Birthdays
Chapman Vinson Brooks
Turns 38 on this date
George Walker Crawford
Turns 62 on this date
William Lambert Gooding
Turns 9 on this date
Josiah Bushnell Grinnell
Turns 39 on this date
Paul Octave Hébert
Turns 42 on this date
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Turns 37 on this date
David James Holmes
Turns 30 on this date
Events
| Crime/Disasters | Discovery in Washington D.C. of the plundering of more than $700,000 in Indian Trust Funds | 12/22/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Memphis, U.S. Senator Andrew Johnson of Tennessee is hanged in effigy | 12/22/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In New York City, William H. Seward says in a speech that disunion will be avoided | 12/22/1860 |
| Carlisle/Dickinson | In Pennsylvania, mass Union meeting at the Carlisle courthouse resolves that secession is illegal | 12/22/1860 |
| US/the World | Mexican liberals recapture Mexico City | 12/22/1860 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 36th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/04/1860 to 03/02/1861 |
Documents
| Newspaper | (Montpelier) Vermont Patriot, “A Presidential Election Without A Parallel,” December 22, 1860 | 12/22/1860 |
| Newspaper | Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Alarms,” December 22, 1860 | 12/22/1860 |