Birthdays
Talbot Wilson Chambers
Turns 38 on this date
Robert Hall Chilton
Turns 42 on this date
Clement Anselm Evans
Turns 24 on this date
Reuben Ashford Finnell
Turns 31 on this date
Quincy Adams Gillmore
Turns 32 on this date
Benjamin Peffer Lamberton
Turns 13 on this date
Samuel Medary
Turns 56 on this date
Granville Ross Rider
Turns 27 on this date
David Tod
Turns 52 on this date
Events
| Religion/Philosophy | Ash Wednesday | 02/25/1857 |
| 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, “Kansas and the South,” February 25, 1857 | 02/25/1857 |