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 |