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4 Mar 2017, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Buchanan then took his seat in the front row along with Senator Stephen Douglas and Chief Justice Roger Taney. [read post]
10 Feb 2017, 12:38 pm by Linda Holmes
Freeman, Douglas Southall, George Washington, a Biography. [read post]
19 Jan 2018, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
“No Presidential election has excited so much party feelings as has the election of Abraham Lincoln, a black gentleman,” the Argus opined. [read post]
30 Jun 2011, 8:00 am by ADR Times
” After reading the “Elusive Peace” book authored by Douglas E. [read post]
17 Feb 2022, 8:44 am by David Priess
This week, for our first episode this year after the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, I chat with author and CNN senior political analyst John Avlon about Lincoln's underappreciated plan for post-Civil War peace--and how we can apply its lessons today. [read post]
22 Nov 2023, 6:30 am by ernst
  From the introduction:Raymond Massie in "Lincoln in Illinois" (NYPL)In his first debate with Stephen Douglas at Ottawa on August 21, 1858, Abraham Lincoln repeated a theory that he had been touting for nearly two months, since his famed “House Divided” speech in June. [read post]
16 Nov 2015, 2:14 am
After having lost his Senate election bid to Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln was asked how he felt, to which he replied that he was "too old to cry but it hurt too much to laugh. [read post]
6 Nov 2016, 7:51 am by Lawrence B. Ebert
Arrest in DC.A quick factoid appeared: Abraham Lincoln the tallest president at 6'4" and Madison shortest at 5'4"In the cover story, Teichner spoke to historian Douglas Brinkley ("which is the worst of the two evils"), Joseph Cummins, and Robert Lechter of George Mason University.Erin Moriarty spoke to artist Steve Penley.Small clips. [read post]
7 Mar 2013, 4:13 pm by Ray Dowd
Stephen Crane (Ret.), JAMS; Ambassador Douglas Davidson, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues; Victor Kovner, Davis,Wright Tremaine LLP; David Rowland, Esq. [read post]
23 Sep 2013, 9:08 am by J. Gordon Hylton
Of course, one of the anomalies of that election was that Abraham Lincoln won a solid majority in the Electoral College, even though he received only 39.7% of the popular vote. [read post]
4 Jan 2017, 5:58 am by Steve Lubet
As most readers no doubt know, it was a four-way contest -- among Lincoln, Douglas, Breckinridge, and Bell -- in which Lincoln got just under 40% of the tabulated popular vote. [read post]
12 Feb 2009, 11:09 am
As you might imagine, here in the Land of Lincoln, people are very excited to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. [read post]
18 Nov 2014, 7:55 am by Kali Borkoski
” The concern for at least containing slavery, according to Morel, explains Lincoln’s rejection of Senator Stephen Douglas’s proposal that the question of slavery be settled though popular sovereignty. [read post]
2 Aug 2009, 8:26 am
"General Douglas McArthur before signing the Japanese surrender treaty, September 2, 1945"What good is reading the bill if it's a thousand pages and you don't have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill? [read post]
11 Jan 2016, 4:22 am
 James AbrahamsJames Abrahams (8  New Square):  It seems that the "A" in "Abrahams" stands for "astute" as Chambers in 2015 and 2016 used that word to describe James, as well as noting him for his "excellent written and oral skills". [read post]