Birthdays
Alexander Cummings
Turns 48 on this date
Joseph Finegan
Turns 44 on this date
Norman Hall
Turns 29 on this date
Francis Jackson Merriam
Turns 21 on this date
John Anthony Nicholson
Turns 31 on this date
Stephen Hinsdale Weed
Turns 27 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 | Robert Owen dies in Wales, aged eighty | 11/17/1858 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, "A House Divided, &c.," November 17, 1858 | 11/17/1858 |