Birthdays

Jacob Dolson Cox
Turns 30 on this date

Francis Hall
Turns 36 on this date

John McClintock
Turns 44 on this date

Marcus Junius Parrott
Turns 30 on this date

Benjamin Franklin Wade
Turns 58 on this date
Events
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Personal | Theodore Roosevelt is born in New York City | 10/27/1858 |
Documents
Letter | John Jordan Crittenden to Abraham Lincoln, October 27, 1858 | 10/27/1858 |
Newspaper | New York Times, “The Home Squadron,” October 27, 1858 | 10/27/1858 |
Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |