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 |