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 |