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 |