Birthdays
John Bassett Alley
Turns 42 on this date
Jacob Ammen
Turns 53 on this date
John Catron
Turns 73 on this date
Williamson Durley
Turns 49 on this date
Powhatan Ellis
Turns 69 on this date
Millard Fillmore
Turns 59 on this date
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell
Turns 38 on this date
Daniel Tyler
Turns 60 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 | Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Present and Future Territories,” January 7, 1859 | 01/07/1859 |