Birthdays

John Herman Bosler
Turns 30 on this date

Erastus Corning
Turns 66 on this date

David Flavel Jamison
Turns 50 on this date

Joseph Lane
Turns 59 on this date

John Mercer Langston
Turns 31 on this date

James Alfred Pearce
Turns 55 on this date

Francis Peyre Porcher
Turns 35 on this date
Events
US/the World | Former British Prime Minister Lord Aberdeen dies at his London home | 12/14/1860 |
Campaigns/Elections | Francis Pickens is elected as the new governor of the state of South Carolina | 12/14/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | President Buchanan designates January 4, 1861 as a national day of fasting and prayer | 12/14/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | Secretary of State Lewis Cass resigns over the non-reinforcement of federal forts in South Carolina | 12/14/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861 |
Documents
Newspaper | Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “British Views of Secession,” December 14, 1860 | 12/14/1860 |