Episode 6: The Railsplitter's Shadow

Episode 6 of the The Also-Rans podcast, hosted by Mark A. Lempke, titled "Episode 6: The Railsplitter's Shadow" was published on November 17, 2021 and runs 61 minutes.

November 17, 2021 ·61m · The Also-Rans

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Just about everything we know about Stephen Douglas can be tied back to the man who defeated him for the presidency, Abraham Lincoln. No other also-ran is defined, in popular memory, by his opponent quite so much as he. With help from special guest Tim Connors, we will look at Douglas as a frontier stump-speaker, an advocate of American expansion, and finally, a staunch defender of the Union at the onset of civil war.

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Just about everything we know about Stephen Douglas can be tied back to the man who defeated him for the presidency, Abraham Lincoln. No other also-ran is defined, in popular memory, by his opponent quite so much as he. With help from special guest Tim Connors, we will look at Douglas as a frontier stump-speaker, an advocate of American expansion, and finally, a staunch defender of the Union at the onset of civil war.

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