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The debates took place between August and October of 1858. Newspapers reported 12,000 in attendance at Ottawa, [ 8 ] 16,000 to 18,000 in Galesburg, [ 5 ] 15,000 in Freeport, [ 9 ] 12,000 in Quincy, and at the last debate in Alton, 5,000 to 10,000. [ 7 ]
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.
California's At-large congressional district; Lincoln–Douglas debates of 1858; 1858 New York state election; 1858 United States House of Representatives elections; 1858 United States Senate elections
1833 – The Force Bill expands presidential powers. March 4, 1833 – President Jackson begins second term; Van Buren becomes the eighth vice president. 1834 – Slavery debates at Lane Theological Seminary are one of the first major public discussions of the topic.
Stephen Arnold Douglas (né Douglass; April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois.A U.S. Senator, he was one of two nominees of the badly split Democratic Party to run for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln and Stephen Douglas had seven debates through the summer and fall of 1858, in different communities all around Illinois. They were held from 2 p.m. to about 5 p.m.
The debate, moderated by Politico and FOX 11 Los Angeles at the University of Southern California campus, featured the four top candidates in a recent Politico/Morning Consult poll. Here is some ...
Lincoln–Douglas debate (commonly abbreviated as LD Debate, or simply LD) is a type of one-on-one competitive debate practiced mainly in the United States at the high school level. It is sometimes also called values debate because the format traditionally places a heavy emphasis on logic , ethical values , and philosophy . [ 1 ]