Dr. Erik Alexander, History Professor at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, presented “The 1858 Lincoln Douglas Debates in Alton” on Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 7 p.m., at Farley Music Hall, 37 Mill Street, Elsah, Illinois. Dr. Alexander specializes in United States history during the 19th century, particularly party politics leading to the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Dr. Alexander is completing his book entitled, Revolution Forestalled: Northern Democrats and the Politics of Reconstruction, 1865–1877.
Here is a recording of this talk.
This presentation was one of this year’s Hosmer-Williams Lectures sponsored by Historic Elsah Foundation and underwritten by Liberty Bank: A United Community Bank.
Historic Elsah Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to historic preservation and education in the Village of Elsah.