Democrat Peter Cartwright, an itinerant Methodist preacher
Stephen Douglas defeated Abraham Lincoln in the 1858 Illinois Senate election.
nope
yes
yes Abraham Lincoln did run for the re-election
In the electoral campaign of 1860, Lincoln was nominated by the Republican Party to run for President against Steven A. Douglas.
its right
Steven A. Douglas was one, but so were most of his cabinet members. They had run against him at the Republican Convention.
to run for office
because he wanted to
Lincoln attempted to run for Vice President in 1856 when he was 47.
Abraham Lincoln wanted to run for the Senate so that he could make laws to stop slavery in America.
Abraham Lincoln wanted to run for the Senate so that he could make laws to stop slavery in America.