Birthdays
Charles Dexter Cleveland
Turns 58 on this date
Alfred Iverson Sr.
Turns 62 on this date
Thomas Jefferson Jordan
Turns 39 on this date
William Clingan Lawson
Turns 43 on this date
George Brinton McClellan
Turns 34 on this date
James Foster McDowell
Turns 35 on this date
Finley B. Riddle
Turns 31 on this date
Henry Alexander Wise
Turns 54 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Abolitionist meeting to commemorate John Brown broken up in Boston | 12/03/1860 |
| Crime/Disasters | Conductor killed in railroad accident in eastern Pennsylvania | 12/03/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 36th Congress opens in Washington, DC | 12/03/1860 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Tribune, “A Good Precedent,” December 3, 1860 | 12/03/1860 |