Stephen A. Douglas

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American politician Democratic Party politician United States senator human lawyer

Stephen A. Douglas was a prominent 19th-century American politician and U.S. senator from Illinois, best known for his role in shaping antebellum legislation and for debating Abraham Lincoln over slavery.

Aliases (2)

Stephen Arnold Douglas ×1
U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician → Democratic Party politician → United States senator → human → lawyer →
admittedToBar	Illinois bar →
advocated	popular sovereignty on slavery in the territories →
birthDate	1813-04-23 →
birthPlace	Brandon, Vermont, United States →
burialPlace	Douglas Tomb State Historic Site, Chicago, Illinois →
candidateInElection	1860 United States presidential election →
coAuthored	Kansas–Nebraska Act → surface form: "Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854"
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
deathDate	1861-06-03 →
deathPlace	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
educatedAt	local schools in Vermont →
endTime	1861-06-03 →
ethnicity	Scottish-American →
familyName	Douglas →
fullName	Stephen A. Douglas → surface form: "Stephen Arnold Douglas"
givenName	Stephen →
knownFor	Kansas–Nebraska Act → Lincoln–Douglas debates → popular sovereignty doctrine →
legislativeFocus	slavery in U.S. territories → territorial organization →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party →
middleName	Arnold →
movedTo	Illinois →
nickname	Little Giant →
nominatedBy	Northern Democratic Party →
occupation	lawyer → politician →
opponent	Abraham Lincoln → John Bell → John C. Breckinridge →
positionHeld	Judge of the Illinois Supreme Court → Member of the Illinois House of Representatives → Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois → Illinois Secretary of State → surface form: "Secretary of State of Illinois" United States Senator from Illinois →
ranForOffice	President of the United States →
religion	Protestant Christianity → surface form: "Protestantism"
represented	Illinois →
spouse	Adele Cutts → Martha Martin →
startTime	1847-03-04 →
studied	law →
supported	Compromise of 1850 →

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Stephen A. Douglas → fullName → Stephen A. Douglas →

this entity surface form: "Stephen Arnold Douglas"

Douglas County, Georgia → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas →

Douglas County, Nebraska → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas →

Douglas County → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas →

subject surface form: "Douglas County, Nevada"

Douglas County, Nevada → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas →

Douglas County, Oregon → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas →

Douglas County, Washington → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas →

Douglas County, Georgia → namedFor → Stephen A. Douglas →

this entity surface form: "U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas"

Kansas–Nebraska Act → proposedBy → Stephen A. Douglas →

Kansas–Nebraska Act → sponsoredBy → Stephen A. Douglas →

Compromise of 1850 → supportedBy → Stephen A. Douglas →