Stephen Douglas defeated Abraham Lincoln in the 1858 Illinois Senate election.
Stephen Douglas :)
Stephen Douglas
George McClellan ran against Lincoln on a peace platform for the Democrats. He was beaten by Lincoln.
Stephen Douglas beat Abraham Lincoln in the Senate race.
Senator from Illinois who ran for president against Abraham Lincoln. Wrote the Kansas-Nebreaska Act and the Freeport Doctrine
Stephen Douglas won against Abraham Lincoln when running for US Senate
Abraham Lincoln debated against Stephen Douglas in the 1858 US Senate campaign, from Illinois.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas was not a candidate when Abraham Lincoln ran for re-election in 1864. The only times Lincoln ran against Douglas were in the 1858 election for U.S. Senator from Illinois, which Douglas won with 54% of the vote, and the 1860 election for U.S. President, which Lincoln won with 55% of the vote.
Stephen Douglas was a prominent American politician who served as a U.S. Senator and played a key role in shaping the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. He was a leading figure in the Democratic Party and was known for his advocacy of popular sovereignty in determining whether new states should allow slavery. Douglas also ran for president in 1860, ultimately losing to Abraham Lincoln.