Birthdays

Napoleon Bonaparte Buford
Turns 53 on this date

Salmon Portland Chase
Turns 52 on this date

Wesley Cochran
Turns 46 on this date

William Henry French
Turns 45 on this date

Joseph Eldridge Hamblin
Turns 32 on this date

Humphrey Marshall
Turns 48 on this date

Ernestine Louise Polowsky Rose
Turns 50 on this date

Edward Stout
Turns 39 on this date
Events
Campaigns/Elections | Indiana Democratic Convention meets in Indianapolis |
01/12/1860 to 01/13/1860 |
Crime/Disasters | Slave-mart collapses in Memphis, Tennessee and four "valuable negro men" die | 01/13/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Campaigns/Elections | The Alabama Democratic Convention meets in Montgomery and formulates the "Alabama Platform" |
01/11/1860 to 01/14/1860 |