Birthdays

Samuel Benton
Turns 38 on this date

Joseph William Briggs
Turns 47 on this date

Elbridge Hoffman Gerry
Turns 22 on this date

John Breckinridge Grayson
Turns 52 on this date

James Gilbreath Hamilton
Turns 41 on this date

John Newman Hank
Turns 31 on this date

Daniel Parish Kidder
Turns 43 on this date

Henry D Landis
Turns 34 on this date

John Lowell
Turns 34 on this date
Events
Campaigns/Elections | Lincoln-Douglas campaign lasts from mid-June 1858 until January 1859 |
06/16/1858 to 01/05/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Alton Debate," October 18, 1858 | 10/18/1858 |
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "The Rascality Confessed," October 18, 1858 | 10/18/1858 |
Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |