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 |