Stephen Douglas actually died soon after the debates and election, but if you demand historical accuracy in your webcomics you should be reading Hark! A Vagrant.

"Lincoln-Douglas", by Randall Munroe, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License

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Stephen Douglas actually died soon after the debates and election, but if you demand historical accuracy in your webcomics you should be reading Hark! A Vagrant.