Birthdays
George Quayle Cannon
Turns 32 on this date
James Ronald Chalmers
Turns 28 on this date
Alfred Eugene Jackson
Turns 52 on this date
Cave Johnson
Turns 66 on this date
John Adam Kasson
Turns 37 on this date
John Reese Kenly
Turns 41 on this date
William Cyrus Rheem
Turns 25 on this date
Bayard Taylor
Turns 34 on this date
Joseph Blake Wilson
Turns 27 on this date
Events
| Legal/Political | The Patent Office assembles an "Advisory Board for Agriculture" in Washington D.C. |
01/03/1859 to 01/11/1859 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 35th U.S. Congress is sitting between early January and early March, 1859 |
01/05/1859 to 03/02/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Douglas Reception at Washington,” January 11, 1859 | 01/11/1859 |
| Newspaper | Memphis (TN) Appeal, “Judge Douglas and the Duelling [Dueling] Code,” January 11, 1859 | 01/11/1859 |