Birthdays

Alexander Blain Anderson
Turns 39 on this date

George Ashmun
Turns 54 on this date

Romeyn Beck Ayres
Turns 33 on this date

Clara Harlowe Barton
Turns 37 on this date

Daniel A. Beckley
Turns 25 on this date

William Plummer Benton
Turns 30 on this date

Milledge Luke Bonham
Turns 45 on this date

Walker Brooke
Turns 45 on this date

Richard Bennett Carmichael
Turns 51 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, “Douglas and the Democracy,” December 25, 1858 | 12/25/1858 |