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Stephen A. Douglas
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Stephen A. Douglas
Stephen Arnold Douglas
(April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician from
Illinois
and the designer of the
Kansas–Nebraska Act
. He was a
U.S. representative
, a
U.S. senator
, and the
Democratic Party
nominee for
president
in the
1860 election
, losing to
Republican
Abraham Lincoln
. Douglas had previously defeated Lincoln in a Senate contest, noted for the famous
Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858
. He was nicknamed the "
Little Giant
" because he was short in physical stature, but a forceful and dominant figure in politics.
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