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 |