[DOC] [TLE] LincolnDouglas debates - Wikipedia [PAR]  [DOC] [TLE] LincolnDouglas debates - Wikipedia [PAR] The LincolnDouglas Debates of 1858 (also known as The Great 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, the Democratic Party candidate. [DOC] [TLE] Lincoln-Douglas Debates - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com [PAR] Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, Slavery, ... 
Abraham Lincoln's 1858 "House Divided" speech catapults him into the ... not 
only of critical importance to the sectional conflict over slavery and states' ... By 
mid-August, the two candidates had agreed to a series of debates in seven of the 
state's... [DOC] [TLE] The Lincoln-Douglas Debates [ushistory.org] [PAR] The Lincoln-Douglas Debates. ... Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas was 
held on October 15, 1858, in Alton, ... The prize they sought was a seat in the 
Senate. ... The spectators came from all over Illinois and nearby states by train, ... 
Dred Scott decision, which decreed that the citizens of a territory had no such 
power. [DOC] [TLE] American History Series: The Story of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates ... [PAR] Jun 11, 2009 ... Abraham Lincoln proposed that he and Stephen Douglas hold several debates. 
... He looked more like a simple farmer than a candidate for the United States 
Senate. ... Lincoln had said he opposed the decision, because it did not permit 
Negroes ... Lincoln also wanted to keep alive the debate over slavery. [DOC] [TLE] The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 - Lincoln Home National ... [PAR] The Lincoln-Douglas debates were a series of formal political debates between 
the challenger, Abraham Lincoln, and the incumbent, Stephen A. Douglas, in a 
campaign for one of Illinois' two United States Senate seats. ... of the nine Illinois 
Congressional Districts; the seven where Douglas had not already spoken. [DOC] [TLE] Lincoln-Douglas debates | United States history | Britannica.com [PAR] Series of seven debates between the Democratic senator Stephen A. Douglas 
and Republican challenger Abraham Lincoln during the 1858 Illinois senatorial ... 
The slavery extension question had seemingly been settled by the Missouri ... the 
doctrine that the actual settlers in the territories and not Congress should decide
... [DOC] [TLE] Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas - Abraham Lincoln's ... [PAR] He was one of a series of remarkable men who came to political maturity in 
Illinois in the .... 10 The Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 would reflect the 
differing ... Ottawa debate on August 21, 1858: Senator Douglas was very small, 
not over four and ... Stephen Douglas had consistently treated politics as a game 
where the... [DOC] [TLE] How Lincoln Bested Douglas in Their Famous Debates | History ... [PAR] The 1858 debates reframed America's argument about slavery and transformed 
... candidates Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas waged a war of words. 
... He recites Lincoln's words: "Can the people of a United States territory, ... he 
had withdrawn from the contest for Illinois' other U.S. Senate seat, making way for
... [DOC] [TLE] The Lincoln-Douglas Debates - Looking for Lincoln [PAR] Could the United States remain united half-slave and half-free? ... On June 16, 
1858, Abraham Lincoln stepped to the rostrum in the Hall of ... for U.S. Senate 
against Stephen Douglas, a nationally prominent Democrat who had held the ... 
platform in Ottawa's downtown to launch the series of seven debates that each 
hoped... [DOC] [TLE] The Lincoln-Douglas Debates - Digital History [PAR] Lincoln had been born on February 12, 1809, in a log cabin near ... and in 1858 
the Republican Party nominated him to run against Douglas for the Senate. ... 
Lincoln proceeded to argue that Stephen Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska Act and 
the ... and opposed any interference with slavery in the states where it already 
existed. [DOC] [TLE] Great American History: Abraham Lincoln vs. Stephen A. Douglas [PAR] Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas were lifelong rivals. As young men, 
they competed in the halls of the

Question: In 1858 Abraham Lincoln & Stephen Douglas had a series of debates over who should be senator from this state
Answer: Illinois