Birthdays
Charles John Biddle
Turns 43 on this date
Theodore Myers Carson
Turns 28 on this date
John Kenney
Turns 32 on this date
William Maclay Lyon
Turns 53 on this date
Andrew Jackson Wilcox
Turns 27 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | U.S. House censures former Secretary of War Simon Cameron for his lax fiscal dealings while in office | 04/30/1862 |