Videos

Stephen A. Douglas, the incumbent senator, and Abraham Lincoln, a former congressman and current attorney, met for the last in a series of seven debates for the right to represent Illinois i…

Professors John Splaine and Edna Greene Medford talked about their impressions of this debate, including its significance as the last debate and all the various issues raised in the debates.…

Professors Howard Lindsey, of DePaul University and Richard Current of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, talked about their impressions of this debate, including such issues as…

C-SPAN showed clips of the seven debate re-enactments and some comments by the many people involved in televising these events. Telephone lines were also opened for viewer and participant co…