Birthdays

Alexander Campbell
Turns 45 on this date

Rutherford Birchard Hayes
Turns 37 on this date

Eliza McCardle Johnson
Turns 49 on this date

Lawrence Massillon Keitt
Turns 35 on this date

Benjamin Franklin Loan
Turns 40 on this date

Robert Cumming Schenck
Turns 50 on this date

Milton C. Stayman
Turns 24 on this date
Events
Personal | Karl Baedeker, founding father of travel guides, dies in Germany | 10/04/1859 |
Business/Industry | Michigan State Fair in session in Detroit |
10/04/1859 to 10/07/1859 |
Education/Culture | The touring All-England Cricket Team plays against a United States team in Hoboken |
10/03/1859 to 10/04/1859 |
Campaigns/Elections | The Wyandotte Constitution is put to a popular vote in Kansas | 10/04/1859 |
Legal/Political | Vigilance Committee forms in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana | 10/04/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Another Filibuster Crusade,” October 4, 1859 | 10/04/1859 |