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)...

were a series of seven debates in 1858 between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican Party candidate for the United States Senate from Illinois, and incumbent...

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...

The first table below charts the age of each president of the United States at the time of their presidential inauguration (first inauguration if elected...

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

The 1858 State of the Union address was delivered by James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, to the 35th United States Congress on December...