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Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 - June 3, 1861) was a politician in the United States in the period leading up to the American Civil War. A Democrat, Douglas's career closely coincided with that of Abraham Lincoln (a Whig, later a Republican), and the two were lifelong rivals. They ran against one another in elections for a wide variety of elected offices and even competed for the hand of Mary Todd. Douglas died of typhoid on June 3, 1861, about a month and a half after the Civil War began.

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  • Stephen Douglas
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  • Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 - June 3, 1861) was a politician in the United States in the period leading up to the American Civil War. A Democrat, Douglas's career closely coincided with that of Abraham Lincoln (a Whig, later a Republican), and the two were lifelong rivals. They ran against one another in elections for a wide variety of elected offices and even competed for the hand of Mary Todd. Douglas died of typhoid on June 3, 1861, about a month and a half after the Civil War began.
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  • Posthumous reference
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  • Adele Cutts
  • Martha Martin ;
Name
  • Stephen Douglas
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Cause of Death
  • Typhoid fever
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Religion
  • Baptist
Years
  • 1843(xsd:integer)
  • 1847(xsd:integer)
  • 1860(xsd:integer)
  • Mid 19th century
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Children
  • Robert, Stephen Jr., others who died young
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  • Politician, Lawyer
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  • 1861(xsd:integer)
  • Unrevealed
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  • 1813(xsd:integer)
  • Unrevealed
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  • Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 - June 3, 1861) was a politician in the United States in the period leading up to the American Civil War. A Democrat, Douglas's career closely coincided with that of Abraham Lincoln (a Whig, later a Republican), and the two were lifelong rivals. They ran against one another in elections for a wide variety of elected offices and even competed for the hand of Mary Todd. In 1860, Douglas lost the Presidential election to Lincoln when the Southern wing of the Democratic Party refused to support him as the national nominee in punishment for his rejection of Scott versus Stanford and split the Democratic vote along regional lines with the Southern Democrats choosing incumbent Vice President John Breckinridge. Douglas urged the South to accept the result of the election and denounced secession as criminal. He promised to support Lincoln during the American Civil War, ensuring that the war would be a bipartisan effort. Douglas died of typhoid on June 3, 1861, about a month and a half after the Civil War began.
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