Birthdays

Chapman Vinson Brooks
Turns 37 on this date

George Walker Crawford
Turns 61 on this date

William Lambert Gooding
Turns 8 on this date

Josiah Bushnell Grinnell
Turns 38 on this date

Paul Octave Hébert
Turns 41 on this date

Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Turns 36 on this date

David James Holmes
Turns 29 on this date
Events
Legal/Political | Governor Wise of Virginia meets with southern medical students returned from Philadelphia | 12/22/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, "Southern Students in New York," December 22, 1859 | 12/22/1859 |