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Who was the man who debated Lincoln for the senate seat from Illinois?
Stephen Douglas
Who did Lincoln beat in1846?
Stephen Douglas defeated Abraham Lincoln in the 1858 Illinois Senate election.
What was the greatest threats to US democracy claimed by the Illinois Republican Party of Abraham Lincoln in 1858?
In 1858 when Abraham Lincoln was running for the Senate seat of Illinois held by Stephen Douglas, the Illinois Republican Party declared that slavery and Catholicism were the two greatest threats to American democracy.
Who was nominated by the Republicans in 1858 to run for the senate seat from Illinois?
Abraham Lincoln won the 1858 Republican Party nomination for senator for Illinois.
What caused the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858?
Both were running and wanted the same senate seat in Illinois so they set up debates with each other
How did lincoln make himself look so good in the debates with Douglas?
Abraham Lincoln debated Frederick Douglass in the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. Of course it was Stephen Douglas. Something tells me Frederick would have had a tough time winning a Senate seat back then. Just a thought.
Tried to take seat in Senate from Lincoln?
Lincoln never held a seat in the US Senate, but he ran for it in 1858 against Douglas.
Who was the candidate for the Senate from Illinois in 1858 who argued against the spread of slavery?
In 1858, Abraham Lincoln was the Republican Party's nominee for the Illinois senate seat occupied by nationally known Senator Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln's position on slavery was that it was wrong. Knowing that slavery was strongly supported in the southern states where it existed, Lincoln was among the many people in the US, who believed that slavery should not be extended to the US Western territories.
What political seat were Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas running for in 1858?
US Senator from Illinois.
What was the main issue in the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858?
The main ISSUE of the DEBATE was whether slavery be allowed to expand to new territories. The REASON the debates were held was for a seat in the Illinois Senate.
Who is Roland Burris?
The Junior Senator from Illinois and President Obama's succesor to that Senate Seat. He becomes the only African American in the US Senate. He is a former Illinois Comptroller and Illinois Attorney General.
What political career did Abraham Lincoln have Prior to becoming President?
Abraham Lincoln was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1834 to 1842 and of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1847 to 1849. In 1858 he campaigned for a U.S. Senate seat but lost.
