Birthdays

Oliver Brown
Turns 20 on this date

Pardee Butler
Turns 43 on this date

David Davis
Turns 44 on this date

James Montesquieu Hopkins
Turns 48 on this date

Christian Philip Humrich
Turns 28 on this date

Julia Louisa Hardy Lovejoy
Turns 47 on this date

Abraham J. Quamony
Turns 22 on this date

Felix Huston Robertson
Turns 20 on this date

Amasa Leland Stanford
Turns 35 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | Joseph Holt confirmed as new Postmaster-General in the Buchanan Cabinet | 03/09/1859 |
Foreign | The Italian Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia mobilizes its armed forces for war with Austria | 03/09/1859 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The Senate of the United States is sitting in a week long special session in Washington, DC |
03/05/1859 to 03/09/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Union of the South,” March 9, 1859 | 03/09/1859 |