Birthdays

Augustus Carpenter Baldwin
Turns 40 on this date

Christopher Houston Carson
Turns 48 on this date

Charles Magill Conrad
Turns 53 on this date

Alexander Long
Turns 41 on this date

Henry A. Walke
Turns 49 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 35th Congress is in a ten-day holiday recess until January 5, 1858 |
12/24/1857 to 01/04/1858 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “Governor Walker and General Cass,” December 24, 1857 | 12/24/1857 |