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 |