Birthdays
Henry Ward Beecher
Turns 49 on this date
John Archibald Campbell
Turns 51 on this date
David Ramsay Clendenin
Turns 32 on this date
Birkett Davenport Fry
Turns 40 on this date
John Joseph Hughes
Turns 65 on this date
Henry Rootes Jackson
Turns 42 on this date
William Radford
Turns 48 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 | The U.S. Senate trial of U.S. District Judge West H. Humphreys of Tennessee ends with his removal | 06/24/1862 |