FIRST ELECTION AS SENATOR
Senator Douglas and the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise--Disruption of political parties--Trumbull announces
himself a candidate for Congress in opposition to the Nebraska
Bill--Is elected in the Eighth Illinois District--Abraham
Lincoln takes the stump against Douglas--Their joint debate at
Springfield in October, 1854--An Anti-Nebraska legislature
elected--Lincoln a candidate for Senator in place of General
Shields--Five Anti-Nebraska Bill members vote for
Trumbull--Supporters of Shields transfer their votes to Governor
Matteson--Lincoln transfers his votes to Trumbull, who is
elected by a majority of one 32