Birthdays
Abraham Buford
Turns 39 on this date
James Chesnut Jr.
Turns 44 on this date
Reuben Davis
Turns 46 on this date
Andrew Hemphill Dill
Turns 23 on this date
Edward Ferrero
Turns 28 on this date
Richard Caswell Gatlin
Turns 40 on this date
Samuel Dickinson Hillman
Turns 34 on this date
William Whann Mackall
Turns 42 on this date
Wesley Prettyman
Turns 31 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 |
| Legal/Political | United States Circuit Courts in 1859, by the numbers | 01/18/1859 |