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| | Stephen A. Douglas |
 | | Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 - June 3, 1861), American statesman associated with Illinois, was one of the Democratic Party nominees for President of the United States in 1860 (the other being John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky). |
 | | Douglas died on 3 June 1861 at Chicago, where he was buried on the shore of Lake Michigan; the site was afterwards bought by the state, and an imposing monument with a statue by Leonard Volk now stands over his grave. |
 | | Douglas County, Minnesota and Douglas County, Nevada are named after him, as is Douglas, Georgia. |
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