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
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John Milton Thayer
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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 |