Birthdays
Rush Elmore
Turns 38 on this date
Richard W. Johnson
Turns 30 on this date
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Turns 50 on this date
James Madison Marvin
Turns 48 on this date
William Pape
Turns 7 on this date
Edward Alfred Pollard
Turns 26 on this date
John Locke Scripps
Turns 39 on this date
John William Clark Watson
Turns 49 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, “Important from Kansas,” February 27, 1857 | 02/27/1857 |