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 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates were short on substance but long on "sound bites," Harold Holzer writes . Abraham Lincoln ran an aggressive presidential campaign, secretly purchasing a newspaper ...

The Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 altered the course of history. The central question addressed in the campaign was profound: would the nation continue drifting away from the principles of the ...

Right Makes Might: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates is a timely documentary now streaming at Fox Nation that all Americans should watch. ... Between August and October of 1858, ...

ClassicStock / Getty Images 1858: Senatorial debate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Presidential debates in the United States were inspired by a famous Illinois senatorial debate in ...

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… ...

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 are frequently cited as democracy at its best, providing a sharp contrast to campaigns today that are long on attack ads but short on substance. Yet few ...

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.

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.