Birthdays
Samuel Benton Callahan
Turns 28 on this date
Benjamin Franklin Flanders
Turns 45 on this date
Julia Dent Grant
Turns 35 on this date
John McIntosh Kell
Turns 38 on this date
Horace Burton Strait
Turns 26 on this date
Lloyd Tilghman
Turns 45 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | A mass meeting of Philadelphia workingmen supports compromise and the Union | 01/26/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Louisiana secedes from the Union | 01/26/1861 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861 |