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Douglas-Dick family of Greensboro, North Carolina

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Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813-1861) — also known as Stephen A. Douglas; "The Little Giant" — of Quincy, Adams County, Ill.; Chicago, Cook County, Ill. Born in Brandon, Rutland County, Vt., April 23, 1813. Democrat. Member of Illinois state house of representatives, 1837-39; secretary of state of Illinois, 1840-41; justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1841-43; U.S. Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1843-47; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1847-61; died in office 1861; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 1852, 1856; candidate for President of the United States, 1860. Died, of typhoid fever, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 3, 1861 (age 48 years, 41 days). Interment at Douglas Monument Park, Chicago, Ill.

		Relatives: Father of Robert Martin Douglas; grandfather of Robert Dick Douglas (1875-?).
		Political family: Douglas-Dick family of Greensboro, North Carolina.
		Douglas counties in Colo., Ga., Ill., Kan., Minn., Mo., Neb., Nev., Ore., S.Dak., Wash. and Wis. are named for him.
		See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
		Books about Stephen A. Douglas: Robert W. Johannsen, Stephen A. Douglas — James L. Huston, Stephen A. Douglas and the Dilemmas of Democratic Equality — Roy Morris, Jr., The Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle with Stephen Douglas for the Heart and Soul of America — Scott Farris, Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the Nation — Fergus M. Bordewich, America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise That Preserved the Union
		Image source: Library of Congress

Robert P. Dick — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Democrat. U.S. Attorney for North Carolina, 1853; delegate to Democratic National Convention from North Carolina, 1860, 1888. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Father of Jessie M. Dick (who married Robert Martin Douglas); grandfather of Robert Dick Douglas (1875-?).
		Political family: Douglas-Dick family of Greensboro, North Carolina.

Robert Martin Douglas (b. 1849) — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Born January 28, 1849. Republican. Secretary to President Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-73; lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1876; justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1897-1905. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of Stephen Arnold Douglas and Martha Denny (Martin) Douglas; married, June 23, 1874, to Jessie M. Dick (daughter of Robert P. Dick (1813?-?)); father of Robert Dick Douglas.
		Political family: Douglas-Dick family of Greensboro, North Carolina.

Robert Dick Douglas (b. 1875) — also known as Robert D. Douglas — of Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C. Born in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., April 7, 1875. Republican. Lawyer; newspaper editor; North Carolina state attorney general, 1900-01; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, 1904; postmaster at Greensboro, N.C., 1906-16. Catholic. Burial location unknown.

		Relatives: Son of Robert Martin Douglas (1849-?) and Jessie M. (Dick) Douglas; married, April 14, 1909, to Virginia Land Brown; grandson of Stephen Arnold Douglas and Robert P. Dick.
		Political family: Douglas-Dick family of Greensboro, North Carolina.

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