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Eastern Color / USA 1948
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In 1860 the Democratic Party split over the issue of slavery. Northern Democrats nominated Stephen Douglas for president. His platform called for residents of each territory to decide whether to permit slavery. Southern Democrats nominated John C. Breckinridge and called for slavery’s expansion into the West. Members of the new Constitutional Party tried to avoid taking any controversial positions, and simply promised to maintain the Constitution, the Union, and the laws. Their nominee was John Bell. Lincoln, the Republican candidate, won the election by carrying the North, but received less than 40 percent of the national popular vote.
This National Democratic Ticket was for Stephen A. Douglas and his Vice Presidential candidate, Herschel V. Johnson. It was a gift to the Smithsonian of Anthony E. Starcevic in 1960.
Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life, was on exhibit in 2009 as part of the Smithsonian-wide celebration of the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. The exhibition showcased more than 60 historical treasures associated with Lincoln's life.
The National Museum of American History (NMAH), administered by the Smithsonian Institute, collects, preserves and displays American heritage in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history. The museum, which first opened in 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology, is located on the National Mall in one of the last structures designed by McKim, Mead & White. It was renamed in 1980, and closed for a 2-year, $85 million renovation by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP from 2006 to 2008.
The Smithsonian Institution, an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazines, was established in 1846. Although concentrated in Washington DC, its collection of over 136 million items is spread through 19 museums, a zoo, and nine research centers from New York to Panama.
Dusted with snow, Old Main at Knox College is the last remaining structure to host the 1858 senatorial debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. A National Historic Landmark, the Collegiate Gothic building was completed in 1857.
Photo by Daniel M. Reck. Purchase at 500px Art.
The Phelps Town Hall building. This 1849 Greek Revival structure is constructed of cut sandstone walls. The stone was quarried in the Town of Phelps on the Horning-Salisbury Farm on Route 488. The builder John Bloomer lived on the farm at that time. The original building had interior woodwork of hard polished mahogany, with Clyde glassworks, throughout the building. After the 1864 village fire, a metal roof was installed. On Oct. 31, 1911 another fire consumed most of the interior of the building destroying the mahogany woodwork. The stone exterior was unharmed. The community hired J. Foster Warner of Rochester (the architect who designed the Eastman House) to direct the reconstruction. The local work was done by Fred Shaw, his son-in-law Joel Caves and Peter Caves at a cost of $4,900. The front windows were added at that time, as well as a bell tower. However the bell tower was destroyed in the 1911 fire and was replaced with a clock tower in 1912. On both sides of the front door are paired Corinthian columns. It is historically significant in the town of Phelps because the meetings for town business have been held here since 1851. Famous people who have visited Town Hall are: Susan B. Anthony, James Buchanan, Stephen Douglas, Horace Greeley and Dr. William Brooks (Phelps astronomer, photographer and inventor). Located at 79 Main Street in Phelps, NY.
Galesburg, IL: Old Main at Knox College--this is the only existing site of the 1858 Lincoln/Douglas Senate debates. The style of the building is Collegiate Gothic and it opened in 1857. It is a National Historic Landmark. Info: www.knox.edu/oldmain.xml
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Participants: Paul Berry; Lois Brako; Keylon Braxton; Melinda Certain; Wendy Crone; David Danaher; Stephen Douglas; Sharon Dunwoody; Hawley Fogg-Davis; Jeffery A. Giacomin; Yolanda Gilmore; Diana Hess; Doreen Holmgrem; James Hurley; Laura Jull; Stephen Kantrowitz; Weiyuan Kao; Tim Kelley; Pennie Maclean; Helen Madsen; Sabine Moedersheim; David Hembhard; Monty Nielsen; Tad Pinkerton; Krista Ralston; Roberto Rengel; Kay Reuter-Krohn; Joan Robertson; Norma Saldivar; Akua Sarr; Lisa Simonds; Sue Stein; Kristine Urrutia; Daniel Veroff; Irena Vida
Itinerary: Visit with Charles Hoslet, Sr. (Special Assistant University & State Relations) and State Senator Jon Erpenbach; Aldo Leopold Shack; Heatherstone Enterprises, Inc.; Wausau Insurance Companies; Bad River Chippewa Tribe; Bayfield Step on Tour; Apostle Island Cruise; Lincoln Hills School; Horicon Marsh Flyway Center; North Division High School
Galesburg, IL: Old Main at Knox College--this is the only existing site of the 1858 Lincoln/Douglas Senate debates. The style of the building is Collegiate Gothic and it opened in 1857. It is a National Historic Landmark. Info: www.knox.edu/oldmain.xml
This is the new Welcome to Freeport sign featuring the Lincoln-Douglas debate of 1858 coming into town from the East.
Galesburg, IL: Old Main at Knox College--this is the only existing site of the 1858 Lincoln/Douglas Senate debates. The style of the building is Collegiate Gothic and it opened in 1857. It is a National Historic Landmark. Info: www.knox.edu/oldmain.xml
Ottawa, Illinois was the site of one the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in 1858
Original Caption: Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, Ill
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-2346
From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111)
Photographer: Brady, Mathew, 1823 (ca.) - 1896
Coverage Dates: ca. 1860 - ca. 1865
Subjects:
American Civil War, 1861-1865
Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (Washington, D.C.)
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Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.
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Galesburg, IL: Old Main at Knox College--this is the only existing site of the 1858 Lincoln/Douglas Senate debates. The style of the building is Collegiate Gothic and it opened in 1857. It is a National Historic Landmark. Info: www.knox.edu/oldmain.xml
Galesburg, IL: Old Main at Knox College--this is the only existing site of the 1858 Lincoln/Douglas Senate debates. The style of the building is Collegiate Gothic and it opened in 1857. It is a National Historic Landmark. Info: www.knox.edu/oldmain.xml
Groveland Park was delveloped by Stephen A. Douglas, a nearby resident. It consists of a street circling an oval park between E. 33rd and E. 35th streets, S. Cottage Grove Ave. and the Metra tracks.
Statues of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas at Lincoln Douglas Square in Downtown Alton on the Riverfront. Portrays the famous debates.
Galesburg, IL: Old Main at Knox College--this is the only existing site of the 1858 Lincoln/Douglas Senate debates. The style of the building is Collegiate Gothic and it opened in 1857. It is a National Historic Landmark. Info: www.knox.edu/oldmain.xml
The last house on the east end of the street is directly adjacent to the Metra tracks. It was constructed in 1888.
The last of the Lincoln/Douglas debates for the senate seat from Illinois. The debates were well attended, by men, women, and children even though only white men could vote. Abraham Lincoln lost the election to Stephen Douglas but went on to be elected president in 1860.
Taft, Lorado (1860-1936); Lincoln-Douglass Debate; 1936; original plaster relief, bronzed; 7'10 x 12' x 12; Peer and Sarah Pederson Pavilion, College of Law, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
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.