Definition of Stephen arnold douglas

1. Noun. United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861).


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Literary usage of Stephen arnold douglas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Orations: Studies in American Political History edited by Alexander Johnston, James Albert Woodburn (1896)
"... stephen arnold douglas,* OF ILLINOIS.1 (BORN 1813, DIED 1861.) ON THE KANSAS-NEBRASKA BILL ; SENATE, MARCH 3, 1854.' IT has been urged in debate that ..."

2. Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Benjamin Perley Poore (1886)
"stephen arnold douglas was born at Brandon, Vermont, April 236, 1813 ; was a Representative in Congress from Illinois, 1843-1847; was United States Senator ..."

3. Modern Eloquence by Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh (1903)
"stephen arnold douglas REPLY TO LINCOLN [stephen arnold douglas was born in Brandon, Vt., in 1813. Ultimately he settled in Winchester, 111., taught school, ..."

4. ... Biography of American Statesmanship: An Analytical Reference Syllabus by George Elliott Howard (1909)
"stephen arnold douglas (1813-1861). William Gardner, Life of Stephen A. Douglas (1905) ; and WG Brown, Douglas (1902), in the "Riverside Biographical Series ..."

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