SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
THE LINCOLN DOUGLAS DEBATES OF 1858
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Abraham Lincoln
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Stephen Douglas
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John Brown
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Dred Scott
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the end, Douglas triumphed over Lincoln with Democrats gaining forty-six seats to the Republican’s forty-one.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1858 Douglas ran for reelection to the Senate against Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln.
Detailed explanation-3: -A senator, he was one of two nominees of the badly split Democratic Party for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Republican Abraham Lincoln. Douglas had previously defeated Lincoln in the 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois, known for the pivotal Lincoln–Douglas debates.
Detailed explanation-4: -Republicans won 50% of the popular vote while Democrats 47%. However, during the Senate race, Republicans did not have sufficient votes in the Illinois Legislature to elect Abraham Lincoln to the US Senate. Instead Douglas received 54 votes and was elected for another 6 years, while Lincoln received 46.