Birthdays
Michael John Cramer
Turns 24 on this date
Marcellus Monroe Crocker
Turns 29 on this date
David Elliott
Turns 72 on this date
William Maxwell Evarts
Turns 41 on this date
John Brown Gordon
Turns 27 on this date
Richard Hawes
Turns 62 on this date
William Henry Maxwell
Turns 29 on this date
William Dorsey Pender
Turns 25 on this date
Events
| Cultural | Elias Disney born in Ontario, Canada | 02/06/1859 |
| 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 Orleans (LA) Picayune, “Letter from Washington,” February 6, 1859 | 02/06/1859 |
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “Prosperity of the South,” February 6, 1859 | 02/06/1859 |