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

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

...e Divided" speech of June 1858, [[Abraham Lincoln]] charged that Senator [[Stephen A. Douglas]], President [[James Buchanan]], his predecessor, [[Franklin Pierce]], and

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

...s—where he usually was bested by an even more talented politician, [[Stephen A. Douglas]]. Douglas was the dominant figure in the Democratic Party throughout the

*5: [[Stephen A. Douglas]] ''([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])'' *5: [[Stephen A. Douglas]] (1813-1861), ''[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]''

...before the [[sack of Lawrence]]. Sumner attacked the authors of the act, [[Stephen A. Douglas]] of Illinois and [[Andrew Butler]] of [[South Carolina (U.S. state)|South

...civil war. The outstanding leader of the Democrats was Illinois Senator [[Stephen A. Douglas]] who believed that the democratic process in each state or territory shoul

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

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

...tional strife. Clay was unable to get his compromise passed but Democrat [[Stephen A. Douglas]] unpackaged the compromise so that each component was passed by a differen

...tion to the Illinois State Senate, where he knew [[Abraham Lincoln]] and [[Stephen A. Douglas]]. Silas lost his seat to a [[Republican Party (United States), history |R

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

...ss produced not one significant piece of legislation. [[Henry Clay]] and [[Stephen A. Douglas]] were the leaders in legislation, and he never tried to rival them. There

Most people thought the Compromise had ended the territorial issue, but [[Stephen A. Douglas]] reopened it in 1854, in the name of democracy. Douglas proposed the Kansa {{seealso|Lecompton constitution|Stephen A. Douglas|James Buchanan}}

...ces" like Pierce and Buchanan, and advocates of popular sovereignty like [[Stephen A. Douglas]] and [[Lewis Cass]], were accomplices to the [[Slave Power]]. The Republic

The Compromise of 1850, devised by Clay and Democratic leader [[Stephen A. Douglas]] was designed to solve the controversy over the status of slavery in the v

Senator [[Stephen A. Douglas]], the most powerful Democrat in the 1850s, had been the chief sponsor of t