No, he ran for U.S. President in 1860 as the Democratic Party's southern candidate.
Stephen Douglas
abrham lincoln
John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democratic) Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democratic)
Douglas
The Northern Democratic candidate for president in 1860 was Stephen Douglas from Illinois. The Southern Democratic candidate was John Breckinridge from Kentucky. Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election defeating John Breckinridge, John Bell and Stephen Douglas.
Stephen Douglas
Barack Obama , Democratic candidate, won re-election in 2012.
Stephen A. Douglas, US senator from Illinois was their candidate in 1860.
Abraham Lincoln was the winning Republican candidate for president in 1860.
Theodore Roosevelt
william Howard Taft