Stephen A. Douglas

23 Apr 1813 – 3 Jun 1861

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.

• The Lincoln-Douglas debates
• Life of Stephen A. Douglas
• "Let the people rule"
• A brief treatise upon constitutional and party questions
• Address of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, at the annual fair of the New-York State Agricultural Society, held at Rochester, September, 1851
• Auszüge aus authentische niedergeschriebenen Berichten der Ansichten des achtbaren Stephen A. Douglas über die Tarif-Frage
• Autobiography of Stephen A. Douglas
• Autobiography of Stephen A. Douglas
• Kansas, Utah, and the Dred Scott decision
• Kansas--Lecompton Convention
• Kansas--Lecompton convention
• Letter of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, in explanation of the Nebraska and Kansas Territorial Bill