Daily Report

Friday, November 05, 1858

Birthdays

William Woods Averell, detail

William Woods Averell

26 years old today

Benjamin Franklin Butler, detail

Benjamin Franklin Butler

40 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

William H. Gray

53 years old today

No image yet available for this man

Benjamin Chew Howard

67 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John Duncan Mahon

62 years old today

Alexander Herritage Newton, detail

Alexander Herritage Newton

21 years old today

Alphonso Taft, detail

Alphonso Taft

48 years old today

Isaac Toucey, circa 1860, detail

Isaac Toucey

66 years old today

Edward Dorr Tracy, detail

Edward Dorr Tracy

25 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	Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Legal/Political	Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1855 to 11/24/1858
Personal	Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio	10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862

Documents

Newspaper	New York Times, "The Illinois Election," November 5, 1858	11/05/1858
Newspaper	New York Times, "A Recognition of President Juarez," November 5, 1858	11/05/1858
Letter	Horace White to Abraham Lincoln, November 5, 1858	11/05/1858