How Lincoln Bested Douglas in Their Famous Debates The 1858 debates reframed America’s argument about slavery and transformed Lincoln into a presidential contender ...

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, and he ...

Third book in planned five-part series from local author Jan Jacobi, “Lincoln and Douglas” deals with Lincoln's historic debates with rival Stephen A. Douglas.

Granville Sentinel columnist Jeff Gill compares the format of today's presidential debates and Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858.

The Rivalry (by Norman Corwin) recreates the fateful Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. Douglas won the contest, in that he was re-elected Senator from Illinois, but the debates helped send Lincoln ...

It was, after all, chiefly thanks to Lincoln and not Douglas that the joint debates of 1858—prologue to a reversal of their respective fortunes in the presidential race of 1860—would become ...

Granville Sentinel columnist Jeff Gill compares the format of today's presidential debates and Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858.

The Washington Monthly unearths the unknown 1858 debate in which the very nasty--and, frankly, very rude--press corps is totally unfair to Mr. Lincoln, our second greatest president after Donald J ...

Recently, eight of Pendergast's descendants joined others for a dedication ceremony at the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum just a few hundred feet from where the fourth debate occurred on Sept. 18 ...

Moderation in All Things, Except for Debates A proposal reminiscent of Lincoln v. Douglas. Oct. 6, 2024 3:09 pm ET Share Resize ...