Proceedings of a reunion of the survivors of the Lincoln-Douglas debate, Oct. 1908.
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Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861
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Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. He was one of two Democratic Party nominees for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas had previously defeated Lincoln in the 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois, known for the Lincoln–Douglas debates. During the 1850s, Douglas was one of the foremost advocates of popular sovereignty, which held that each territory should be allowe...
Quincy (Ill.). Lincoln-Douglas Semi-Centennial Society.
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Committee formed to plan a celebration of all, still living, who attended the debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in Quincy, Ill. on Oct. 13, 1858. George Cyrus of Camp Point, Ill. was chairman of the committee. There were many speakers at the celebration but the main speaker was Judge Harry Higbee of Pittsfield, Ill. From the description of Proceedings of a reunion of the survivors of the Lincoln-Douglas debate, Oct. 1908. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). Wo...
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...
