Stephen A Douglas
American
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1813/04/23 | Sarah Fisk, wife of physician Stephen Arnold Douglass, gives birth to a son, Stephen Arnold Douglass, in Brandon, Vermont. | Born | Stephen Douglas Birthplace | Brandon, VT | |||
| 1840/00/00 | Stephen A Douglas and David Davis debate Congressional elections on the street corner of Main and Front Streets. | Candidate | Miller-Davis Law Buildings | Bloomington | |||
| 1849/00/00 | Stephen Douglas buys fifty-three acres on Lake Michican and names his estate Oakenwald. | Owner | Douglas Tomb State Memorial | Chicago | |||
| 1854/03/03 | The US Senate passes the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, allowing slavery beyond the limits of the Missouri Compromise. | US Senator | Old Senate Chamber | United States Capitol | Slavery In America | ||
| 1858/00/00 | Lincoln-Douglas Debates | Candidate | Old Main, Knox College | Galesburg, IL | Lincoln Douglas 1858 Senatorial Campaign | ||
| 1858/08/13 | Stephen Douglas speaks as the Republican candidate for the US Senate from a platform in Beardstown town square, a site marked by a plaque across from the courthouse. | Candidate | Beardstown | Illinois | Lincoln Douglas 1858 Senatorial Campaign | ||
| 1858/09/30 | Stephen Douglas makes a campaign speech at the Metamora Courthouse. | Candidate | Metamora Courthouse | Metamora | Lincoln Douglas 1858 Senatorial Campaign | ||
| 1859/09/00 | Stephen Douglas writes an article for Harper's New Monthly Magazine stating that the question of slavery in the territories should be decided by the popular vote as intended by the Founding Fathers. | Author | Cooper Union Speech | ||||
| 1860/11/06 | Stephen A Douglas is a guest at the Battle hotel the night that he loses the presidency to Abraham Lincoln. | Guest | Battle House Royale | Mobile | President-Elect Lincoln's Journey to Washington | ||
| 1861/06/03 | Stephen Douglas dies from typhoid fever at Chicago's Tremont House (hotel, razed) in Chicago, Illinois. | Died | |||||
| 1868/06/03 | Remains of Stephen Douglas are transferred to the Douglas Monument in Chicago. | In Memoriam | Douglas Tomb State Memorial | Chicago |
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