Birthdays

Napoleon Bonaparte Buford
Turns 52 on this date

Salmon Portland Chase
Turns 51 on this date

Wesley Cochran
Turns 45 on this date

William Henry French
Turns 44 on this date

Joseph Eldridge Hamblin
Turns 31 on this date

Humphrey Marshall
Turns 47 on this date

Ernestine Louise Polowsky Rose
Turns 49 on this date

Edward Stout
Turns 38 on this date
Events
Campaigns/Elections | The Connecticut Republican Party Convention meets in New Haven | 01/13/1859 |
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 | New York Times, "A Phase of Slavery," January 13, 1859 | 01/13/1859 |