Birthdays
Thomas Samuel Ashe
Turns 47 on this date
Henry Lewis Baugher
Turns 55 on this date
Mary Ann Ball Bickerdyke
Turns 42 on this date
Samuel Colt
Turns 45 on this date
John Irvin Gregg
Turns 33 on this date
Isaac R. Merrill
Turns 45 on this date
Roger Atkinson Pryor
Turns 31 on this date
Lemuel Snively
Turns 25 on this date
Robert John Walker
Turns 58 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Nevada delegates meet to frame a constitution for their unorganized territory |
07/18/1859 to 07/27/1859 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The convention charged with creating a Kansas State Constitution is meeting in Wyandotte, Kansas |
07/06/1859 to 07/28/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Arrest of Horse-Thieves,” July 19, 1859 | 07/19/1859 |