Stephen Douglas
/ˌstiːvn ˈdʌɡləs/
/ˌstiːvn ˈdʌɡləs/
- (1813-61) a US politician who defeated Abraham Lincoln in 1858 for the US Senate but lost to him in the 1860 election for US President. The Lincoln-Douglas debates are famous in US history. Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed new states to choose whether they wanted to keep people as slaves. He had the popular name of the 'Little Giant'.
(1813-61) 美国政治家，1858 年击败亚伯拉罕·林肯竞选美国参议员，但在 1860 年美国总统选举中输给了林肯。林肯与道格拉斯的辩论在美国历史上是著名的。道格拉斯的堪萨斯-内布拉斯加州法案允许新州选择是否保留人们作为奴隶。他有一个俗称“小巨人”。