Birthdays

James Gillespie Blaine
Turns 31 on this date

Fletcher Harper
Turns 55 on this date

Josiah Forrest Kennedy
Turns 27 on this date

William Henry Kutz
Turns 57 on this date

Joshua Allan Lippincott
Turns 26 on this date

William Raine Peck
Turns 43 on this date

John Randolph Tucker
Turns 49 on this date

William Barrett William Barrett Washburn
Turns 41 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | Louisiana seizes the United States Mint and the United States Customs House in New Orleans | 01/31/1861 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861 |
Documents
Newspaper | Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “Let the People Consider,” January 31, 1861 | 01/31/1861 |