Birthdays

Elijah Babbitt
Turns 64 on this date

Luigi Palma di Cesnola
Turns 27 on this date

Thomas Corwin
Turns 65 on this date

Alvan Cullem Gillem
Turns 29 on this date

Matthew Henry Henderson
Turns 51 on this date

Henry C. Hitner
Turns 17 on this date

James Blair Steedman
Turns 42 on this date

Lemuel Todd
Turns 42 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | The Wyandotte Convention completes and signs the new Kansas State Constitution | 07/29/1859 |
Documents
Newspaper | New York Times, “The Slavery Question,” July 29, 1859 | 07/29/1859 |