Birthdays

Rush Elmore
Turns 39 on this date

Richard W. Johnson
Turns 31 on this date

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Turns 51 on this date

James Madison Marvin
Turns 49 on this date

William Pape
Turns 8 on this date

Edward Alfred Pollard
Turns 27 on this date

John Locke Scripps
Turns 40 on this date

John William Clark Watson
Turns 50 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 35th Congress is in session in Washington, DC. from early January to mid-June, 1858 |
01/06/1858 to 06/13/1858 |
Documents
Newspaper | Charleston (SC) Mercury, "A Noble Confession," February 27, 1858 | 02/27/1858 |