Birthdays
William Boyd Allison
Turns 28 on this date
William Thomas Carroll
Turns 55 on this date
Jefferson Columbus Davis
Turns 29 on this date
Sidney George Fisher
Turns 48 on this date
Samuel Houston
Turns 64 on this date
Abram Lycurgus Line
Turns 16 on this date
Bernard Harrison Nadal
Turns 44 on this date
Carl Schurz
Turns 28 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, "Philanthropy and Cotton," March 2, 1857 | 03/02/1857 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “News from Kansas,” March 2, 1857 | 03/02/1857 |