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 |