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...Douglas]]. Eventually, Congress voted to call a new vote on the Lecompton Constitution, a move which infuriated Southerners. Buchanan and Douglas engaged in an al * Meerse, David E. "Buchanan, the Patronage, and the Lecompton Constitution: a Case Study" ''Civil War History'' 1995 41(4): 291-312. Issn: 0009-8078

...Amendment to the United States Constitution|Thirteenth Amendment]] to the Constitution in 1865. ...ion of Douglas in 1858, since he had led the opposition to the [[Lecompton Constitution]], which would have admitted Kansas as a [[slave state]]. Accepting the Rep