1. Stephen Douglas is a significant character in the mash-up novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and appears in the film adaptation of that book.
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1. Stephen Douglas is a significant character in the mash-up novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and appears in the film adaptation of that book.
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2. Stephen Douglas disagreed with the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision that Congress had no ability to regulate slavery in the territories.
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5. Stephen Douglas praised Lincoln's first inaugural address, describing it as "a peace offering rather than a war message" to the South.
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12. Stephen Douglas helped pass a bill granting rights-of-way to the Illinois Central Railroad, which would connect Chicago to Mobile, Alabama.
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13. Stephen Douglas was re-elected to the House of Representatives in 1846, but the state legislature elected him to the United States Senate in early 1847.
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16. In early 1841, Stephen Douglas accepted election to the Illinois Supreme Court.
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17. Stephen Douglas joined a legislature that included five future senators, seven future congressmen, and one future president: Abraham Lincoln, who was at that time a member of the Whig Party.
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18. Stephen Douglas helped arrange the first-ever state Democratic convention in late 1835, and the convention pledged to support Jackson's chosen successor, Martin Van Buren, in the 1836 presidential election.
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21. Stephen Douglas was born Stephen Arnold Douglass in Brandon, Vermont, on April 23, 1813, to physician Stephen Arnold Douglass and his wife, Sarah Fisk.
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22. Stephen Douglas was a candidate for president at the 1852 Democratic National Convention, but lost the nomination to Franklin Pierce.
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24. Stephen Douglas resigned from the Supreme Court of Illinois upon being elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1843.
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25. Stephen Douglas experienced early success in politics as a member of the Democratic Party, serving in the Illinois House of Representatives and various other positions.
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27. Stephen Douglas was the Democratic Party nominee for president in the 1860 election, but he was defeated by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln.
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