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As the sectional crisis gripped the United States, the rancor increasingly spread to the halls of Congress. Preston Brooks's frenzied assault on Charles Sumner was perhaps the most notorious evidence of the dangerous divide between proslavery Democrats and the new antislavery Republican Party. But as disunion loomed, rifts within the majority Democratic Party were every bit as consequential. And nowhere was the fracture more apparent than in the raging debates between Illinois's Stephen Douglas and Mississippi's Jefferson Davis. As leaders of the Democrats' northern and southern factions before the Civil War, their passionate conflict of words and ideas has been overshadowed by their opposition to Abraham Lincoln. But here, weaving together biography and political history, Michael E. Woods restores Davis and Douglas's fatefully entwined lives and careers to the center of the Civil War era.

Slavery --- Political aspects --- History --- Douglas, Stephen A. --- Davis, Jefferson, --- Democratic Party (U.S.) --- History. --- United States --- Politics and government

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"It didn't take long for freshman Congressman Stephen A. Douglas to see the truth of Senator Thomas Hart Benton's warning: slavery attached itself to every measure that came before the U.S. Congress. Douglas wanted to expand the nation into an ocean-bound republic. Yet slavery and the violent conflicts it stirred always interfered, as it did in 1844 with his first bill to organize Nebraska. In 1848, when America acquired 550,000 square miles after the Mexican War, the fight began over whether the territory would be free or slave. Henry Clay, a slave owner who favored gradual emancipation, packaged territorial bills from Douglas's committee with four others. But Clay's "Omnibus Bill" failed. Exhausted, he left the Senate, leaving Douglas in control. Within two weeks, Douglas won passage of all eight bills, and President Millard Fillmore signed the Compromise of 1850. It was Douglas's greatest legislative achievement. This book chronicles how his popular sovereignty doctrine moved the issue of slavery from Congress to the ballot box"--

Legislators --- Democracy --- History --- Douglas, Stephen A. --- Political and social views. --- United States. --- Democratic Party (U.S.) --- United States --- Politics and government

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“The road to the presidency runs through the presidential primary process, and is therefore an indispensable step to the highest office in the land. This splendid collection of chapters and authors effectively decodes the enigmatic 2020 primary process where the conventional primary playbook was thrown out the window—or was it? Luke Perry and his colleagues unravel and edify, making this an essential book for understanding the 2020 elections.” —Robert Spitzer, Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, The State University of New York at Cortland, USA “The 2020 primary season was unique in many ways, including the diversity of the candidates; that it took place during a pandemic; and that Democrats believed they were trying to choose the person best able to save the party and the nation from a slide into oligarchy. The authors provide varied and useful perspectives to help us understand how the 2020 primary season generated Joe Biden’s somewhat surprising candidacy.” —Kristi Andersen, Professor Emeritus in Political Science, The Maxwell School at Syracuse University, USA “This edition on the 2020 Democratic Primaries provides great clarity in each chapter about a very complex process. For those who want to understand continuities and change, particularly how the factional rivalries play out in the Democratic party, this book is essential. Not only does it explain the nomination process in 2020, it helps us peer around the corner to possibilities in 2024. A timely book for students wanting to know how we select the nation’s top leaders.” —Ray LaRaja, Professor of Political Science, The University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA This book examines the outcome, dynamics, and lessons of the 2020 Democratic Primary. The authors examine how Joe Biden separated himself from a crowded field of candidates, the role that primary rules played in this process, the influence of gender and race on the primary campaign, new developments with the Iowa Caucuses and national party conventions, and what all this could mean for the 2024 election. Luke Perry is Professor of Political Science at Utica College, USA, and Director of the Utica College Center of Public Affairs and Election Research. He is the author of Mormons in American Politics; From Persecution to Power (2012), Mitt Romney, Mormonism and the 2012 Election (2014), Religious Responses to Marriage Equality (2018), and Donald Trump and the 2018 Midterm Battle for Central New York (2019).

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