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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Douglas , Stephen Arnold , 1813 -1861 (search)
Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861
Statesman; born in Brandon, Vt., April 23, 1813; learned the business of cabinet-making; studied law; became an auctioneer's clerk in Jacksonville, Ill.; and ta t was defeated by Abraham Lincoln.
He died in Chicago, Ill., June 3, 1861.
See Kansas.
The Douglas-Lincoln debate.
In opening this famous debate, in Ottawa, Ill., on Aug. 21, 1858, Mr. DouglaMr. Douglas spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen,—I appear before you to-day for the purpose of discussing the leading political topics which now agitate the public mind.
By an arrangement between Mr. ion which now agitates the Union.
I say that the Whig party and the Democratic party
Stephen Arnold Douglas. agreed on the slavery question, while they differed on those matters of expediency to ine Whigs, and transfer them over to Giddings, Chase, Fred Douglass, and Par-
Monument to Stephen A. Douglas. son Lovejoy, who were ready to receive them and christen them in their new faith.
They
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Flint , Henry Martyn 1829 -1868 (search)
Flint, Henry Martyn 1829-1868
Author; born in Philadelphia, Pa., March 24, 1829; studied law and settled in Chicago, where he edited the Times in 1855-61.
He was the author of a Life of Stephen A. Douglas; The history and statistics of the railroads of the United States; and Mexico under Maximilian.
He died in Camden, N. J., Dec. 12, 1868.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Johnson , Herschel Vespasian 1812 -1880 (search)
Johnson, Herschel Vespasian 1812-1880
Legislator; born in Burke county, Ga., Sept. 18, 1812; graduated at the University of Georgia in 1834; appointed for an unexpired term to the United States Senate in 1848; elected judge of the Superior Court of Georgia in 1849; governor in 1853 and 1855.
In the Civil War he was a member of the Confederate Senate; was elected to the United States Senate during the reconstruction period, but was not allowed to take his seat, and was appointed judge of the circuit court in 1873.
In 1860 Mr. Johnson was the candidate for the Vice-Presidency on the ticket with Stephen A. Douglas.
He died in Jefferson county, Ga., Aug. 16, 1880.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Lincoln , Abraham 1809 - (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Phillips , Wendell 1811 -1884 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Political parties in the United States . (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Presidential elections. (search)