Birthdays
John Herman Bosler
Turns 29 on this date
Erastus Corning
Turns 65 on this date
David Flavel Jamison
Turns 49 on this date
Joseph Lane
Turns 58 on this date
John Mercer Langston
Turns 30 on this date
James Alfred Pearce
Turns 54 on this date
Francis Peyre Porcher
Turns 34 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | U.S. Senate votes unanimously for a committee to investigate the Harpers Ferry Raid | 12/14/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Hartford (CT) Courant, "Untitled,” December 14, 1859 | 12/14/1859 |