Birthdays

James Jay Archer
Turns 40 on this date

John Carpenter Carter
Turns 20 on this date

Mary Ashton Rice Livermore
Turns 37 on this date

Nathaniel Thomas Lupton
Turns 27 on this date

Edwin McMasters Stanton
Turns 43 on this date
Events
Legal/Political | The 35th Congress is in session in Washington, DC during December, 1857 before its holiday recess |
12/08/1857 to 12/22/1857 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “The Republicans and Gov. Walker,” December 19, 1857 | 12/19/1857 |