Stephen A. Douglas

Born: 23 Apr 1813

Died: 3 Jun 1861

Stephen Arnold Douglas (né Douglass; April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. A U.S. senator, he was one of two nominees of the badly split Democratic Party to run for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln.

Born: 23 Apr 1813

Died: 3 Jun 1861

Books by Stephen A. Douglas (50 max)

Life of Stephen A. Douglas, United States senator from Illinois.: With his most important speeches and reports.

1860

Henry M. Flint, Stephen A. Douglas

The Lincoln and Douglas debates: in the senatorial campaign of 1858 in Illinois, between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Arnold Douglas; containing also Lincoln's address at Cooper Institute

1905

Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas

Popular sovereignty in the territories.: The dividing line between federal and local authority.

1859

Stephen A. Douglas

Books by Stephen A. Douglas (50 max)

Life of Stephen A. Douglas, United States senator from Illinois.: With his most important speeches and reports.

The Lincoln and Douglas debates: in the senatorial campaign of 1858 in Illinois, between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Arnold Douglas; containing also Lincoln's address at Cooper Institute

Popular sovereignty in the territories.: The dividing line between federal and local authority.

Non-interference by Congress with slavery in the territories.

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas on the "Measures of adjustment,"

Speech of Senator Douglas: at a public dinner given him by his personal and political friends at Chicago, November 9, 1854.

Popular sovereignty in the territories Judge Douglas in reply to Judge Black

Popular sovereignty in the territories rejoinder of Judge Douglas to Judge Black

A brief treatise upon constitutional and party questions: and the history of political parties, as I received it orally from the late Senator Stephen A. Douglas.

Lincoln-Douglas Debates Of 1858

Autobiography of Stephen A. Douglas

Speech of Hon. S. A. Douglas, of Illinois, in the Senate, January 30, 1854, on the Nebraska Territory.

Remarks of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on Kansas, Utah, and the Dred Scott decision.: Delivered at Springfield, Illinois, June 12th, 1857.

Letter of Judge Douglas in reply to the speech of Dr. Gwin at Grass Valley, Cal.

Speeches of Senator S.A. Douglas: on the occasion of his public receptions by the citizens of New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.

The dividing line between federal and local authority: popular sovereignty in the territories

Speech of Senator S.A. Douglas on the invasion of states: and his reply to Mr. Fessenden : delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 23, 1860.

Speech of Hon. S. A. Douglas, of Illinois, on the state of the Union: delivered in the Senate, January 3, 1861.

Speech of Senator S.A. Douglas, of Illinois, on the state of the Union: delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 3, 1861

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: Representative Selections

Letters

Political Debates Between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, in the Celebrated Campaign of 1858 in Illinois Including the Preceding Speeches of Each at Chicago, Springfield, etc. ; Also, the Two Great Speeches of Abraham Lincoln in Ohio In 1859, ...

Speech of Hon. S.A. Douglas, of Illinois, on refunding the fine assessed upon Gen. Jackson by Judge Hall in 1815 delivered in the House of Representatives, January 7, 1844

Speech on the bill to refund General Jackson's fine: delivered in the House of Representatives, January 7, 1844.

Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglass [sic], of Illinois, on the annexation of Texas delivered in the House of Representatives, January 6, 1845

Speech of Hon. S. A. Douglas, of Illinois, on the war with Mexico, and the boundary of the Rio Grande: delivered in the Senate of the United States, Tuesday, February 1, 1848.

Speech in reply to Mr. Soulé: relative to the public lands in California, delivered in the Senate of the United States, June 26th and 28th, 1850.

Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on the "Measures of adjustment," delivered in the City Hall, Chicago, October 23, 1850

Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on the "Measures of adjustment," delivered in the City Hall, Chicago, October 23, 1850

Speech of Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, on the territorial question delivered in Senate of the United States, March 13 and 14, 1850

Speech of Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, on the territorial question delivered in Senate of the United States, March 13 and 14, 1850

Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas on the "Measures of adjustment", delivered in the City Hall, Chicago, October 23, 1850.

Remarks of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on the joint resolution welcoming Governor Kossuth delivered in the Senate of the United States, December 11, 1851

Speeches of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on the measures of adjustment, passed by Congress: delivered in the City Hall, Chicago, October 23, 1850: and on the bill to refund the fine imposed on General Jackson, at New-Orleans, delivered in the House of Representatives at Washington, January 6, 1844

Remarks of Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, upon the resolution declaring the compromise measures to be a definitive adjustment of all questions growing out of domestic slavery: delivered in the Senate of the United States, December 23, 1851

Address of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, at the annual fair of the New-York State Agricultural Society, held at Rochester, September, 1851

Address of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, at the annual fair of the New-York State Agricultural Society, held at Rochester, September, 1851

Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois: delivered in Richmond, Virginia, July 9, 1852.

Remarks of Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, on the compromise measures delivered in the Senate of the United States, December 23, 1851. And his speech on the "Measures of adjustment," delivered in the City Hall, Chicago, Illinois, October 23, 1850

Speeches of Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, at the Democratic Festival, at Jackson Hall, January 8, 1852, and at the Congressional Banquet to Kossuth, January 7, 1852, Democratic Festival, at Jackson Hall

The inauguration of Mill's equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson at Washington, January 8, 1853.

The inauguaration of Mills's equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson, at Washington, January 8, 1853.

Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, on the Monroe Doctrine

Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, on the Monroe Doctrine

Oration of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas: on the inauguration of the Jackson statue, at the city of Washington, January 8, 1853.

Speech of Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, on the Monroe doctrine: delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 14, 1853

Letter of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas in explanation of the Nebraska and Kansas territorial bill

Speech of Senator Douglas, at the Democratic celebration of the anniversary of American freedom, in Independence Square, Philadelphia, July 4, 1854

Speech of Hon. S.A. Douglas, of Illinois in the United States Senate, March 3, 1854 : on Nebraska and Kansas