoln in the Lincoln Douglas debates and beat Lincoln in Senate race in Illinois.
No, Stephen Douglas was a Democrat.
Lincoln was not elected to the Senate after the Lincoln-Douglas debate in 1858. US Senators were still elected by state legislatures. The Republicans won a slender majority in popular vote, but the malapportioned Illinois state-senate seats resulted in a majority for Stephen Douglas. The Lincoln-Douglas debates were widely reprinted throughout the country, and Lincoln gained invitations for speaking engagements. Major speeches like the 1859 Cooper Union speech set the groundwork for his presidential run in 1860.
Stephen Douglas defeated Abraham Lincoln in the 1858 Illinois Senate election.
Because Douglas didn't mind the creation of new slave-states, if the local people voted for it.
Because Douglas didn't mind the creation of new slave-states, if the local people voted for it.
Because Douglas didn't mind the creation of new slave-states, if the local people voted for it.
Because Douglas didn't mind the creation of new slave-states, if the local people voted for it.
Stephen Douglas won against Abraham Lincoln when running for US Senate
Abraham Lincoln wanted to run for the Senate so that he could make laws to stop slavery in America.
no- he lost his battle for the Senate to Stephen A. Douglas in 1858.
Abraham Lincoln wanted to run for the Senate so that he could make laws to stop slavery in America.
Abraham Lincoln wanted to run for the Senate so that he could make laws to stop slavery in America.
Abraham Lincoln wanted to run for the Senate so that he could make laws to stop slavery in America.
Stephen Douglas