Birthdays

Benjamin Franklin Cheatham
Turns 38 on this date

James Wilson Grimes
Turns 42 on this date

Gazaway Bugg Lamar
Turns 60 on this date

Daniel Edgar Sickles
Turns 39 on this date

George Jerrison Stannard
Turns 38 on this date

Mason Weare Tappan
Turns 41 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
Letter | Abraham Lincoln to Norman Buel Judd, October 20, 1858 | 10/20/1858 |
Newspaper | New York Evening Post, “Political,” October 20, 1858 | 10/20/1858 |
Newspaper | New York Times, “A Georgia Douglas Man,” October 20, 1858 | 10/20/1858 |
Book | Recollection by Gustave Koerner, Lincoln-Douglas Debates |
07/10/1858 to 11/02/1858 |