Birthdays

James Sproat Brown
Turns 36 on this date

William Henry Butler
Turns 40 on this date

William Bowen Campbell
Turns 53 on this date

William Oliver Cornman
Turns 19 on this date

Frederick Douglass
Turns 42 on this date

John Rice Eden
Turns 34 on this date

George Franklin Edmunds
Turns 32 on this date

Warren Holden
Turns 43 on this date
Events
Legal/Political | Hazlett and Stevens, the last of John Brown's captured co-conspirators, go on trial in Virginia | 02/01/1860 |
Religion/Philosophy | Rabbi gives opening prayer in the House of Representatives for the first time | 02/01/1860 |
Legal/Political | Thaddeus Hyatt arrives in Washington but defies the Senate Harpers Ferry Committee | 02/01/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | William Pennington of New Jersey elected Speaker of the House on the forty-fourth ballot | 02/01/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | Boston (MA) Herald, "Where Shall They Go?," February 1, 1860 | 02/01/1860 |
Letter | William T. Sherman to John Sherman, February 1860 | 02/01/1860 |