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Stephon Douglas Statue
Stephen Douglas was a member of the US House of Representatives, a US Senator, and a candidate for President of the United States in 1860, losing to Abraham Lincoln.
Douglas served as a member of the US House from 1843-1847 and as a member of the US Senate from 1847 until his death in 1861. He was a member from the state of Illinois. It was in the Senate that Douglas mad a name for himself.
Douglas was known as the little giant. He stood at 5 foot and 4 inches tall and only weighed 90 pounds but he had a deep and strong voice. Douglas was also a strong Democrat. He always felt like the people should be able to choose if their state is a slave state or a free state. He felt the people should have more say and not the government. This would come out more in the Kansas-Nebraska Act. This act was written by Douglas and suggested that the 2 new states should choose on their own to be a free or slave state. Making the government mad, the Republican Party was formed which thought the government should choose for the people.
The frontrunner for the new Republican Party was Abraham Lincoln. In 1858, Douglas and Lincoln went head to head for a seat on the Senate which Douglas already had. They had 7 debates in 7 days in which the main topic was slavery. They were running for Illinois which was a northern state, and Douglas supported the idea of letting the people decide the issue of Slavery and Lincoln fought for the government. Douglas won the Senate but Lincoln was becoming a strong force.
In 1860, the men went head to head again. With the backing of the south, Douglas ran for president as a Democrat and Lincoln would run for president as a Republican. Lincoln would win enough electoral votes from the north to win the Presidency. Douglas returned to the Senate, but the southern states would soon seceed from the Union and it was clear that a war between the states were coming.
Douglas, however, was not a southern sympathizer. He tried to persuade the south to stay in the Union and he spoke out about the war and how it wasnt a good idea. He pulled support in for the north and supported the Union. Douglas would pass away 1 week after the war started from typhoid fever.
This statue of Stephen Douglas is located in the Illinois State Capitol Building in Springfield, Il.
Stephon Douglas Statue
Stephen Douglas was a member of the US House of Representatives, a US Senator, and a candidate for President of the United States in 1860, losing to Abraham Lincoln.
Douglas served as a member of the US House from 1843-1847 and as a member of the US Senate from 1847 until his death in 1861. He was a member from the state of Illinois. It was in the Senate that Douglas mad a name for himself.
Douglas was known as the little giant. He stood at 5 foot and 4 inches tall and only weighed 90 pounds but he had a deep and strong voice. Douglas was also a strong Democrat. He always felt like the people should be able to choose if their state is a slave state or a free state. He felt the people should have more say and not the government. This would come out more in the Kansas-Nebraska Act. This act was written by Douglas and suggested that the 2 new states should choose on their own to be a free or slave state. Making the government mad, the Republican Party was formed which thought the government should choose for the people.
The frontrunner for the new Republican Party was Abraham Lincoln. In 1858, Douglas and Lincoln went head to head for a seat on the Senate which Douglas already had. They had 7 debates in 7 days in which the main topic was slavery. They were running for Illinois which was a northern state, and Douglas supported the idea of letting the people decide the issue of Slavery and Lincoln fought for the government. Douglas won the Senate but Lincoln was becoming a strong force.
In 1860, the men went head to head again. With the backing of the south, Douglas ran for president as a Democrat and Lincoln would run for president as a Republican. Lincoln would win enough electoral votes from the north to win the Presidency. Douglas returned to the Senate, but the southern states would soon seceed from the Union and it was clear that a war between the states were coming.
Douglas, however, was not a southern sympathizer. He tried to persuade the south to stay in the Union and he spoke out about the war and how it wasnt a good idea. He pulled support in for the north and supported the Union. Douglas would pass away 1 week after the war started from typhoid fever.
This statue of Stephen Douglas is located in the Illinois State Capitol Building in Springfield, Il.