Daily Report

Saturday, March 07, 1857

Birthdays

John Francis Bird, circa 1900, detail

John Francis Bird

41 years old today

John Bratton, detail

John Bratton

26 years old today

David Bachman Brunner, detail

David Bachman Brunner

22 years old today

George William Caruth, detail

George William Caruth

15 years old today

Norton Parker Chipman, detail

Norton Parter Chipman

23 years old today

Henry DeLamar Clayton, detail

Henry DeLamar Clayton

30 years old today

Alexander Laws Hays, detail

Alexander Laws Hays

64 years old today

Abraham Herr Smith, detail

Abraham Herr Smith

42 years old today

Events

Legal/Political	Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1847 to 06/03/1861
Legal/Political	Elihu Washburne serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1853 to 03/06/1869
Legal/Political	Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Legal/Political	Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1855 to 11/24/1858
Personal	Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio	10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862

Documents

Newspaper	New York Times, “Slavery in the Territories,” March 7, 1857	03/07/1857
Newspaper	Boston (MA) Herald, “The Dred Scott Decision,” March 7, 1857	03/07/1857
Newspaper	Decision of the United States Supreme Court in the Dred Scott Case	03/07/1857