In Freeport, Illinois, just beyond the somnolent downtown, a small park near the Pecatonica River is wedged next to the public library. In the mid-19th century, however, land along the shore stretched ...

Larry Mantle talks with Allen Guelzo, author of the new book, "Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America" (Simon & Schuster). This year marks the 150th anniversary of the debates, and this ...

The Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858 were taken down verbatim by stenographers. Robert R. Hitt, a pioneer of verbatim reporting, reported for both Abraham Lincoln and Sen. Stephen Douglas for the ...

Douglas won the Senate seat, and Lincoln didn't participate in any debates in 1860 during his run for president. Nevertheless, the men's debate set a stage for the use of debates in future election ...

Editor’s note: The following lightly edited excerpt is from Chicago writer Edward Robert McClelland’s new book, “Chorus of the Union: How Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas Set Aside Their Rivalry to ...

Click to open image viewer. This Lincoln Sesquicentennial Issue stamp was issued to commemorate the centennial of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, a series of debates held in 1858 by Abraham Lincoln, the ...

Introduction: From Lincoln and Douglas to Nixon and Kennedy -- The least man I ever saw -- Take care of your old Whigs -- A David greater than Goliath -- For God's sake, Linder, come up -- In the face ...

The Lincoln–Douglas Debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Douglas, ...