Birthdays

Joseph Robert Davis
Turns 32 on this date

Willis Arnold Gorman
Turns 41 on this date

Richard Waterhouse
Turns 25 on this date

Jones Mitchell Withers
Turns 43 on this date
Events
Campaigns/Elections | First Republican Governor of Illinois inaugurated | 01/12/1857 |
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 |