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 |