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.

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Stephen A. Douglas canonical 37
Stephen Arnold Douglas 1
U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas 1

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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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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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Compromise of 1850 → supportedBy → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Douglas County, Oregon → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Douglas County → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
subject surface form: Douglas County, Nevada
Douglas County, Nebraska → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Douglas County, Nevada → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Stephen A. Douglas → fullName → Stephen A. Douglas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stephen Arnold Douglas
Kansas–Nebraska Act → sponsoredBy → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Kansas–Nebraska Act → proposedBy → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Douglas County, Georgia → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Douglas County, Georgia → namedFor → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas
Douglas County, Washington → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
The Crime Against Kansas speech → criticized → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
The Crime Against Kansas speech → associatedWithPerson → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Douglas County, Illinois → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Douglas County → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
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Douglas Park → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Douglas County, Colorado → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Douglas County, Kansas → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Benjamin Stephenson Edwards → hasNotableConnectionTo → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Brandon, Vermont, United States → isBirthplaceOf → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
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Lincoln–Douglas debates → hasParticipant → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Lincoln–Douglas debates → candidate → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
1860 United States presidential election → candidate → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Northern Democratic Party → notableMember → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Martha Martin → spouse → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Douglas Tomb State Historic Site, Chicago, Illinois → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
subject surface form: Douglas Tomb State Historic Site
Douglas Tomb State Historic Site, Chicago, Illinois → commemorates → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
subject surface form: Douglas Tomb State Historic Site
Little Giant → refersTo → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Little Giant → appliedTo → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Little Giant → describesPhysicalStatureOf → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Little Giant → describesPoliticalInfluenceOf → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Douglas → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
subject surface form: Douglas, Chicago
slave power controversy → hasNotableFigure → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
subject surface form: Slave Power Controversy
Lincoln → foundedBy → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
subject surface form: Lincoln, Illinois
Douglas County → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
subject surface form: Douglas County, Washington
Adele Cutts → spouse → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Douglas County, Wisconsin → namedAfter → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America → hasNotableFigureDiscussed → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ
Douglasville, Georgia → namedFor → Stephen A. Douglas ⓘ