Birthdays
Oran Milo Roberts
Turns 43 on this date
Wilbur Fisk Watkins
Turns 22 on this date
William Ryland Woodward
Turns 39 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Senator Douglas launches his campaign with a speech in Chicago, Illinois | 07/09/1858 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Charleston (SC) Mercury, “A Change of Sentiment,” July 9, 1858 | 07/09/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by Clarke E. Carr, Stephen A. Douglas, July 9, 1858 | 07/09/1858 |
| Book | Recollection by Lew Wallace, Senator Stephen A. Douglas | 07/09/1858 |