Birthdays

James Cameron Allen
Turns 37 on this date

Samuel Penniman Bates
Turns 32 on this date

Franklin Gardner
Turns 36 on this date

William McKinley Jr.
Turns 16 on this date

John Richard Pattison
Turns 37 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 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Herald, “The Presidential Question,” January 29, 1859 | 01/29/1859 |
Newspaper | New York Times, “The Killing of the Pacific Railroad,” January 29, 1859 | 01/29/1859 |