Daily Report

Wednesday, October 20, 1858

Birthdays

Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, detail

Benjamin Franklin Cheatham

38 years old today

James Wilson Grimes, circa 1859, detail

James Wilson Grimes

42 years old today

No image yet available for this man

Gazaway Bugg Lamar

60 years old today

Daniel Sickles, detail

Daniel Edgar Sickles

39 years old today

George Jerrison Stannard, detail

George Jerrison Stannard

38 years old today

Mason Weare Tappan, detail

Mason Weare Tappan

41 years old today

Events

Legal/Political	Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1847 to 06/03/1861
Legal/Political	Elihu Washburne serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1853 to 03/06/1869
Legal/Political	Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1855 to 11/24/1858
Legal/Political	Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Personal	Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio	10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862

Documents

Newspaper	New York Times, “A Georgia Douglas Man,” October 20, 1858	10/20/1858
Letter	Abraham Lincoln to Norman Buel Judd, October 20, 1858	10/20/1858
Newspaper	New York Evening Post, “Political,” October 20, 1858	10/20/1858