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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.
1 de abr. de 2016 · 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 Congress.
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.
Stephen A. Douglas (entre 1855 et 1861). Stephen Arnold Douglas, né le 23 avril 1813 à Brandon, et mort le 3 mai 1861 (à 48 ans) à Chicago, est un homme politique américain et un avocat de l' Illinois. Il fut l'un des candidats du Parti démocrate à la présidence lors des élections de 1860, remportées par le candidat républicain ...
Stephen Douglas. Douglas inicialmente apoiou a polêmica decisão da Suprema Corte chamada Caso Dred Scott de 1857. Contudo, no ano seguinte, durante sua campanha pelo senado, afirmou que aquela decisão negava ao povo a capacidade de decidir a questão por si mesmo.
15 de mar. de 2019 · Lincoln-Douglas Debates. In the summer and the fall of 1858 two of the most influential statesmen of the late antebellum era, Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln faced off in a series of debates focused on slavery as they vied for a United States Senate seat representing Illinois. In the long term, the Lincoln-Douglas debates propelled Lincoln ...
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 ...
