Birthdays
Joseph Randolph Cockerill
Turns 39 on this date
Isaac Cole
Turns 33 on this date
Augustus Caesar Dodge
Turns 45 on this date
Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings
Turns 41 on this date
Aaron Harding
Turns 52 on this date
William Shorten Henerey
Turns 30 on this date
William Brown McIlvaine
Turns 50 on this date
Shadrach Minkins
Turns 43 on this date
William Winter Payne
Turns 50 on this date
Events
| Personal | Andrew Ure, famous advocate of the factory system, dies in London | 01/02/1857 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second regular session of the 34th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December and early March |
12/02/1856 to 03/02/1857 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, “Explosion of a Locomotive,” January 2, 1857 | 01/02/1857 |