Creator
Tremont House
Title
Stephen Douglas Honoree Banquet
Coverage
Chicago
Date
November 9, 1954
Description
Senator Stephen Douglas was fêted by friends and political allies at this post-election dinner at the third Tremont House, which was regarded as the finest hotel in Chicago. Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln announced their respective candidacies for the U.S. Senate from its balcony in 1858. Douglas died suddenly at this hotel in June 1861, seven months after his defeat in the presidential election.