Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861), son of Stephen Arnold Douglass and Sarah Fisk, was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. He lost to the Republican Party's candidate, Abraham Lincoln, whom he had defeated two years earlier in a Senate contest following a famed series of debates. He was nicknamed the "Little Giant" because he was short but was considered by many a "giant" in politics.

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  • Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861), son of Stephen Arnold Douglass and Sarah Fisk, was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. He lost to the Republican Party's candidate, Abraham Lincoln, whom he had defeated two years earlier in a Senate contest following a famed series of debates. He was nicknamed the "Little Giant" because he was short but was considered by many a "giant" in politics. Douglas was well-known as a resourceful party leader, and an adroit, ready, skillful tactician in debate and passage of legislation. As chairman of the Committee on Territories, Douglas dominated the Senate in the 1850s. He was largely responsible for the Compromise of 1850 that apparently settled slavery issues. However, in 1854 he reopened the slavery question by the highly controversial Kansas-Nebraska Act that allowed the people of the new territories to decide for themselves whether or not to have slavery (which had been prohibited by earlier compromises). The protest movement against this became the Republican Party. Douglas supported the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision of 1857, and denied that it was part of a Southern plot to introduce slavery in the Northern states; but also argued it could not be effective when the people of a territory declined to pass laws supporting it. When President James Buchanan and his Southern allies attempted to pass a Federal slave code, to support slavery even against the wishes of the people of Kansas, he battled and defeated this movement as undemocratic. This caused the split in the Democratic Party in 1860, as Douglas won the nomination but a breakaway southern faction nominated their own candidate, Vice President John C. Breckinridge. Douglas deeply believed in democracy, arguing the will of the people should always be decisive. When civil war came in April 1861, he rallied his supporters to the Union with all his energies, but he died a few weeks later.
  • Stephen Arnold Douglas war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und Präsidentschaftskandidat. Außerdem war er Senator der Vereinigten Staaten für Illinois.
  • Stephen Arnold Douglas, né le 23 avril 1813, et mort le 3 juin 1861, était un homme politique américain de l'Illinois, connu pour avoir fait voter l'acte Kansas-Nebraska en 1854. Il a battu Abraham Lincoln lors des élections sénatoriales de 1858 dans l'Illinois, avant d'être lui-même défait, en tant que candidat démocrate dans le Nord, à l'élection présidentielle de 1860.
  • Egli fu candidato alle elezioni presidenziali americane nel 1860 e venne sconfitto dal candidato del Partito Repubblicano Abraham Lincoln. Fu un leader di partito ingegnoso, ed un tattico abile, pronto nel dibattito e nell'attività legislativa tanto da aver avuto pochi rivali nella storia dei politici statunitensi. Nella veste di capo del Comitato dei territori, Douglas dominò il Senato degli Stati Uniti nel decennio 1850-1860. Egli fu determinante nella stesura del Compromesso del 1850 che sembrò aver abolito la schiavitù negli Stati Uniti. Comunque nel 1854 riaprì il dibattito su detta questione mediante il dibattuto Atto Kansas-Nebraska che consentiva ai cittadini dei nuovi territori di decidere autonomamente se mantenere o meno la schiavitù (che era stata abolita dal precedente compromesso). Il movimento di protesta contro questa decisione portò alla costituzione del Partito Repubblicano. Douglas sostenne la decisione Dred Scott della Corte Suprema del 1857 e negò che era parte di una trama meridionale per introdurre la schiavitù negli stati settentrionali; ma arguì che non poteva essere vincolante quando le persone di un territorio decidono di varare leggi che lo sostengono. Quando il presidente James Buchanan ed i suoi alleati meridionali tentarono di varare un codice di schiavitù federale, sostenendo la schiavitù contro l'obiezione dei cittadini dello stato del Kansas egli combatté e sconfisse questo movimento come antidemocratico. Questo provocò la divisione nella Convenzione del Partito Democratico del 1860, nella quale Douglas ottenne la nomina a candidato alle elezioni presidenziali americane anche se gli stati del sud votarono per un altro candidato. Douglas credette profondamente nella democrazia, dicendo che dibattere la volontà delle persone dovrebbe essere l'imperativo assoluto di ogni società. Quando all'inizio di aprile del 1861, ebbe inizio la Guerra civile americana, egli spronò, con tutte le sue energie, i suoi sostenitori a lottare per l'Unione, ma morì alcune settimane dopo.
  • ファイル:Stephen Arnold Douglas. jpg スティーブン・ダグラス スティーブン・アーノルド・ダグラス（Stephen Arnold Douglas, 1813年4月23日 - 1861年6月3日）は、アメリカ合衆国西部のイリノイ州出身の政治家。「小さな巨人(Little Giant)」と渾名され、1860年の民主党大統領指名候補。共和党候補者のエイブラハム・リンカーンに敗れた。機知に富んだ党指導者として、またディベートと法案の可決において巧妙で用意周到で熟練した戦術家として、アメリカの歴史で比類ない政治家である。 1850年代、領土委員会議長として、ダグラスは上院で支配力を振るった。彼は、一見したところ奴隷制問題を解決したように見えた1850年協定で、大きな責任を担った。しかし1854年、新しい領地の人々は奴隷制を持つか否かを決定できる（初めの協定では禁止されていた）として大きく論争を呼んだカンザス・ネブラスカ法の際に、彼は奴隷制の問題を再開した。これに対する抗議運動が共和党へと発展した。 ダグラスは1857年のドレッド・スコット最高裁判決を支持し、北部州に奴隷制を導入するのは南部の一部の策略であると非難した。しかしまた、準州の人々が奴隷制を支持する法律を可決したならばそれは有効ではない、とも議論した。ブキャナン大統領と彼の南部の同盟者は、奴隷制を支持する連邦奴隷法を可決しようとした。カンザス州の人々の望みに反してでも行われようとしたので、彼はこの運動を非民主的として戦い、打ち勝った。これは1860年の民主党の分裂を引き起こし、ダグラスは指名を勝ち取ったが、分離した南部の派閥は独自の候補者を指名した。ダグラスは深く民主主義を信じ、常に人々の意志によって決定されるべきと唱えた。 1861年4月に南北戦争が起こると、彼は持てる力すべてを引き出して北軍に支持者を集めたが、数週間後に死亡した。
  • Stephen Arnold Douglas was een Amerikaans senator voor de staat Illinois. Tevens was hij in 1860 voor de Democraten presidentskandidaat. Het meest bekend is hij geworden door een serie debatten met de latere president van de Verenigde Staten, Abraham Lincoln toen beide in 1858 kandidaat voor de senaat waren.
  • Stephen Arnold Douglas var en amerikansk politiker fra Illinois. Han var Demokratenes kandidat i presidentvalget i 1860, men tapte mot Abraham Lincoln, som Douglas hadde slått i senatsvalgene to år tidligere, etter en rekke kjente debatter omkring slaveri (som Douglas var for). Douglas be kalt «Lille kjempe» («Little Giant») fordi han var kort av vekst (litt over 150 cm høy), men av mange ansett som en kjempe innen politikken. Douglas satt først én periode i Representantenes hus, og deretter i Senatet frem til sin død i 1861. Som formann i territorialkomiteen, dominerte Douglas Senatet i 1850-årene. Douglas hadde et ønske om å ebvare slaveriet, men støttet ikke Amerikas konfødererte stater (Sørstatene) da disse brøt ut av det opprinnelige USA i april 1861, og fikk sine tilhengere til å støtte Nordstatene. Douglas døde imidlertid av tyfoidfeber, få uker senere.
  • Stephen Arnold Douglas - amerykański polityk, od 1833 adwokat w Illinois, w latach 1843–1847 członek Izby Reprezentantów Stanów Zjednoczonych, w latach 1847–1861 senator Stanów Zjednoczonych, kandydat demokratów na prezydenta w 1860 roku. W 1854 roku wystąpił z kontrowersyjnym projektem Ustawy o Kansas i Nebrasce.
  • Stephen Arnold Douglas, foi um político dos Estados Unidos da América, conhecido pelo acto Kansas-Nebraska de 1854. Venceu Abraham Lincoln nas eleições para o Senado em 1858 no estado do Illinois, mas foi derrotado, enquanto candidato democrata pelos estados do norte, na eleição presidencial de 1860.
  • Файл:Stephen Arnold Douglas. jpg Стивен Арнольд Дуглас Стивен Арнольд Дуглас — член демократической партии США. Был соперником Авраама Линкольна на выборах в Сенат США 1858 года, во время которых одержал победу над республиканцем, и выборах президента США 1860 года, которые выиграл Линкольн. Выступал за распространение рабовладельчества на новые земли. В гражданской войне активно поддержал сторону федерального правительства, но скончался до окончания конфликта.
  • Stephen Arnold Douglas, född 23 april 1813 i Brandon, Vermont, död 3 juni 1861 i Chicago, Illinois, var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker. Han representerade Illinois i från 1847 fram till sin död. Han besegrade republikanen Abraham Lincoln i kongressvalet i USA 1858. Han är mest känd för debatterna mot Lincoln i det valet. Han var Lincolns motståndare på nytt i presidentvalet i USA 1860. Den gången förlorade han tydligt. Demokraterna i Sydstaterna vägrade godkänna att partiet nominerade Douglas. Han fick näst flest röster i valet men kom bara på fjärde plats med sina tolv elektorer. Douglas var känd som "The Little Giant". Douglas avled i tyfoidfeber. Han led dessutom av matstrupscancer. Hans grav finns på Michigansjöns strand i Douglas Monument Park i Chicago. På gravplatsen finns ett stort gravmonument med en staty högst upp. Douglas var skulptören Leonard Volks frus kusin. Douglas County finns det i elva delstater: Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington och Wisconsin. De har alla fått sina namn efter Stephen A. Douglas.
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  • Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861), son of Stephen Arnold Douglass and Sarah Fisk, was an American politician from the western state of Illinois, and was the Democratic Party nominee for President in 1860. He lost to the Republican Party's candidate, Abraham Lincoln, whom he had defeated two years earlier in a Senate contest following a famed series of debates. He was nicknamed the "Little Giant" because he was short but was considered by many a "giant" in politics.
  • Stephen Arnold Douglas war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und Präsidentschaftskandidat. Außerdem war er Senator der Vereinigten Staaten für Illinois.
  • Stephen Arnold Douglas, né le 23 avril 1813, et mort le 3 juin 1861, était un homme politique américain de l'Illinois, connu pour avoir fait voter l'acte Kansas-Nebraska en 1854. Il a battu Abraham Lincoln lors des élections sénatoriales de 1858 dans l'Illinois, avant d'être lui-même défait, en tant que candidat démocrate dans le Nord, à l'élection présidentielle de 1860.
  • Egli fu candidato alle elezioni presidenziali americane nel 1860 e venne sconfitto dal candidato del Partito Repubblicano Abraham Lincoln. Fu un leader di partito ingegnoso, ed un tattico abile, pronto nel dibattito e nell'attività legislativa tanto da aver avuto pochi rivali nella storia dei politici statunitensi. Nella veste di capo del Comitato dei territori, Douglas dominò il Senato degli Stati Uniti nel decennio 1850-1860.
  • ファイル:Stephen Arnold Douglas.
  • Stephen Arnold Douglas was een Amerikaans senator voor de staat Illinois. Tevens was hij in 1860 voor de Democraten presidentskandidaat. Het meest bekend is hij geworden door een serie debatten met de latere president van de Verenigde Staten, Abraham Lincoln toen beide in 1858 kandidaat voor de senaat waren.
  • Stephen Arnold Douglas var en amerikansk politiker fra Illinois. Han var Demokratenes kandidat i presidentvalget i 1860, men tapte mot Abraham Lincoln, som Douglas hadde slått i senatsvalgene to år tidligere, etter en rekke kjente debatter omkring slaveri (som Douglas var for). Douglas be kalt «Lille kjempe» («Little Giant») fordi han var kort av vekst (litt over 150 cm høy), men av mange ansett som en kjempe innen politikken.
  • Stephen Arnold Douglas - amerykański polityk, od 1833 adwokat w Illinois, w latach 1843–1847 członek Izby Reprezentantów Stanów Zjednoczonych, w latach 1847–1861 senator Stanów Zjednoczonych, kandydat demokratów na prezydenta w 1860 roku. W 1854 roku wystąpił z kontrowersyjnym projektem Ustawy o Kansas i Nebrasce.
  • Stephen Arnold Douglas, foi um político dos Estados Unidos da América, conhecido pelo acto Kansas-Nebraska de 1854. Venceu Abraham Lincoln nas eleições para o Senado em 1858 no estado do Illinois, mas foi derrotado, enquanto candidato democrata pelos estados do norte, na eleição presidencial de 1860.
  • Файл:Stephen Arnold Douglas. jpg Стивен Арнольд Дуглас Стивен Арнольд Дуглас — член демократической партии США.
  • Stephen Arnold Douglas, född 23 april 1813 i Brandon, Vermont, död 3 juni 1861 i Chicago, Illinois, var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker. Han representerade Illinois i från 1847 fram till sin död. Han besegrade republikanen Abraham Lincoln i kongressvalet i USA 1858. Han är mest känd för debatterna mot Lincoln i det valet. Han var Lincolns motståndare på nytt i presidentvalet i USA 1860. Den gången förlorade han tydligt.
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