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16 de dic. de 2021 · Originario de Vermont, Stephen Douglas nació en 1813. Pasó sus primeros años en el noreste y se mudó a Illinois en 1833. Durante un tiempo trabajó como profesor, pero pronto comenzó a estudiar derecho. En 1847 se casó con Martha Martin, cuyo padre dejó a la pareja una vasta plantación en Mississippi a su muerte, dándoles una cantidad ...
Stephen A. Douglas. Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician from Illinois. He was a U.S. Representative, a U.S. Senator, and the Democratic Party nominee for President in the 1860 election, losing to Republican Abraham Lincoln . Douglas had previously defeated Lincoln in a Senate contest, noted for ...
Douglas provided the solution to what was fast becoming a constitutional crisis. The book recounts the Douglas successes, including his debates with the great men of his time, to his greatest legislative achievement, the passage of what became known as the Compromise of 1850.
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.
3. Stephen Douglas was one of the brokers of the Compromise of 1850 which sought to avert a sectional crisis; to further deal with the volatile issue of extending slavery into the territories, Douglas became the foremost advocate of popular sovereignty, which held that each territory should be allowed to determine whether to permit slavery within its borders.
Stephen A. Douglas. A Biography in Three Volumes By Reg Ankrom. From fatherless boy to United States senator, Stephen A. Douglas by the mid-19th century had become a political force in Illinois, in the party he created, and in the nation. His friend and frequent political foe of 26 years, Abraham Lincoln, equally ambitious for political ...
Stephen Arnold Douglas fue un político estadounidense de Illinois. Fue un representante de los EE. UU., senador, y candidato a presidente por el Partido Demócrata en las elecciones de 1860, perdiendo ante el republicano Abraham Lincoln. Douglas había derrotado previamente a Lincoln en una disputa en el Senado, conocida por los famosos debates Lincoln-Douglas de 1858. Fue apodado el ...
