Birthdays

William Woods Averell
Turns 26 on this date

Benjamin Franklin Butler
Turns 40 on this date

William H. Gray
Turns 53 on this date

Benjamin Chew Howard
Turns 67 on this date

John Duncan Mahon
Turns 62 on this date

Alexander Herritage Newton
Turns 21 on this date

Alphonso Taft
Turns 48 on this date

Isaac Toucey
Turns 66 on this date

Edward Dorr Tracy
Turns 25 on this date
Events
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Documents
Letter | Horace White to Abraham Lincoln, November 5, 1858 | 11/05/1858 |
Newspaper | New York Times, "A Recognition of President Juarez," November 5, 1858 | 11/05/1858 |
Newspaper | New York Times, "The Illinois Election," November 5, 1858 | 11/05/1858 |