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 |