Illinois Democrats retain control of the state legislature in the November 1858 election

Abraham Lincoln’s defeat in his Senate bid was assured when Illinois Republicans failed to secure a majority in either the state house or senate.  (By Don Sailer)
Source Citation
Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008), 281-284.
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Campaigns/Elections
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Illinois
Date
Philadelphia (PA) Press, “The Latest But Not The Last Lesson,” November 4, 1858
Abraham Lincoln to John Jordan Crittenden, November 4, 1858
New York Times, "The Illinois Election," November 5, 1858
Horace White to Abraham Lincoln, November 5, 1858
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "Rejoicing for Douglas," November 11, 1858
William A. Grimshaw to Abraham Lincoln, November 11, 1858
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, "A House Divided, &c.," November 17, 1858
Abraham Lincoln to Eleazar A. Paine, November 19, 1858
Abraham Lincoln to Henry Asbury, November 19, 1858
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