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Stephen A. Douglas
Stephen Arnold Douglas
American politician and lawyer (1813–1861).
Statements about
Stephen A. Douglas
Place of Death
Chicago
Country of Citizenship
United States
Occupation
Politician
Judge
Lawyer
Jurist
Position Held
11 items
Member of the United States House of Representatives
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
United States Senator
(3/4/1847 - 3/4/1849)
Parliamentary Term
:
30th United States Congress
Parliamentary Group
:
Democratic Party
Electoral District
:
Illinois Class 2 Senate Seat
Replaces
:
James Semple
Start Time
:
3/4/1847
End Time
:
3/4/1849
United States Senator
(3/4/1849 - 3/4/1851)
Parliamentary Term
:
31st United States Congress
Parliamentary Group
:
Democratic Party
Electoral District
:
Illinois Class 2 Senate Seat
Start Time
:
3/4/1849
End Time
:
3/4/1851
United States Senator
(3/4/1851 - 3/4/1853)
Parliamentary Term
:
32nd United States Congress
Parliamentary Group
:
Democratic Party
Electoral District
:
Illinois Class 2 Senate Seat
Start Time
:
3/4/1851
End Time
:
3/4/1853
United States Senator
(3/4/1853 - 3/4/1855)
Parliamentary Term
:
33rd United States Congress
Parliamentary Group
:
Democratic Party
Electoral District
:
Illinois Class 2 Senate Seat
Start Time
:
3/4/1853
End Time
:
3/4/1855
United States Senator
(3/4/1855 - 3/4/1857)
Parliamentary Term
:
34th United States Congress
Parliamentary Group
:
Democratic Party
Electoral District
:
Illinois Class 2 Senate Seat
Start Time
:
3/4/1855
End Time
:
3/4/1857
United States Senator
(3/4/1857 - 3/4/1859)
Parliamentary Term
:
35th United States Congress
Parliamentary Group
:
Democratic Party
Electoral District
:
Illinois Class 2 Senate Seat
Start Time
:
3/4/1857
End Time
:
3/4/1859
United States Senator
(3/4/1859 - 3/4/1861)
Parliamentary Term
:
36th United States Congress
Parliamentary Group
:
Democratic Party
Electoral District
:
Illinois Class 2 Senate Seat
Start Time
:
3/4/1859
End Time
:
3/4/1861
United States Senator
(3/4/1861 - 6/3/1861)
Parliamentary Term
:
37th United States Congress
Parliamentary Group
:
Democratic Party
Electoral District
:
Illinois Class 2 Senate Seat
Replaced By
:
Orville Hickman Browning
End Cause
:
Death in Office
Start Time
:
3/4/1861
End Time
:
6/3/1861
Board Member
(2/21/1854 - 6/3/1861)
Organization Directed by the Office or Position
:
Smithsonian Institution
Start Time
:
2/21/1854
End Time
:
6/3/1861
Member of Political Party
Democratic Party
Place of Birth
Brandon
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Date of Birth
4/23/1813
Date of Death
6/3/1861
Instance Of
Human
Family Name
Douglas
Cause of Death
Typhoid Fever
Given Name
Stephen
Manner of Death
Natural Causes
Name in Native Language
Stephen A. Douglas
Work Location
Washington, D.C.
Springfield
Jacksonville
Educated At
Bowdoin College
Canandaigua Academy
Birth Name
Stephen Arnold Douglas
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
English
Place of Burial
Lake Michigan
Sex or Gender
Male
Described by Source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Douglas, Stephen Arnold
The New Encyclopaedia
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Douglas, Stephen Arnold
The New Student's Reference Work
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Douglas, Stephen Arnold
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Subject Named As
:
Douglas, Stephen Arnold
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Q24413815
Candidacy in Election
1860 United States Presidential Election
Father
Stephen Arnold Douglas
Mother
Sarah Granger
Archives At
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Spouse
Martha Martin Douglas
Adèle Cutts Douglas
Child
Robert M. Douglas
Field of Work
Politics
Law
Wikipedia | Stephen A. Douglas
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External Pages About Stephen A. Douglas
ISNI
Encyclopædia Britannica Online
U.S. National Archives
Interlingual Index
WordNet 3.1 Synset
Google Arts & Culture Entity
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