Birthdays
William E. Clarke
Turns 28 on this date
James Geddes Craighead
Turns 34 on this date
Robert Lewis Dabney
Turns 37 on this date
Hubert Anton Casimir Dilger
Turns 21 on this date
John Dunovant
Turns 32 on this date
Robert Cooper Grier
Turns 63 on this date
Sylvanus Townsend
Turns 20 on this date
John Wentworth
Turns 42 on this date
Francis West
Turns 47 on this date
Events
| Legal/Political | The Senate of the United States is sitting in a ten day special session in Washington, DC |
03/05/1857 to 03/13/1857 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Washington (DC) National Era, “Affairs in Kansas,” March 5, 1857 | 03/05/1857 |