778463 Stephen A. Douglas, 1855-61 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stephen Arnold Douglas (1813-61) was an American politician from Illinois and he was the designer of the Kansas?ebraska Act. He was a U.S. Representative, a U.S. Senator, and the Democratic Party nominee for President in the 1860 election, losing to Republican Abraham Lincoln.); American, out of copyright.