William Alexander Richardson

Prominent Illinois Democratic politician before and during the American Civil War.

- William Alexander Richardson

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37th United States Congress

Meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

Speeches postage-free to District 1960, signature in upper right like 1863.

Transcontinental Railroad, by Act of Congress, July 1, 1861

Greenback Dollar featuring U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Salmon Chase, "Act of July 11, 1862"

House of Representatives at the beginning of Congress

<center>Sen. Lyman Trumbull 1st Confiscation Act</center>

<center>Gen. John C. Fremont Missouri Emancipation</center>

<center>Sen. Orville H. Browning DC Emancipation</center>

<center>Sen. Timothy O. Howe Army accepts Fugitives</center>

<center>Gen. David Hunter SC-GA-FL Emancipation</center>

<center>Sen. William Fessenden 2nd Confiscation Act</center>

<center>Sen. Ben Wade OH showed army corruption</center>

<center>Sen. Z. Chandler MI made & broke generals</center>

William A. Richardson (D), from January 12, 1863

Transylvania University

Private university in Lexington, Kentucky.

Henry Clay served as professor of law during the 1800s

The original seal of Transylvania University

Alumnus John C. Breckinridge; Democratic U.S. Vice President

Carpenter Academic Center and the Transylvania Lawn

Horace Holley led Transylvania from 1818 to 1827.

Residential Side of Campus in April 2016 Showing Construction

Pumpkins lit on the steps of Old Morrison

William Alexander Richardson (1811–1875), U.S. Senator from Illinois, graduated 1831

32nd United States Congress

Meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

. William A. Richardson (D)

33rd United States Congress

Meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

Senate President pro tempore
David R. Atchison

Senate President pro tempore
Jesse D. Bright

. William A. Richardson (D)

30th United States Congress

Meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

Sutter's Mill, origin of the California Gold Rush

Mapa de los Estados Unidos de Méjico by John Distrunell: the 1847 map used during negotiations of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

President of the Senate George M. Dallas

. William A. Richardson (D), from December 6, 1847

Richardson County, Nebraska

Easternmost county in the U.S. state of Nebraska.

It was named after William A. Richardson, a US Representative from the state of Illinois who had sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act; subsequently, in 1858, Richardson was appointed governor of the Nebraska Territory.

Stephen A. Douglas

American politician and lawyer from Illinois.

The United States in 1849, with Texas's land claims on New Mexico shown

The United States after the Compromise of 1850

Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Freesoiler – An 1856 cartoon depicts a giant "Free Soiler" being held down by James Buchanan and Lewis Cass standing on the Democratic platform marked "Kansas", "Cuba" and "Central America". Franklin Pierce also holds down the giant's beard as Douglas shoves a black man down his throat. A victim of lynching can also be seen in the background.

Stephen A. Douglas, photograph by Mathew Brady

Abraham Lincoln was Douglas's opponent in both the 1858 Senate election in Illinois and the 1860 presidential election.

Statue of Douglas at the site of the 1858 debate in Freeport, Illinois

Douglas (dark blue) had the support of most Northern delegates on the presidential ballot of the 1860 Democratic National Convention.

Douglas was defeated by Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election, as he won electoral votes from just two states.

Plaque at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, commemorating Douglas's "Protect The Flag" speech of April 25, 1861

Douglas's widow, Adele, in mourning dress. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Douglas depicted on the Series 1875 $10,000 Certificate of Deposit

Buchanan dominated in the South, but Frémont won several Northern states and Douglas ally William Alexander Richardson lost the 1856 Illinois gubernatorial election.

34th United States Congress

Meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

. William A. Richardson (D), until August 25, 1856

William Henry Bissell

The 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1857 until his death.

In the gubernatorial election of 1856, Abraham Lincoln determined that a former Democrat stood the best chance of defeating the Democratic candidate, William Alexander Richardson of Quincy, a subordinate of Douglas'.

31st United States Congress

Meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.

President of the Senate Millard Fillmore

. William A. Richardson (D)