Birthdays

Richard Snowden Andrews
Turns 30 on this date

Daniel Decatur Emmett
Turns 45 on this date

Joseph Horace Lewis
Turns 36 on this date

William Wallace Merrick
Turns 23 on this date

Theodore Runyon
Turns 38 on this date

Robert Ewing Younger
Turns 7 on this date
Events
Lawmaking/Litigating | In Washington, the U.S. Court of Claims opens a new session | 10/29/1860 |
Campaigns/Elections | Stephen Douglas ends his presidential campaign with speeches in Georgia and Alabama |
10/29/1860 to 11/05/1860 |
Documents
Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Tribune, "The Union at the South," October 29, 1860 | 10/29/1860 |
Letter | Edward Mattson to Abraham Lincoln, October 29, 1860 | 10/29/1860 |