Birthdays
Jacob Beeson Blair
Turns 39 on this date
Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth
Turns 23 on this date
Edward Everett
Turns 66 on this date
Ralph Pierce
Turns 33 on this date
John S. Stamm
Turns 22 on this date
Nathan Grier White
Turns 50 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | Heavy rains cause flooding and damage in Pennsylvania and Ohio |
04/08/1860 to 04/11/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | House of Representatives passes the Kansas Statehood Bill and sends it to the Senate | 04/11/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | Missouri Democratic Party Convention meets in Jefferson City |
04/09/1860 to 04/11/1860 |
| US/the World | Switzerland once again protests the transfer of Nice and Savoy from Piedmont-Sardinia to France | 04/11/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |