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 |