Birthdays
Oliver Brown
Turns 18 on this date
Pardee Butler
Turns 41 on this date
David Davis
Turns 42 on this date
James Montesquieu Hopkins
Turns 46 on this date
Christian Philip Humrich
Turns 26 on this date
Julia Louisa Hardy Lovejoy
Turns 45 on this date
Abraham J. Quamony
Turns 20 on this date
Felix Huston Robertson
Turns 18 on this date
Amasa Leland Stanford
Turns 33 on this date
Events
| Legal/Political | The Senate of the United States is sitting in a ten day special session in Washington, DC |
03/05/1857 to 03/13/1857 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Boston (MA) Herald, “The Dred Scott Case,” March 9, 1857 | 03/09/1857 |
| Newspaper | New York Herald, "The Decision in the Dred Scott," March 9, 1857 | 03/09/1857 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, "From Washington," March 9, 1857 | 03/09/1857 |