Stephen A. Douglas
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 163 years ago |
Date of birth | April 23,1813 |
Zodiac sign | Taurus |
Born | Brandon |
Vermont | |
United States | |
Date of died | June 3,1861 |
Died | Chicago |
Illinois | |
United States | |
Height | 163 (cm) |
Nickname | Little Giant |
Party | Democratic Party |
Previous offices | IL |
IL 5th District | |
Spouse | Adele Cutts |
Martha Martin | |
Adèle Cutts Douglas | |
Books | The life of Lincoln |
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 | |
Education | Canandaigua Academy |
Previous position | Senator, IL (1847–1861), Representative, IL 5th District (1843–1847), Illinois Secretary of State (1840–1841) |
Children | Robert M. Douglas |
Stephen Arnold Douglas, Jr | |
Ellen Douglas | |
Place of burial | Douglas Tomb State Historic Site, Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 415569 |
Stephen A. Douglas Life story
Stephen Arnold Douglas was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. A senator, he was one of two nominees of the badly split Democratic Party for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln.