Daily Report

Wednesday, December 30, 1857

Birthdays

James Cantey, circa 1846, detail

James Cantey

39 years old today

John White Geary, detail

John White Geary

38 years old today

Samuel Hepburn, Jr., detail

Samuel Hepburn Jr.

18 years old today

Robert G. Wilson, detail

Robert G. Wilson

89 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, “Southern Democratic Sentiment Concerning Northern Democrats,” December 30, 1857	12/30/1857
Newspaper	New York Herald, “News from Kansas,” December 30, 1857	12/30/1857