Birthdays

Joseph Robert Davis
Turns 34 on this date

Willis Arnold Gorman
Turns 43 on this date

Richard Waterhouse
Turns 27 on this date

Jones Mitchell Withers
Turns 45 on this date
Events
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, “For the Lambs of the Flock,” January 12, 1859 | 01/12/1859 |