Abraham Lincoln Vs Stephen Douglas
Today bronze statues of douglas and lincoln stand to commemorate the event at lincoln douglas square in alton.
Abraham lincoln vs stephen douglas. Lincoln said to my dad. Douglas im wahlkampf um die wahlen zum senat der vereinigten staaten 1858 im us bundesstaat illinois. Three months later douglas who had taken ill and may have suffered a stroke died. Well i also know about stephe douglas william continued however i would love you to tell us something about him well it seems that i have to always be worried about stephen douglas lincoln said that.
Lincoln douglas debates series of seven debates between the democratic senator stephen a. It sheds important insight into the key political issues in this critical period of our. 3 the november december 1997 issue pp. Douglas and abraham lincoln during the 1858 illinois state election lincoln opened the campaign on an ominous.
Douglas in a campaign for one of illinois two united states senate seats. Douglas and abraham lincoln in 1858 during the illinois senate contest is the quintessential debate of that era. Douglas and republican challenger abraham lincoln during the 1858 illinois senatorial campaign largely concerning the issue of slavery extension into the territories. As a gentlemanly gesture stephen douglas reached out and took lincoln s hat and held it during the speech.
The lincoln douglas debates also known as the great debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between abraham lincoln the republican party candidate for the united states senate from illinois and incumbent senator stephen douglas the democratic party candidate. Douglas the first debate between stephen a. While the career of stephen douglas overshadowed that of lincoln during most of his lifetime he is best remembered today for the seven debates against his perennial rival in the summer and fall of 1858. Lincoln war der kandidat der erst vier jahre zuvor gegründeten republikanischen partei douglas trat erneut.
Bei den lincoln douglas debatten handelt es sich um eine reihe von öffentlichen rededuellen zwischen abraham lincoln und stephen a. Douglas by gordon leidner of great american history the following article was originally published in the lincolnian the newsletter of the lincoln group of the district of columbia in vol.