Birthdays

Augustus Williamson Bradford
Turns 51 on this date

John Porter Hatch
Turns 35 on this date

John Latshaw Landis
Turns 19 on this date

Samuel Martin Magraw
Turns 48 on this date

Alexander Kelly McClure
Turns 29 on this date

Christopher Gustavus Memminger
Turns 54 on this date

Francisco Perea
Turns 27 on this date

William Trickett
Turns 17 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | The second regular session of the 34th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC between early December and early March |
12/02/1856 to 03/02/1857 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “Message of Gov. Hamlin, of Maine,” January 9, 1857 | 01/09/1857 |