Birthdays
Joseph Robert Davis
Turns 37 on this date
Willis Arnold Gorman
Turns 46 on this date
Richard Waterhouse
Turns 30 on this date
Jones Mitchell Withers
Turns 48 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | In Wheeling, the elected West Virginia convention is meeting to write a constitution for the new state |
11/26/1861 to 02/18/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |