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  1. top 3 American statesmen that were not presidents - History Forum

    Oct 23, 2015 · One potential President from the civil war era Stephen Douglas is often brought up but considering his support for slavery maybe that is one of those which America benefited from not having.

  2. Greatest debater of all time - History Forum

    Nov 4, 2022 · He held seven debates against Stephen A. Douglas, and his success as a debater led to him becoming president. The 1860 evolution v creation debate between Thomas Henry Huxley and …

  3. Why do great men appear at the same time in history, while other ...

    Jan 16, 2014 · Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas were from adjacent counties in Illinois. I think there's little doubt that Lincoln compared himself to Douglas throughout his adult life (Douglas had …

  4. Poor whites' support of slavery in the Old South---What textbooks …

    Mar 23, 2022 · His opponent, Stephen Douglas, scored points by accusing Lincoln of supporting interracial marriage which Lincoln was forced to deny. I know Illinois isn't the South, but I think it does …

  5. Hood, More Lion than Fox? - History Forum

    Aug 13, 2014 · Stephen Hood is bent upon a reexamination of some of the controversial aspects of his collateral ancestor. In his second chapter he takes up the oft-quoted assertion that Robert E. Lee …

  6. On this Day in Music (TWO) | Page 33 | History Forum

    In March 1990, she played the role of Heidi in Stephen Sondheim's Follies, in Long Beach, California, her first attempt at serious theater since Flahooley in 1951.

  7. Haig | History Forum

    May 18, 2010 · Butcher of the Somme or a victim of a changing world? Field Marshal Douglas Haig, the successor of John French as Commander in Chief of British and Commonwealth forces on the …

  8. The Axis embark on a Mediterranean strategy in 1940

    Mar 12, 2018 · But what if Italy had entered the war in a different manner? Heres the point of departure (POD). Just days before launching the invasion of France and the low countrys, Adolf Hitler meets …

  9. Armada descendants in Scotland and Ireland | History Forum

    Mar 5, 2017 · Apart from hearsay and tradition, what evidence is there that shipwrecked sailors and soldiers from the Spanish Armada of 1588 produced descendants in Ireland or Scotland? How early …

  10. Heirs of Holy Roman Emperors - History Forum

    Oct 27, 2016 · Married Katerina of Bosnia, daughter of Vladislav Kotromanic, and possible heiress of King Stefan Dragutin of Serbia and King Stephen V of Hungary] [Herman II (1365?-1435) Son of …