Birthdays
James McNair Baker
Turns 38 on this date
George Griffin George
Turns 37 on this date
Arminius Summerfield Hank
Turns 28 on this date
James Ross Irvine
Turns 46 on this date
John Marshall Jones
Turns 39 on this date
John Linn McKim
Turns 46 on this date
Omsby MacKnight Mitchel
Turns 54 on this date
Nicholas Bartlett Pearce
Turns 31 on this date
James Alexander Ventress Pue
Turns 18 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Nevada delegates meet to frame a constitution for their unorganized territory |
07/18/1859 to 07/27/1859 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The convention charged with creating a Kansas State Constitution is meeting in Wyandotte, Kansas |
07/06/1859 to 07/28/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Herald, “The Spoils,” July 20, 1858 | 07/20/1859 |