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Stephen A. Douglas Stephen A. Douglas Stephen A. Douglas Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln 1860 U.S. presidential election cartoon 1860 presidential campaign Illustration of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas debating outdoors before a crowd, with Lincoln gesturing and an American flag draped in front of the stage. Map of the United States showing the results of the 1860 presidential election by state, with states colored to indicate the winning candidate: red for Abraham Lincoln (Republican), dark blue for John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democratic), tan for John Bell (Constitutional Union), and light blue for Stephen A. Douglas (Democratic). Each state is labeled with its number of electoral votes, and New Jersey is marked as splitting its votes between Lincoln and Douglas. An American flag is faintly sho
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Anniversary information added. May 30, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 19, 2026
Add new Web site: The University of Chicago Library - Guide to the Stephen A. Douglas Papers 1764-1908. Feb 01, 2025
Add new Web site: Essential Civil War Curriculum - Stephen A. Douglas. Nov 25, 2024
Add new Web site: LSU Scholarly Repository - Stephen A. Douglas, Western Man: The Early Years in Congress, 1844-1850. Oct 14, 2024
Add new Web site: American History Central - Stephen A. Douglas. Sep 02, 2024
Add new Web site: Civil War on the Western Border: The Missouri-Kansas Conflict, 1854-1865 - Stephen A. Douglas. Jul 11, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 28, 2024
Add new Web site: Kansas Historical Society - F. H. Hodder's Stephen A. Douglas. Nov 23, 2023
Add new Web site: Northern Illinois University Digital Library - The Life of Stephen A. Douglas - Preface. Sep 29, 2023
Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - Stephen Douglas. Mar 14, 2022
Add new Web site: American History Central - Stephen Arnold Douglas Facts. Jan 31, 2021
Corrected display issue. Jan 08, 2021
Corrected display issue. Aug 06, 2019
Add new Web site: Ohio History Central - Biography of Stephen Douglas. Dec 11, 2016
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Death of Stephen A. Douglas. Dec 11, 2016
Add new Web site: The Famous People - Biography of Stephen Douglas. Jul 14, 2016
Add new Web site: America's Story from America's Library - Biography of Stephen A. Douglas. Jan 10, 2014
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Biography of Stephen A. Douglas. Dec 20, 2012
Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Stephen Douglas. Dec 20, 2012
Added photograph. Apr 15, 2011
Added new Web site: Northern Illinois University - The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858. May 30, 2006
Added new Web site: Northern Illinois University - The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858. May 30, 2006
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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