Abraham Lincoln’s arguments against slavery in his first debate with Stephen Douglas in Ottawa, Illinois, would make him a national figure.

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 ...

Next week marks the 150th anniversary of the first Lincoln-Douglas debate. There were seven in 1858, as the lanky Abraham Lincoln battled to unseat the stalwart incumbent Stephen Douglas. Tens of ...

Although Bloomington did not host one of the seven momentous debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas in 1858, both candidates stopped in Bloomington during the campaign to deliver ...

CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) -- Nearly 150 years ago, Thomas Pendergast was one of thousands who listened to Abraham Lincoln debate Stephen Douglas in the race for the U.S. Senate seat from Illinois ...

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 ...

“Right Makes Might: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates” is a timely documentary now streaming at Fox Nation that all Americans should watch.

I have another proposal: Do away with moderators entirely, as they did in the great Abraham Lincoln-Stephen Douglas debates.

CHARLESTON — There’s a little more time to order a coin set commemorating the Lincoln-Douglas debates, the sales of which will benefit a local celebration of the debates’ 150th anniversary.

The Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum, located at 128 N. 5th Street in downtown Quincy, has announced the History Happy Hour event for the month of February.

ISBN: 1639366377 Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, Joining to Save the Union McClelland, who has written extensively on American politics and cultural and social history, explores the relationship between ...