Birthdays
John Herman Bosler
Turns 28 on this date
Erastus Corning
Turns 64 on this date
David Flavel Jamison
Turns 48 on this date
Joseph Lane
Turns 57 on this date
John Mercer Langston
Turns 29 on this date
James Alfred Pearce
Turns 53 on this date
Francis Peyre Porcher
Turns 33 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 | Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Rescuing a Fugitive Slave,” December 14, 1858 | 12/14/1858 |