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 |