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Stephen A. Douglas : the political apprenticeship, 1833-1843 / Reg Ankrom.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ankrom, Reg, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861.
- Douglas, Stephen A.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Adversaries.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- United States. Congress. House--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Congress. Senate--Biography.
- Presidential candidates--United States--Biography.
- Presidential candidates.
- Legislators--United States--Biography.
- Legislators.
- Legislators--Illinois--Biography.
- Illinois--Politics and government--To 1865.
- Illinois.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Comapny, Inc., Publishers, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- When newly elected Illinois State Representative Abraham Lincoln first saw 5'4"" Stephen A. Douglas, he sized him up as ""the least man I ever saw."" With the introduction of Douglas's first bill in 1834, Lincoln soon thought differently. The General Assembly not only passed the bill, it appointed the 21-year-old Douglas State's Attorney of Illinois' largest judicial district, replacing John J. Hardin, one of Lincoln's most powerful political allies. It was the first of many Douglas-Lincoln contests in the decade ahead. Struggles over banking, internal improvements, party organizations, the se
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chronology Through the First Douglas Decade in Illinois; Preface; Introduction; 1. Jacksonville, Illinois; 2. "I have become a Western man"; 3. Party Democrat Stephen A. Douglas; 4. Sophisticates and Sophists; 5. "The Lord, and the Legislature, and Gen Jackson"; 6. A New Party in Jackson's Image; 7. "The least man I ever saw"; 8. The First Douglas-Lincoln Contest; 9. A Scheme to Capture the Capital; 10. Convening the Faithful; 11. The Contest for Miss Mary Ann Todd; 12. The First Douglas-Lincoln Debates; 13. Creating a Constitutional Crisis
- 14. The Move to Pack the Court15. Judge Douglas; 16. Quest for Congress; 17. Natural Phenomena; Epilogue; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ankrom, Reg, 1946- Stephen A. Douglas : the political apprenticeship, 1833-1843.
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