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The Lincoln–Douglas debates were a series of seven debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic Party candidate.
The Freeport Doctrine was articulated by Stephen A. Douglas on August 27, 1858, in Freeport, Illinois, at the second of the Lincoln-Douglas debates.Former one-term U.S. Representative Abraham Lincoln was campaigning to take Douglas's U.S. Senate seat by strongly opposing all attempts to expand the geographic area in which slavery was permitted.
Lincoln–Douglas debates of 1858; ... 1858 United States Senate elections; See also. Category:1858 elections This page was last edited on 1 February 2025, at 21 ...
The fight for control of the Senate will likely come down to a handful of key races in battleground states. In states from Georgia to Ohio, just a few points separate the Republican and Democratic ...
The series of seven debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln and Senator Stephen A. Douglas for U.S. Senate were true, face-to-face debates, with no moderator; the candidates took it in turns to open each debate with a one-hour speech, then the other candidate had an hour and a half to rebut, and finally the first candidate closed the debate with a half-hour response.
Jubilee is a YouTube channel that started in 2010 and is dedicated to videos like this, where people on both sides of an issue — any issue, not just political ones — will debate each other on ...
Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate vying for the open Michigan U.S. Senate seat debates with U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 with moderators Alicia ...
U.S. postage stamp, 1958 issue, commemorating the Lincoln and Douglas debates. The 1858–59 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures.