Birthdays
Arthur Ingram Boreman
Turns 36 on this date
Maria Weston Chapman
Turns 53 on this date
John Adams Dix
Turns 61 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 | New York Herald, “Mr. Buchanan and the Succession,” July 24, 1859 | 07/24/1859 |