Birthdays

William Felix Brantley
Turns 30 on this date

Bradley Francis Granger
Turns 35 on this date

John Robert Jones
Turns 33 on this date

William Flank Perry
Turns 37 on this date

Jane Means Appleton Pierce
Turns 54 on this date

Charles Henry Ray
Turns 39 on this date

John Conover Ten Eyck
Turns 46 on this date
William Richard Terry
Turns 33 on this date

Timothy Webster
Turns 38 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | House of Representatives passes the Homestead Bill | 03/12/1860 |
Lawmaking/Litigating | The 36th U.S. Congress is in session in Washington, D.C. |
12/06/1859 to 06/24/1860 |
Legal/Political | The U.S. Senate imprisons Thaddeus Hyatt for failure to appear before Harpers Ferry Committee | 03/12/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Worse than the Wilmot Proviso,” March 12, 1860 | 03/12/1860 |