Stephen A. Douglas

23 Apr 1813 – 3 Jun 1861

87 works on record

Biography

Stephen Arnold Douglas (né Douglass; April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. A U.S. senator, he was one of two nominees of the badly split Democratic Party to run for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln.

Works

Autobiography of Stephen A. Douglas

1913

A brief treatise upon constitutional and party questions

1866

Speech of Hon. S. A. Douglas, of Illinois, on the state of the Union

1861

State of the Union

1861

Remarks of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, in the Senate of the United States, March 6, 1861, on the resolution of Mr. Dixon to print the inaugural address of President Lincoln

1861

Non-interference by Congress with slavery in the territories

1860

"Let the people rule"

1860

Record of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas on the tariff

1860

Speech of Senator S.A. Douglas on the invasion of states

1860

Life of Stephen A. Douglas

1860

Letter of Judge Douglas in reply to the speech of Dr. Gwin at Grass Valley, Cal

1859

Popular sovereignity in the territories

1859

Speeches of Senator S.A. Douglas

1859

Popular sovereignty in the territories

1859

Speech of Hon. S.A. Douglas, of Illinois, against the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton constitution

1858

The issues of 1858

1858

Kansas--Lecompton Convention

1858

Remarks of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas on Kansas, Utah and the Dred Scott decision

1857

Remarks of Senator Douglas, of Illinois, in reply to Senator Collamer, on Kansas territorial affairs

1856

Speech of Hon. S. A. Douglas, of Illinois, on Kansas territorial affairs

1856

Speech of Senator Douglas

1854

Letter of Senator Douglas

1854

Speech of Hon. S. A. Douglas, of Illinois, in the Senate, January 30, 1854, on the Nebraska Territory

1854

The inauguration of Mill's equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson at Washington, January 8, 1853

1853

The inauguaration of Mills's equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson, at Washington, January 8, 1853

1853

Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, on the Monroe Doctrine

1853

Oration of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas

1853

Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois

1852

Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas on the "Measures of adjustment", delivered in the City Hall, Chicago, October 23, 1850

1851

Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas on the "Measures of adjustment,"

1851

Speech of Hon. S. A. Douglas, of Illinois, on the war with Mexico, and the boundary of the Rio Grande

1848

Speech of Senator S.A. Douglas, of Illinois, on the state of the Union

Read and reflect!

Letter of Senator Douglas, in reply to the editor of the State Capitol reporter, Concord, N.H.

Remarks of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on the state of parties in Illinois

Kansas, Utah, and the Dred Scott decision

Speech of Hon. S.A. Douglas, of Illinois, in the United States Senate, March 3, 1854

Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglass [sic], of Illinois, on the annexation of Texas

Remarks of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on the joint resolution welcoming Governor Kossuth

Speech of Hon. S.A. Douglas, of Illinois, in the Senate, May 15 and 16, 1860

Speech of Senator Douglas, at the Democratic celebration of the anniversary of American freedom, in Independence Square, Philadelphia, July 4, 1854

River and harbor improvements

Speech of Senator Douglas, at a public dinner given him by his personal and political friends, at Chicago, November 9, 1854

Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on the "Measures of adjustment," delivered in the City Hall, Chicago, October 23, 1850

Speech of Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, on the territorial question

Remarks of Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, upon the resolution declaring the compromise measures to be a definitive adjustment of all questions growing out of domestic slavery

Address of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, at the annual fair of the New-York State Agricultural Society, held at Rochester, September, 1851

Speech of Senator Douglas, in the Senate, May 8, 1854, [i]n vindication of his character and of his position on the Nebraska-Kansas bill

Speech of Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, on the Monroe doctrine

Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, in reply to Mr. Seward and Mr. Trumbull

Speeches of Hon. S.A. Douglas, of Illinois, delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 23, 1855, on the bill reported from the Committee of the Judiciary to protect officers and other persons acting under the authority of the United States

Speech of Senator Douglas, of Illinois against the admission of Kansas under the Lecompton constitution

Speech of Hon. S.A. Douglas, of Illinois, in the Senate of the United States, February 23, 1859, in reply to Hon. A.G. Brown, of Mississippi ...

Speeches of Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, at the Democratic Festival, at Jackson Hall, January 8, 1852, and at the Congressional Banquet to Kossuth, January 7, 1852, Democratic Festival, at Jackson Hall