Birthdays
Cravens Jordan Edgar
Turns 28 on this date
Edwin Cassander Manning
Turns 20 on this date
Daniel Marcy
Turns 49 on this date
Silas Horton Stringham
Turns 60 on this date
Preston Taylor
Turns 9 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
| Foreign | Mexican liberals begin to advance westward towards Mexico City in hopes of winning the War of the Reform | 11/07/1858 |
Documents
| Letter | David Davis to Abraham Lincoln, November 7, 1858 | 11/07/1858 |
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Douglas for the Presidency,” November 7, 1858 | 11/07/1858 |