The House Divided Speech was an address given by senatorial candidate and future president of the United States Abraham Lincoln, on June 16, 1858, at what was then the Illinois State Capitol in Spring
Abraham Lincoln in May 1858
Former Illinois House of Representatives chamber, the site of the speech.
Abraham Lincoln O 77 matte collodion print
Lincoln–Douglas debates
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The Lincoln–Douglas debates were a series of seven debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent Senator Stephen Dou
Lincoln's House Divided Speech
…convention. It was the launching point of his unsuccessful campaign for the senatorial seat held by Stephen A. Douglas; the campaign would climax with the Lincoln–Douglas debates. When Lincoln collected and published his debates with Douglas as part of his 1860 presidential campaign, he prefixed them with relevant prior speeches…
Stephen A Douglas headshot
A U.S. post stamp, issued in 1958, commemorating the Lincoln and Douglas debates