Birthdays

William Anderson
Turns 23 on this date

Caspar Wistar Bell
Turns 41 on this date

William Gregg
Turns 60 on this date

John Hays
Turns 23 on this date

Albert Sidney Johnston
Turns 57 on this date

Robert Samuel Maclay
Turns 36 on this date

Abner Monroe Perrin
Turns 33 on this date

Henry Merryman Wilson
Turns 31 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | Mississippi Legislature kills bill to abolish legal prohibition of import of slaves from Africa | 02/02/1860 |
Crime/Disasters | New York City tenement fire kills twenty people | 02/02/1860 |
Campaigns/Elections | Republican Salmon P. Chase elected as Senator from Ohio | 02/02/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |