This statue of Stephen A. Douglas by Gilbert P. Riswold was unveiled in 1918 in Springfield, Illinois.
In July 2020, following a series of national protests against police brutality and racism in policing, the Speaker of the Illinois House asked the board Office of the Architect of the Capitol to consider removing certain statues from Capitol grounds. The following month, the board of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol in Illinois voted to remove the statue of Stephen A. Douglas and Pierre Menard due to their history of slave ownership. They were both removed on September 26, 2020.
This photo and description of the Stephen A. Douglas Statue in Springfield, IL are part of materials from the Illinois State Capitol nomination form for the National Register of Historic Places.
