Shortly before death, he made a trip to dissuade border states from seceding.
This politician led a faction of his political party that opposed the Lecompton Constitution. Shortly before death, he made a trip to dissuade border states from seceding. As chairman of the powerful Committee on Territories, this Senator designed the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Later, he ran in an election with Herschel Johnson as his running mate and finished behind John Bell, Southern Democrat John Breckinridge and a man he debated at such sites as Alton and Freeport. For 10 points, name this Illinois Democrat who in 1858 engaged in a series of debates with Abraham Lincoln.
This politician led a faction of his political party that opposed the Lecompton Constitution.
Stephen Arnold {Douglas}