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Who ran for US Senator in 1858 that did not want slavery to spread to new territories?
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Andrew Johnson ran for vice president in 1858 and won and was against slavery........ he was also a slave owner from the south in favor of getting rid of slavery, and he got rid of his slaves to run for vice president
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∙ 6y agoIn 1858, citizen Abraham Lincoln won the Illinois Republican Party's nomination for the US senate seat. He ran against the Democratic incumbent , the nationally known Stephen A. Douglas. Personally Lincoln was against slavery, however, he geared his campaign towards forbidding slavery in the new western territories. Lincoln did not win that election.
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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 was Stephen A Douglas's freeport doctrine?
Stephen Douglas' Freeport Doctrine referred to the proposal that territories had the right to refuse slavery if they chose. This was against a Supreme Court decision. The doctrine was espoused in his debates with Abraham Lincoln in 1858.
Douglas's concerns in debate of 1858?
Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln were opponents in the race for United States Senator from Illinois in 1858. They engaged in seven debates during the campaign, focused on the gripping national question of the day, slavery: whether it should be ended entirely, or limited to certain states only, or allowed to exist in whichever states wanted it, and various positions in between. Douglas was in favor of "popular sovereignty", allowing each new state to decide for itself to whether or not to allow slavery. Lincoln was against the spread of slavery, though he also said that "a house divided against itself could not stand." Douglas was favored in the 1858 Senate election - he held the position already, had had national impact as a Senator, and was a much more experienced and polished politician than Lincoln - and won as expected. Douglas was also trying in the 1858 election campaign to position himself to win the Presidential election in 1860. He thought that his reasonable compromise position - neither abolishing slavery nor allowing it in territories in which a majority was against slavery, but permitting it where it was wanted - could appeal to everyone. Instead, however, because feelings on both sides of the issue were so strong, he alienated Northerners who favored abolition of slavery entirely or at least any spread of slavery, and also strongly pro-slavery Southerners, who did not believe that new states should be allowed to prohibit slavery.
What was the main issue debated by Lincoln and Douglas?
Whether or not slavery should expand into new territories. Lincoln and Douglas did NOT debate on whether or not to *end* slavery, just whether it should be allowed in the new territories and states being accepted into the U.S. Lincoln, as a member of the Free Soil party, thought that slavery shouldn't be expanded, while Douglass believed it should.
Was the main stream Republican Party o 1858 an abolitionist party?
During the 1858 Lincoln - Douglas debates, Senator Douglas charged that the Republican Party aimed at creating an abolitionist party and one that believed in racial equality. This accusation was false. In 1858 the Republican Party was hostile to slavery and its main stream members such as Abraham Lincoln were not bent on the idea of racial equality. By confining slavery to where it already existed, however, was intended to stem its spread and place the institution of slavery on a course of ultimate extinction.Lincoln believed in 1858 that this natural death of slavery might take as long as 100 years.It should be noted that in 1858, the Democrat Party was the largest and only national party in the US at that time. Democrats stretched from Florida to Maine. No one was predicting a four way race presidential race in 1860.In order to grow and spread its influence, the main stream Republicans understood that moderation was needed to carve out a permanent niche in US politics.
Who was the Senator of Minnesota in 1858?
Henry Mower Rice (born November 29, 1816 in Waitsfield, Vermont) held the office of Senator in Minnesota from May 11, 1858 to March 4 1863.
Who was Nominated by the republicans in 1858 to run for the senate from Illinois?
Abraham Lincoln won the 1858 Republican Party nomination for senator for Illinois.
Which best summarizes Lincoln's position on slavery in 1858?
In 1858, it was evident that Lincoln opposed slavery. He said as much in his debates against Stephen Douglas, who was his opponent in the presidential race.
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.
Lincoln debated who against slavery?
Stephen A.Douglas in 1858,
Who ran for US senator in Illinois in 1858?
Stephen A. Douglas beat Abraham Lincoln.
The two participants in the great debate over slavery prior to the election of 1858?
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas were the two participants in the great debate over slavery prior to the election of 1858.
