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 |