Birthdays
Alexander Sandor Asboth
Turns 48 on this date
George Dashiell Bayard
Turns 23 on this date
Jesse David Bright
Turns 46 on this date
John Mercer Brooke
Turns 32 on this date
Thomas Pleasant Dockery
Turns 25 on this date
Arnold Elzey
Turns 42 on this date
Charles Griffin
Turns 33 on this date
George Dennison Prentice
Turns 55 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 Herald, “The Suspected Slavers,” December 18, 1858 | 12/18/1858 |