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 |