Birthdays
John Courts Bagby
Turns 40 on this date
John Summerfield Battee
Turns 35 on this date
William Daniel
Turns 33 on this date
William Duffield Halbert
Turns 25 on this date
John Pegram
Turns 27 on this date
Henry Jarvis Raymond
Turns 39 on this date
Adam Jacoby Slemmer
Turns 31 on this date
John Milton Thayer
Turns 39 on this date
Events
| Foreign | The eastern European provinces of Wallachia and Moldavia are united to form what will be called Romania | 01/24/1859 |
| 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 Herald, “The Presidential Question,” January 24, 1859 | 01/24/1859 |