Birthdays
John Greenbank
Turns 29 on this date
Hugh McCulloch
Turns 50 on this date
Eugenius Aristides Nisbet
Turns 55 on this date
Edmund Gibson Ross
Turns 32 on this date
Noah Haynes Swayne
Turns 54 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 35th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/06/1858 to 12/22/1858 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, “The President’s Weakness,” December 7, 1858 | 12/07/1858 |