Birthdays

James Barnes
Turns 58 on this date

Charles Rollin Buckalew
Turns 38 on this date

Jeremiah Clemens
Turns 45 on this date

Thomas Ewing Sr.
Turns 70 on this date

Thomas Alexander Scott
Turns 36 on this date

Charles Miller Shelley
Turns 26 on this date

William Booth Taliaferro
Turns 37 on this date

Richard Hanson Weightman
Turns 43 on this date

Addison Weller
Turns 23 on this date
Events
Legal/Political | Senator Seward of New York returns to the United States from Europe | 12/28/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Personal | Thomas Babington Macaulay, British statesman and historian, dies in London | 12/28/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “The President’s Message,” December 28, 1859 | 12/28/1859 |