Birthdays
James Barnes
Turns 57 on this date
Charles Rollin Buckalew
Turns 37 on this date
Jeremiah Clemens
Turns 44 on this date
Thomas Ewing Sr.
Turns 69 on this date
Thomas Alexander Scott
Turns 35 on this date
Charles Miller Shelley
Turns 25 on this date
William Booth Taliaferro
Turns 36 on this date
Richard Hanson Weightman
Turns 42 on this date
Addison Weller
Turns 22 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 in its ten day holiday recess until January 5, 1859 |
12/24/1858 to 01/04/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, “Further Outrages in Kansas,” December 28, 1858 | 12/28/1858 |