Title: 1888 United States presidential election in Illinois
Content:  The 1888 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. Voters chose 22 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Illinois voted for the Republican nominee, Benjamin Harrison, over the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Grover Cleveland. Harrison won the state by a narrow margin of 2.96%.
Title: 1885 United States Senate election in Illinois
Content:  The 1885 United States Senate election in Illinois was held from February 18 to May 19, 1885. The contentious election was determined by a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly. Incumbent Republican United States Senator John A. Logan, seeking a third term (second consecutive) in the United States Senate, was unanimously nominated by a Republican caucus. However, some assemblymen expressed concern about the candidate and abstained from supporting him. Logan initially faced off against Democrat William Ralls Morrison, who was nominated during a legislative session. When the election began on February 18, the assembly combined for 102 Republicans and a coalition of 102 supporting the Democrats, thus producing a stalemate. For the next two months, elections were held to no avail during joint sessions. On April 12, a Democratic representative died and a Republican candidate won the special election to replace him. This angered Democrats, who tired of Morrison's lack of appeal and nominated Judge Lambert Tree in his place. After three months, the last Republican holdout consented to follow the rest of his party, and Logan was elected with 103 of the 204 votes.
Title: 1885 United States Senate election in Illinois
Content:  On February 5, 1885, a Republican senatorial caucus was held in the Leland Hotel in Springfield, Illinois. The meeting sought to determine the party's candidate for the US Senate seat currently held by Republican John A. Logan. President of the Illinois Bar Association Melville Fuller presided over the meeting and US Representative William E. Mason was elected chairman. Daniel Hogan and Henry Sherman Boutell were named secretaries. State senator Lorenzo D. Whiting made the first speech supporting Logan as the Republican candidate. State representatives Orrin P. Cooley and Charles E. Scharlau and state senators Martin B. Thompson and William S. Morris seconded the nomination. Other assemblymen joined in and Logan was easily nominated for his seat. Logan 
Title: 58th Illinois General Assembly
Content:  The 58th Illinois General Assembly met from 1933 to 1935. Thomas Donovan of Joliet was the Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and thus ex officio President of the Senate. Richey V. Graham of Chicago was President pro tempore of the Senate. Arthur Roe of Vandalia was the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Title: 1868 United States presidential election in Illinois
Content:  The 1868 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 3, 1868, as part of the 1868 United States presidential election. Voters chose 16 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Illinois voted for the Republican nominee, Ulysses S. Grant, over the Democratic nominee, Horatio Seymour. Grant won the state by a margin of 11.38%.
Title: 1888 Illinois gubernatorial election
Content:  The 1888 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1888. Republican nominee Joseph W. Fifer defeated Democratic nominee John M. Palmer with 49.15% of the vote.
Title: 28th Illinois General Assembly
Content:  The Illinois Senate as elected in 1872 contained 51 members, one from each state legislative district. This was the first legislative session following the Illinois Constitution of 1870, which established these districts and stated that Senators were to serve overlapping 4-year terms. George W. Burns resigned on September 20, 1873, and was replaced by Maurice Kelley. Republican John Lourie Beveridge was elected president of the Senate, thereby also taking on the role of acting lieutenant governor. However, Governor Richard J. Oglesby was elected to the United States Senate, ascending on January 23. This made Beveridge the acting Governor of Illinois. John Early was named president, and thus lieutenant governor, in his place.
Title: 1938 United States Senate election in Illinois
Content:  The 1938 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 8, 1938. Incumbent first-term Democrat William H. Dieterich retired. Fellow Democrat Scott W. Lucas was elected to succeed him.
Title: 1954 United States Senate election in Illinois
Content: John B. Crane ; Edgar M. Elbert, businessman and President of Lions Club International ; Lawrence Daly, perennial candidate ; Herbert F. Geisler, Chicago alderman ; Edward A. Hayes, former Commander of The American Legion ; Julius Klein, business executive, journalist, former spy and former United States Army general ; Park Livingston, Trustee of University of Illinois and 1952 Illinois gubernatorial candidate ; Joseph T. Meek, President of the Illinois Federation of Retail Associations ; Deneen A. Watson ; Austin L. Wyman, attorney 
Title: 1918 United States Senate election in Illinois
Content:  The 1918 United States Senate election in Illinois was held on tuesday November 5, 1918. Incumbent Democrat J. Hamilton Lewis lost reelection to Republican Medill McCormick.

Question: who was elected senator of illinois in 1858?
Answer: Stephen A. Douglas.