Events from the year 1858 in the United States. President: James Buchanan (D-Pennsylvania) Vice President: John C. Breckinridge (D-Kentucky) Chief Justice:...

The 1858–59 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 7, 1858, and December 1, 1859. Each...

The 1858–59 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification...

The 1858 United States elections occurred in the middle of Democratic President James Buchanan's term and marked the end of the transitional period between...

The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States)...

Southern states Peace Conference of 1861 Corwin Amendment Battle of Fort Sumter The Lincoln–Douglas debates were a series of seven debates in 1858 between...

The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral...

designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution. The Army is the oldest branch of the U.S. military and the most senior in order of precedence...

Religion in the United States is both widespread and diverse, with higher reported levels of belief than other wealthy Western nations. Polls indicate...

punishment for crime is still legal in the United States. By the time of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the status of enslaved people had been...