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Stephen A. Douglas

1813 - 1861

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Stephen Arnold Douglas (né Douglass; April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. A U.S. Senator, he was one of two nominees of the badly split Democratic Party to run for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln. Douglas had previously defeated Lincoln in the 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois, known for the pivotal Lincoln–Douglas debates. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen A. Douglas has received more than 2,326,764 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Stephen A. Douglas is the 12,908th most popular politician (down from 12,619th in 2019), the 5,217th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,564th in 2019) and the 337th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Stephen A. Douglas ranks 12,908 out of 19,576. Before him are Fernando Romeo Lucas García, Harry Cohn, Wavel Ramkalawan, Zoran Lilić, René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, and Said bin Ahmad. After him are Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, Galina Starovoytova, Sao Shwe Thaik, Nangolo Mbumba, Nikola Mushanov, and Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Stephen A. Douglas ranks 53. Before him are Moritz Wagner, Nikolay Ogarev, Frederick Scott Archer, Errico Petrella, John C. Frémont, and Prince August of Württemberg. After him are Otto Ludwig, Aloys Sprenger, Giovanni Luppis, Edmond de Sélys Longchamps, Otto Jahn, and Louise-Victorine Ackermann. Among people deceased in 1861, Stephen A. Douglas ranks 45. Before him are Louis Niedermeyer, Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, Václav Hanka, Infante João, Duke of Beja, Antun Mihanović, and Gabriel Antonio Pereira. After him are Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, Johann Andreas Wagner, Louis Vicat, Ippolito Nievo, Abel de Pujol, and Peter Georg Bang.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen A. Douglas ranks 5,217 out of 20,380. Before him are Marian Seldes (1928), Sterling Morrison (1942), Jimi Jamison (1951), James Arness (1923), Eli Lilly (1838), and Harold E. Varmus (1939). After him are Kristen Wiig (1973), Anita Page (1910), Bill Nieder (1933), Lester Allan Pelton (1829), Albert Gutterson (1887), and Tad Williams (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Stephen A. Douglas ranks 337. Before him are Hunter Biden (1970), Brent Scowcroft (1925), Andrew Mellon (1855), Pat Buchanan (1938), Stephen Allen Benson (1816), and Harry Cohn (1891). After him are Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879), Lyndon LaRouche (1922), Jay Garner (1938), John Warner (1927), Spotted Elk (1826), and Alger Hiss (1904).

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