Birthdays

Alexander Brackenridge
Turns 67 on this date

John Randolph Chambliss
Turns 26 on this date

Charles Denison
Turns 41 on this date

Jacob Gilbert Frick
Turns 34 on this date
Isaac Lyman Taylor
Turns 22 on this date
Events
Crime/Disasters | Large volcanic eruption begins on the island of Hawaii | 01/23/1859 |
Foreign | Nicholas Fabre Geffrard is sworn in a President of Haiti | 01/23/1859 |
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 | Memphis (TN) Appeal, “President Buchanan against the Pension Bill,” January 23, 1859 | 01/23/1859 |
Newspaper | New York Herald, “Forney on a Short Allowance,” January 23, 1859 | 01/23/1859 |