[DOC] [TLE] Stephen A. Douglas - Wikipedia [PAR] Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813  June 3, 1861) was an American 
politician from ... In March 1847 he married Martha Martin, the 21-year-old 
daughter of ... In 1846 the Illinois General Assembly elected him a US Senator. In 
the sectional crisis of 1850, Douglas was one of the strongest advocates of 
compromise. He... [DOC] [TLE] Political career of John C. Breckinridge - Wikipedia [PAR] The political career of John C. Breckinridge included service in the state 
government of ... Lincoln's election as President prompted the secession of the 
Southern ... Though Breckinridge sympathized with the Southern cause, in the 
Senate he .... Some slavery advocates refused to support him in the 1860 
presidential race... [DOC] [TLE] Stephen A. Douglas - United States History [PAR] In 1840, Douglas became Illinois secretary of state, then served as a judge on the 
state supreme court from 1841 to 1843. He was elected to the House of 
Representatives in 1843 and to the Senate in 1847. ... He was an ardent 
expansionist, advocating the annexation of Cuba and the entirety of the Oregon 
Territory. [DOC] [TLE] Stephen A. Douglas | United States senator | Britannica.com [PAR] He was reelected senator from Illinois in 1858 after a series of eloquent debates 
... giving consistent support to the annexation of Texas (1845), the Mexican War 
... in the Oregon boundary dispute (1846), and advocating both government land 
... Douglas was elected in 1846 to the U.S. Senate, in which he served until his... [DOC] [TLE] The Man Who Came in Second | Humanities [PAR] What is rarely mentioned is that Douglas not only lost the 1860 election, he didn't 
.... In July 1847, Breckinridge was called on to deliver the eulogy honoring 
officers ... U.S. Senator Stephen Douglas, a Democrat from Illinois, countered 
with ... the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the annexation of Cuba, which allowed 
slavery. [DOC] [TLE] Twentieth Century Bios: D  F Surnames | ILGenWeb [PAR] Jan 22, 2016 ... 6, 1847, he was elected by the state legislature a senator in congress ... Great 
Britain in the Oregon controversy, advocated the annexation of Texas, ... He 
opposed the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and favored the annexation of Cuba if it could 
be ... He was a representative in the Illinois legislature, 1840-41; U.S.... [DOC] [TLE] Illinois Senator Judge Stephen Arnold Douglas Antique 1862 Art ... [PAR] He advocated the annexation of Texas, supported the war with Mexico, and 
opposed ... in the House, and, when elected to the U.S. Senate in 1847 by the 
state legislature, ... of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and advocated the annexation of 
Cuba. [DOC] [TLE] The Also Rans: Stephen Douglas - Presidential History Geeks [PAR] May 30, 2013 ... ... Mary Todd (who married Abraham Lincoln instead), but in March 1847 he 
married ... In 1846 the Illinois General Assembly elected him a US Senator. In 
1850, Douglas was one of the strongest advocates of compromise when it .... 
what if he had used annexing/buying cuba as the bargaining chip instead? [DOC] [TLE] Manifest Destiny - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] He believed that the expansion of U.S.-style democracy was inevitable, and 
would .... Advocates of Manifest Destiny protested, and called for the annexation 
of the ... After the election of Polk, but before he took office, Congress approved 
the .... by the U.S. Senate before the war, proclaimed Cuba "free and 
independent" and... [DOC] [TLE] The position of Illinois men in Congress on questions of ... - Ideals [PAR] was chosen United States Senator ^or three consecutive terms. His active work ... 
ported annexation, he alone opposed it at every opportunity and s stood by his... [DOC] [TLE] Stephen Arnold Douglas facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ... [PAR] U.S. senator Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813-1861), the foremost leader of the 
Democratic ... He settled in Illinois, where he became a teacher. ... Elected to the 
House of Representatives in 1843 and to the Senate in 1847, Douglas ... 
Compromise of 1850, and encouraged the purchase

Question: Elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois in 1847, he advocated the annexation of Cuba
Answer: Stephen Douglas