Birthdays
Samuel Read Anderson
Turns 53 on this date
George Childs Burling
Turns 23 on this date
William Lewis Dayton
Turns 50 on this date
Francis Jay Herron
Turns 20 on this date
William Ward Orme
Turns 25 on this date
William Farrar Smith
Turns 33 on this date
Elikim Persons Walton
Turns 45 on this date
Phillip Alexander Work
Turns 25 on this date
Events
| 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, “Convention of Radical Abolitionists,” February 17, 1857 | 02/17/1857 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “Corruption in Congress,” February 17, 1857 | 02/17/1857 |