Stephen A. Douglas

Born in Brandon, Vermont, nicknamed the little giant, being hardly five feet in height. But that didn't mean every thing about him was small he had a large head and a massive chess and shoulders and his voice was strong and carried far. Stephen A. Douglas was born 23 of April 1813l, and died 3 of jun 1861. He ran for President against Abraham Lincoln and lost. His debates with Lincoln are said to be some of the most famous in American History. He worked as a teacher while getting studying in Winchester, Illinois  in legals. He was later voted into u.s house of representatives and then to u.s. senate. Douglas believed in popular sovereignty; the principle states that the source of governmental power lies with the people. Douglas received a Democratic nomination in 1860, from the northern democratic party, and southern democrats nominated John C. Breckenridge from Kentucky, and Abraham Lincoln who was running for the Republican party. At the end needless to say that Douglas lost the race. He placed second in the popular voting and last in electoral votes. After he lost, he went back to his seat in the senate, and tried to prevent the civil war, but once war broke out at Fort Sumter, he gave Lincoln administration his full support. But never got to witness the four year war, Douglas died, an untimely death. He's buried on the shore of Lake Michigan.