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 |