How to pronounce “stephen a. douglas” in English

The presidential election of 1860 brought the destruction of the last national party, which was the Democrats. They couldn't even settle on a candidate, so you end up with a Northern Democratic candidate running,Stephen A. Douglas, and a Southern candidate running. The convention fractured and John C. Breckinridge ran on the, on the Southern Democrat platform. You had a Unionist candidate running who justdidn't wanna talk about slavery, let's talk about the Union, and you had Lincoln running as a Republican. When Lincoln won, the white South looked at Lincoln