TY  - GEN
T1  - Stephen A. Douglas, Western Man: The Early Years in Congress, 1844-1850.
A1  - Ankrom, Reg
LA  - English
PP  - Place of publication not identified
PB  - McFarland and Company, Inc. : McFarland
YR  - 2021
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1268483321
AB  - "It didn't take long for freshman Congressman Stephen A. Douglas to see the truth of Senator Thomas Hart Benton's warning: slavery attached itself to every measure that came before the U.S. Congress. Douglas wanted to expand the nation into an ocean-bound republic. Yet slavery and the violent conflicts it stirred always interfered, as it did in 1844 with his first bill to organize Nebraska. In 1848, when America acquired 550,000 square miles after the Mexican War, the fight began over whether the territory would be free or slave. Henry Clay, a slave owner who favored gradual emancipation, packaged territorial bills from Douglas's committee with four others. But Clay's "Omnibus Bill" failed. Exhausted, he left the Senate, leaving Douglas in control. Within two weeks, Douglas won passage of all eight bills, and President Millard Fillmore signed the Compromise of 1850. It was Douglas's greatest legislative achievement. This book chronicles how his popular sovereignty doctrine moved the issue of slavery from Congress to the ballot box"--
CN  - E415.9.D73 A837 2021eb
SN  - 9781476642284
SN  - 1476642281
SN  - 9781476673769
SN  - 1476673764
KW  - Douglas, Stephen A. : (Stephen Arnold), : 1813-1861.
KW  - Douglas, Stephen A. : (Stephen Arnold), : 1813-1861 : Political and social views.
KW  - United States. : Congress. : House : Biography.
KW  - United States. : Congress. : Senate : Biography.
KW  - Democratic Party (U.S.) : History : 19th century.
KW  - États-Unis. : Congress. : Senate : Biographies.
KW  - Douglas, Stephen A. : (Stephen Arnold), : 1813-1861
KW  - Democratic Party (U.S.)
KW  - United States. : Congress. : House
KW  - United States. : Congress. : Senate
KW  - Legislators : United States : Biography.
KW  - Democracy : United States : History : 19th century.
KW  - Legislators : Illinois : Biography.
KW  - United States : Politics and government : 1815-1861.
KW  - Parlementaires : États-Unis : Biographies.
KW  - États-Unis : Politique et gouvernement : 1815-1861.
KW  - HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch.
KW  - Democracy
KW  - Legislators
KW  - Political and social views
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Illinois
KW  - United States
KW  - 1800-1899
KW  - Biographies
KW  - History
ER  -