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Stephen Douglas

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Politician
Died
Jun 3, 1861
Zodiac
Taurus
Born in
VT
About
Iconic Senator from Illinois who, in 1854, famously constructed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide, via popular sovereignty, whether or not their state would allow slavery. He was the Democratic nominee for President in 1860.
Family
He married his first wife Martha Martin in 1847 but she later died during the birth of their third child together.

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