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  • Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 17, 1858
    Abraham Lincoln

    Lincoln's House Divided Speech

    Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 17, 1858

    Accepting the nomination, Lincoln delivered his House Divided Speech, with the biblical reference Mark 3:25, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved—I do not expect the house to fall—but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other". The speech created a stark image of the danger of disunion. The stage was then set for the election of the Illinois legislature which would, in turn, select Lincoln or Douglas. When informed of Lincoln's nomination, Douglas stated, "[Lincoln] is the strong man of the party ... and if I beat him, my victory will be hardly won."




  • U.S.
    Sunday Jul 4, 1858
    Flag of the United States

    Star for Minnesota

    U.S.
    Sunday Jul 4, 1858

    The flag was changed to have 32 stars. (for Minnesota)




  • Illinois, U.S.
    1858
    Abraham Lincoln

    Defending William "Duff" Armstrong

    Illinois, U.S.
    1858

    Lincoln argued in an 1858 criminal trial, defending William "Duff" Armstrong, who was on trial for the murder of James Preston Metzker. The case is famous for Lincoln's use of a fact established by judicial notice to challenge the credibility of an eyewitness. After an opposing witness testified to seeing the crime in the moonlight, Lincoln produced a Farmers' Almanac showing the moon was at a low angle, drastically reducing visibility. Armstrong was acquitted.




  • U.S.
    1858
    Abraham Lincoln

    Douglas was up for re-election in the U.S. Senate

    U.S.
    1858

    In 1858 Douglas was up for re-election in the U.S. Senate, and Lincoln hoped to defeat him. Many in the party felt that a former Whig should be nominated in 1858, and Lincoln's 1856 campaigning and support of Trumbull had earned him a favor. Some eastern Republicans supported Douglas from his opposition to the Lecompton Constitution and admission of Kansas as a slave state. Many Illinois Republicans resented this eastern interference. For the first time, Illinois Republicans held a convention to agree upon a Senate candidate, and Lincoln won the nomination with little opposition.




  • New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 27, 1858
    Theodore Roosevelt

    Birth

    New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 27, 1858

    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was born on October 27, 1858, at East 20th Street in New York City.




  • Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 17, 1858
    Abraham Lincoln

    Lincoln's House Divided Speech

    Springfield, Illinois, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 17, 1858

    Accepting the nomination, Lincoln delivered his House Divided Speech, with the biblical reference Mark 3:25, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved—I do not expect the house to fall—but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other". The speech created a stark image of the danger of disunion. The stage was then set for the election of the Illinois legislature which would, in turn, select Lincoln or Douglas. When informed of Lincoln's nomination, Douglas stated, "[Lincoln] is the strong man of the party ... and if I beat him, my victory will be hardly won."




  • U.S.
    Sunday Jul 4, 1858
    Flag of the United States

    Star for Minnesota

    U.S.
    Sunday Jul 4, 1858

    The flag was changed to have 32 stars. (for Minnesota)


  • Illinois, U.S.
    1858
    Abraham Lincoln

    Defending William "Duff" Armstrong

    Illinois, U.S.
    1858

    Lincoln argued in an 1858 criminal trial, defending William "Duff" Armstrong, who was on trial for the murder of James Preston Metzker. The case is famous for Lincoln's use of a fact established by judicial notice to challenge the credibility of an eyewitness. After an opposing witness testified to seeing the crime in the moonlight, Lincoln produced a Farmers' Almanac showing the moon was at a low angle, drastically reducing visibility. Armstrong was acquitted.


  • U.S.
    1858
    Abraham Lincoln

    Douglas was up for re-election in the U.S. Senate

    U.S.
    1858

    In 1858 Douglas was up for re-election in the U.S. Senate, and Lincoln hoped to defeat him. Many in the party felt that a former Whig should be nominated in 1858, and Lincoln's 1856 campaigning and support of Trumbull had earned him a favor. Some eastern Republicans supported Douglas from his opposition to the Lecompton Constitution and admission of Kansas as a slave state. Many Illinois Republicans resented this eastern interference. For the first time, Illinois Republicans held a convention to agree upon a Senate candidate, and Lincoln won the nomination with little opposition.


  • New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 27, 1858
    Theodore Roosevelt

    Birth

    New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 27, 1858

    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was born on October 27, 1858, at East 20th Street in New York City.


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