Birthdays

Myra Colby Bradwell
Turns 28 on this date

John Churchill Brooking
Turns 23 on this date

Johnson Hagood
Turns 30 on this date

Hoar Ebenezer Rockwood
Turns 43 on this date

Isaac McCurley
Turns 20 on this date

George Douglas Ramsay
Turns 57 on this date

John Henry Winder
Turns 59 on this date

James H. Wolf
Turns 25 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 Times, "News By Telegraph," February 21, 1859 | 02/21/1859 |
Newspaper | New York Times, “Boundaries of Oregon,” February 21, 1859 | 02/21/1859 |