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{{Infobox person
| name = Stephen A. Douglas
| image = Stephen A. Douglas.gif
| birth_date = April 23, 1813
| birth_place = Brandon, Vermont
| death_date = June 3, 1861
| death_place = Chicago, Illinois
| nationality = American
| spouse = Martha Martin, <br /> Adele Cutts
| religion =
}}
'''Stephen Arnold Douglas''' nicknamed the '''"Little Giant"''' (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician from the western state of [[Illinois]], and was the [[Democratic Party]] nominee for President in 1860. He lost to [[Republican Party]] candidate [[Abraham Lincoln]]. As a brilliant party leader, and an adroit, ready, skillful tactician in debate and passage of legislation, he shaped the [[Third Party System]] by taking leadership of the Democratic party away from pro-Southern men like President [[James Buchanan]], and committing it to the basic principle of democracy, "Let the People Rule!"
'''Stephen Arnold Douglas''' nicknamed the '''"Little Giant"''' (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician from the western state of [[Illinois]], and was the [[Democratic Party]] nominee for President in 1860. He lost to [[Republican Party]] candidate [[Abraham Lincoln]]. As a brilliant party leader, and an adroit, ready, skillful tactician in debate and passage of legislation, he shaped the [[Third Party System]] by taking leadership of the Democratic party away from pro-Southern men like President [[James Buchanan]], and committing it to the basic principle of democracy, "Let the People Rule!"
* Harry V. Jaffa and Robert W. Johannsen, eds. ''In the Name of the People: Speeches and Writings of Lincoln and Douglas in the Ohio Campaign of 1859.'' (1959) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=14158867 online version]
* Harry V. Jaffa and Robert W. Johannsen, eds. ''In the Name of the People: Speeches and Writings of Lincoln and Douglas in the Ohio Campaign of 1859.'' (1959) [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=14158867 online version]
* [http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;view=toc;idno=AEW4407.0001.001 Douglas, Stephen Arnold. ''A brief treatise upon constitutional and party questions, and the history of political parties,'' (1861)] James Madison Cutts, ed. (1866) [http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC06737503&id=vEuAMRnjYCgC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=%27%27A+brief+treatise+upon+constitutional+and+party%22 full text from books.google.com]
* [http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;view=toc;idno=AEW4407.0001.001 Douglas, Stephen Arnold. ''A brief treatise upon constitutional and party questions, and the history of political parties,'' (1861)] James Madison Cutts, ed. (1866) [http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC06737503&id=vEuAMRnjYCgC&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=%27%27A+brief+treatise+upon+constitutional+and+party%22 full text from books.google.com]
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.stephenadouglas.org Association dedicated to preservation of Douglas history. Site contains many speeches and images.]
*[http://www.stephenadouglas.org Association dedicated to preservation of Douglas history. Site contains many speeches and images.]
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