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Stephen A. Douglas

American politician and lawyer (1813–1861)
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Stephen A. Douglas
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Facts

29 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[25]
Date of birth
April 23, 1813
Date of death
June 3, 1861
Place of birth
Brandon
Place of death
Chicago
Country of citizenship
United States[16]
Occupation
politician, judge, lawyer, jurist, prosecutor
Field of work
politics, law[17][18]
Position held
United States representative, member of the Illinois House of Representatives, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, board member[19][20][21][22]
Educated at
Bowdoin College, Canandaigua Academy[23][24]
Member of political party
Democratic Party[26]
Father
Stephen Arnold Douglas[11]
Mother
Sarah Granger[12]
Spouse
Martha Martin Douglas, Adèle Cutts Douglas[13][14]
Child
Robert M. Douglas[15]
Cause of death
typhoid fever[28]
Work location
Washington, D.C., Springfield, Jacksonville[31][32][33]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[40]
Archives at
Smithsonian Institution Archives[27]
Birth name
Stephen Arnold Douglas[41]
Candidacy in election
1860 United States presidential election
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The New Encyclopaedia, The New Student's Reference Work, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[35][36][37][38][39]
Family name
Douglas[29]
Show all 29 facts +5
Given name
Stephen[30]
Manner of death
natural causes[34]
Name in native language
Stephen A. Douglas[42]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Smithsonian Names
Place of burial
Lake Michigan[10]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 63
ISNI
0000000081260306
VIAF cluster ID
47150108
Library of Congress authority ID
n50027507
GND ID
118672355
American Academy in Rome ID
12410433
American National Biography ID
0400325
Arabic Ontology lexical concept ID
151059467
Archives at Yale agent ID
people/76444
BabelNet ID
00028435n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
119557121
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
douglas-stephen-arnold
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01319269
Show all 63 identifiers +51
Comic Vine ID
4005-128069
De Agostini ID
Douglas,+Stephen+Arnold
Edition humboldt digital ID
H0012365
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Stephen-A-Douglas
FAST ID
1716502
Find a Grave memorial ID
295
Freebase ID
/m/0170hg
Geni.com profile ID
6000000006161293045
Golden ID
Stephen_A._Douglas-PMDMPG
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m0170hg
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Stephen_Arnold_Douglas
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1969759
Harper's tag
stephen-arnold-douglas
IdRef ID
027537919
Interlingual Index ID
i94951
IxTheo authority ID
079456057
JRC Names ID
855244
KBR person ID
14241363
Lex ID
Stephen_A._Douglas
NE.se ID
stephen-a-douglas
NL CR AUT ID
xx0326510
NLA Trove people ID
809972
NUKAT ID
n02092987
National Library of Greece ID
230188
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000406499
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007278343005171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810543892005606
National Virtual Library of India ID
400338
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070444773
Newman Numismatics Portal ID
598
Notable Names Database ID
221/000050071
Online Books Page author ID
Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3893981
Open Library ID
OL159045A, OL5704328A
Open Library subject ID
person:stephen_arnold_douglas_(1813-1861), person:stephen_a._douglas_(1813-1861)
Our Campaigns candidate ID
4101
Political Graveyard politician ID
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Prabook ID
665236
Quora topic ID
Stephen-A-Douglas
SNAC ARK ID
w6v22v62, w67081qv
Trading Card Database name ID
71965
Treccani ID
stephen-arnold-douglas
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10582574
US Congress Bio ID
D000457
United States House of Representatives ID
12404
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID
stephen-arnold-douglas
WeRelate person ID
Stephen_Douglas_(2)
WikiTree person ID
Douglas-3130
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
10961198-n
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJyWYCxmc33qY3xKpgMkjC
Yale LUX ID
person/927db1e0-3d4d-420c-9a5b-1e7d2699c812

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🔗 Connections
Named after 15
Douglas County, Douglas County, Douglas County, Douglas County, Douglas County, Douglas County, Douglas County, Douglas County +7 more
Position held 9
United States representative, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator, United States senator +1 more
Occupation 4
lawyer, politician, judge, jurist
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Work location 3
Washington, D.C., Springfield, Jacksonville
Field of work 2
politics, law
Candidacy in election 1
1860 United States presidential election
Cause of death 1
typhoid fever
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
Bowdoin College
Family name 1
Douglas
Given name 1
Stephen
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Member of political party 1
Democratic Party
Participated in 1
Lincoln-Douglas debates
Place of birth 1
Brandon
Place of burial 1
Lake Michigan
Place of death 1
Chicago
Sex or gender 1
male
Works by author 1
Kansas–Nebraska Act
← Candidate 1
1860 United States presidential election
← Characters 1
Young Mr. Lincoln
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Summary

Stephen A. Douglas was born on April 23, 1813[1], in Brandon[2]. He died on June 3, 1861[3], in Chicago[4]. He worked as a politician[5], judge[6], lawyer[7], jurist[8], and prosecutor[9].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Stephen A. Douglas include Douglas[43], a city in the United States[44], in United States[45], founded in 1855[46]; Douglas County[47], a county of Colorado[48], in United States[49], founded in 1861[50], headquartered in Castle Rock[51]; and Douglas Township[52].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include Kansas–Nebraska Act[53], an Act of Congress in the United States[54], in United States[55]. Entities named for him include Douglas[43], a city in the United States[44], in United States[45], founded in 1855[46] and Douglas County[47], a county of Colorado[48], in United States[49], founded in 1861[50], headquartered in Castle Rock[51].

FAQs

Where was Stephen A. Douglas born?

Stephen A. Douglas's place of birth was Brandon[2].

Where did Stephen A. Douglas die?

Stephen A. Douglas passed away in Chicago[4].

Who were Stephen A. Douglas's parents?

Stephen A. Douglas's father was Stephen Arnold Douglas[11]. Stephen A. Douglas's mother was Sarah Granger[12].

Who was Stephen A. Douglas married to?

Stephen A. Douglas's spouses include Martha Martin Douglas[13] and Adèle Cutts Douglas[14].

What did Stephen A. Douglas do for work?

Stephen A. Douglas worked as a politician[5], judge[6], lawyer[7], jurist[8], and prosecutor[9].

Where did Stephen A. Douglas go to school?

Stephen A. Douglas was educated at Bowdoin College[23] and Canandaigua Academy[24].

Related Entities

Lake Michigan law lawyer politics United States United States senator

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . Geni.com. wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . Geni.com. wikidata.org.
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  11. [21] ↑ . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  22. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  40. [40] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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