Birthdays
Joseph Robert Davis
Turns 35 on this date
Willis Arnold Gorman
Turns 44 on this date
Richard Waterhouse
Turns 28 on this date
Jones Mitchell Withers
Turns 46 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Indiana Democratic Convention meets in Indianapolis |
01/12/1860 to 01/13/1860 |
| Legal/Political | South Carolina sends Christopher Memminger to discuss the sectional crisis with the Virginia legislature | 01/12/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
| Campaigns/Elections | The Alabama Democratic Convention meets in Montgomery and formulates the "Alabama Platform" |
01/11/1860 to 01/14/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The thirty-fourth ballot in the election for Speaker of the House ends without a resolution | 01/12/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Charlestown (VA) Free Press, “The Re-Interment of Coppic [Coppoc],” January 12, 1860 | 01/12/1860 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “The Lawrence Tragedy,” January 12, 1860 | 01/12/1860 |