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Stephen A. Douglas

Stephen Arnold Douglas

American politician and lawyer (1813–1861).

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Place of Death

Chicago

Country of Citizenship

United States

Occupation

Politician
Judge
Lawyer
Jurist

Position Held

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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
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