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...gned by [[Democratic Party (United States), history|Democratic]] Senator [[Stephen A. Douglas]] of Illinois. While not repealing the [[Missouri Compromise]] of 1850, the ...n had failed. The solution was a bill proposed in January 1854 by Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. He was the Democratic party leader in the [[United States Sena

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*2: [[Stephen A. Douglas]] ''([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])''

...question of slavery in the West. This measure, the handiwork of Senator [[Stephen A. Douglas]], grew in part out of his desire to promote a railroad running from [[Chic

...later swtiched his allegiance to the [[Democratic Party]] and supported [[Stephen A. Douglas]] in the [[1860 United States presidential election|1860 Presidential elect

...Abraham Lincoln]],<span style="background:#ff0000"> Republican</span>,|| [[Stephen A. Douglas]], Democrat; [[John C. Brekinridge]], [[Southern Democrat]]; [[John Bell]],

...political leaders rose to take their places. The first among these was [[Stephen A. Douglas]].

...eld forth on their opinions of the final ruling, [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[Stephen A. Douglas]] debated the case and [[Frederick Douglass]] delivered a speech to the Ame

| 1860 || [[Abraham Lincoln]],Republican || [[Stephen A. Douglas]], Democrat; [[John C. Brekinridge]], [[Southern Democrat]]; [[John Bell]],

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...stiffer fugitive slave law. Proposed by [[Henry Clay]] and brokered by [[Stephen A. Douglas]], it reflects solution to slavery of Northern Democrats. Southerners take *Democrat [[Stephen A. Douglas]] proposes the [[Kansas Nebraska Act|Kansas-Nebraska Bill]] to open good fa

...resent the facts. Beveridge tended to sympathize with the South and admire Stephen A. Douglas, as well as rely on information collected by William H. Herndon. But, he di

| 1860 || [[Abraham Lincoln]],Republican || [[Stephen A. Douglas]], Democrat; [[John C. Breckinridge]], [[Southern Democrat]]; [[John Bell]]

...not immediately date. First, Mary dated several other young men, including Stephen A. Douglas, who eventually became one of Lincoln’s key political rivals. But, finall

...Wilmot Proviso in 1848 in favor of the popular sovereignty principles of [[Stephen A. Douglas]] and [[Lewis Cass]] (which said local voters in the territories, not Congr

Since [[Compromise of 1850]], [[Stephen A. Douglas]] of Chicago, had emerged as the dominant figure in the Democratic Party.

*5: [[Stephen A. Douglas]] ''([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])''

...ers before the war, with 100 slaves. He had supported Northern Democrat [[Stephen A. Douglas]] in the 1860 election, served in the Confederate army, and joined the Repu

*2: [[Stephen A. Douglas]] ''([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])'' *2: [[Stephen A. Douglas]] (1813-1861), ''[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]''