The debates of 1858 caught the nation's interest largely because of their theme. They hinged on a single sentence in the Declaration of Independence: ""We hold these truths to be ...

Although we regard the debates today as a head-to-head contest for votes, in fact neither Lincoln nor Douglas was on the ballot. U.S. senators were chosen by state legislatures, as they would be ...

The Lincoln-Douglas debates are among the most important events in United States history. The seven debates were conducted throughout Illinois in the summer and fall of 1858. Not only significant ...

A lot separates us from 1858. Even so, do the Lincoln-Douglas debates hold any lessons for us today? Presidential debating, as it is conducted today by the Commission on Presidential Debates, has been ...

Despite becoming a familiar name because of the debates, Lincoln lost the 1858 U.S. Senate election to Douglas, then went on to be elected president in 1860. People are also reading… ...

During the heated campaign in 1858 for election to the U.S. Senate from the state of Illinois, the series of debates between Abraham Lincoln, ... “The Lincoln Douglas Debates,” edited by ...

In 1858, the series of seven debates pitted Republican challenger Lincoln against Democratic incumbent Stephen Douglas during their campaigns for a U.S. Senate seat in Illinois.

Chances are you’ve heard of the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. The series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas launched Lincoln into national prominence, ...

The Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, oft-cited archetypes, were starkly different from today’s. Each of those debates was comprised of, first, an hourlong speech by one of the candidates, ...

Lincoln and Stephen Douglas had seven debates through the summer and fall of 1858, in different communities all around Illinois. They were held from 2 p.m. to about 5 p.m.