Stephen W. Douglas

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
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gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act
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gptkb:Freeport_Doctrine
gptkb:Northern_Democrats
gptkb:Compromise_of_1850
gptkb:Southern_Democrats
1860 presidential election
Illinois politics
1858 Senate race
gptkbp:birth_date 1813-04-23
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Brandon,_Vermont
gptkbp:children gptkb:Robert_M._Douglas
gptkbp:death_date 1861-06-03
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_movement
Political debates
Political rhetoric
American political landscape
Political strategies in elections
Legislation on slavery
Democratic Party history
Political compromises in the 19th century
Statehood of Kansas and Nebraska
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Stephen W. Douglas
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U. S. Senator from Illinois
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gptkb:U._S._Senator
U. S. House of Representatives member
gptkbp:signature Signature of Stephen A. Douglas.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Caroline_E._H._Douglas
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