Birthdays

Charles Dexter Cleveland
Turns 56 on this date

Alfred Iverson Sr.
Turns 60 on this date

Thomas Jefferson Jordan
Turns 37 on this date

William Clingan Lawson
Turns 41 on this date

George Brinton McClellan
Turns 32 on this date

James Foster McDowell
Turns 33 on this date

Finley B. Riddle
Turns 29 on this date

Henry Alexander Wise
Turns 52 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, “Mr. Douglas’ Chattels,” December 3, 1858 | 12/03/1858 |