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 |