Birthdays

William Willis Blackford
Turns 27 on this date

Don Carlos Buell
Turns 40 on this date

Schuyler Colfax
Turns 35 on this date

Thomas Miller Griffith
Turns 24 on this date

Edward Lloyd Thomas
Turns 33 on this date

George Henry Williams
Turns 35 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 |
Business/Industry | The Cable Car is patented in Philadelphia | 03/23/1858 |
Personal | Thomas B. Cuming, twice governor of Nebraska Territory, dies in office aged thirty. | 03/23/1858 |