Birthdays
William Aldrich
Turns 39 on this date
Hiram Parks Bell
Turns 32 on this date
John Martin Broomall
Turns 43 on this date
Alonzo Hereford Cushing
Turns 18 on this date
Henry Gray
Turns 43 on this date
John Trout Greble
Turns 25 on this date
Asahel Wheeler Hubbard
Turns 40 on this date
Robert Edward Lee
Turns 52 on this date
Metrah Makely
Turns 28 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 |
| Legal/Political | United States District Courts in 1859, by the numbers | 01/19/1859 |