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Bookmark or Share- Stephen Douglas | American Battlefield TrustThe Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War 1848-1861. The Fate of Their Country: Politicians, Slavery Extension, and the Coming of the Civil War. Although a complex statesman, Stephen Douglas stood as one of the leading political figures in the coming of the American Civil War.
- Stephen A. Douglas - Politics, Facts & Debates | HISTORYStephen A. Douglas was a controversial and influential politician known as a champion for popular sovereignty and his widely followed debates with Abraham Lincoln.
- Stephen A. Douglas | Biography, Politics, Debates, & FactsStephen A. Douglas (born April 23, 1813, Brandon, Vermont, U.S.—died June 3, 1861, Chicago, Illinois) was an American politician, leader of the Democratic Party, and orator who espoused the cause of popular sovereignty in relation to the issue of slavery in the territories before the American Civil War (1861–65).
- Stephen A. Douglas: A Featured Biography - U.S. SenateStephen A. Douglas: A Featured Biography. Known as “the Little Giant” because his political stature far exceeded his height of five-foot-four, Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas remained a prominent national figure from his first election to the Senate in 1847 until his death in 1861. When the Compromise of 1850, an omnibus bill proposed ...
- Lincoln-Douglas Debates - Background, Summary & SignificanceThe Lincoln-Douglas debates were a series of seven public debates in 1858 between Republican challenger Abraham Lincoln and incumbent Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas.
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