Birthdays

Benjamin Franklin Brooke
Turns 37 on this date

Samuel Maxwell Harrington
Turns 54 on this date

Isaac McIIvaine
Turns 58 on this date

William Edward Miller
Turns 21 on this date

John Hovey Rice
Turns 41 on this date

Abram Joseph Ryan
Turns 19 on this date

William Holland Thomas
Turns 52 on this date
Events
Foreign | Mexico adopts a new liberal constitution | 02/05/1857 |
Legal/Political | The Lincolns entertain over 300 guests at their home in Springfield | 02/05/1857 |
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, “Gen. Scott and the Secretary of War,” February 5, 1857 | 02/05/1857 |