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 |