Stephen Arnold Douglas

This edition features
• portrait
• a linked Table of Contents

CONTENTS
I. YOUTH AND THE WEST
II. THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE
III. THE GREAT QUESTION
IV. LEADERSHIP
V. THE RIVAL

"Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813 – 1861) was an American politician from Illinois and he was 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." --Wikipedia