Birthdays

John Calvin Brown
Turns 32 on this date

George Huntington Browne
Turns 48 on this date

Wilmer Coffman
Turns 19 on this date

John Wesley Frazer
Turns 32 on this date

Joseph Holt
Turns 52 on this date

Charles Jones Jenkins
Turns 54 on this date

Ward Hill Lamon
Turns 31 on this date

Owen Lovejoy
Turns 48 on this date

Charles Sumner
Turns 48 on this date
Events
Legal/Political | The Patent Office assembles an "Advisory Board for Agriculture" in Washington D.C. |
01/03/1859 to 01/11/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 35th U.S. Congress is sitting between early January and early March, 1859 |
01/05/1859 to 03/02/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Re-election of Senator Douglas," January 6, 1859 | 01/06/1859 |