If Stephen Douglas had been elected President, it would have meant that the Southern Democrats had not walked out of the Democratic convention, and spit the party. read more
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. read more