Birthdays

John Bullock Clark Jr.
Turns 28 on this date

George Tancard Garrison
Turns 24 on this date

Francis Kernan
Turns 43 on this date

Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
Turns 23 on this date

Matthew Fontaine Maury
Turns 53 on this date

William Addison Phillips
Turns 35 on this date

Frederick Steele
Turns 40 on this date

Moses Walton
Turns 33 on this date
Events
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, “Women’s Rights,” January 14, 1859 | 01/14/1859 |
Newspaper | New York Herald, "A Kentucky Planter Selling His Daughter," January 14, 1859 | 01/14/1859 |
Newspaper | New York Herald, “Increase Without Improvement,” January 14, 1859 | 01/14/1859 |