Birthdays

Charles Augustus Eldredge
Turns 37 on this date

Angelina Emily Grimké
Turns 52 on this date

John Loren Heysinger
Turns 28 on this date

Elijah Barrett Prettyman
Turns 27 on this date

Henry Hastings Sibley
Turns 46 on this date

Henry Stanbery
Turns 54 on this date

John Ellis Wool
Turns 73 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, "Cabinet Rumors at Washington," February 20, 1857 | 02/20/1857 |