It was here, on August 27, 1858, that U.S. senatorial candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas waged a war of words. "Imagine that you're there," says my guide, George Buss, stepping onto ...

Was Abraham Lincoln Gay? On the surface, nothing about Abraham Lincoln’s public life suggested anything but a heterosexual orientation. As a young man, he courted women and even ...

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McClelland opens with the 1858 Illinois senate race, in which upstart Lincoln sought to oust incumbent Douglas. He sees the politics of Illinois as a microcosm of those of the nation. The famous ...

Geneva city document suggests that Abraham Lincoln had visited the town and spoken outside a former courthouse. Geneva History Museum Executive Director Terry Emma said the document was ...

Before his historic presidency and before the legendary Lincoln-Douglas debates that would define his political rise, Abraham ...

In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln ran against John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat), John Bell (Constitutional Union), and Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democrat). At this time, there were ...

Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American frontier ... Lincoln fought Democrat Stephen Douglas for a seat in the United States Senate. In a series of hotly contested debates, the men argued over ...

Long before he was President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln was known to ... to turn the tables in a famed debate against Stephen Douglas. The President was a fan of oysters any which ...

“Abraham Lincoln: His Life in Print” is on view ... John C. Breckinridge, Stephen A. Douglas and John Bell. The exhibition features a variety of printed materials from Lincoln’s presidential ...

An auction of artifacts relating to U.S. president Abraham Lincoln includes his own personal ... and his opposite number, senator Stephen Douglas, the Democratic party’s nominee.

Abraham Lincoln loved to eat—and he also wasn ... Yum! While debating Stephen A. Douglas, Lincoln amused their audience with ...