Birthdays
James Gillespie Blaine
Turns 32 on this date
Fletcher Harper
Turns 56 on this date
Josiah Forrest Kennedy
Turns 28 on this date
William Henry Kutz
Turns 58 on this date
Joshua Allan Lippincott
Turns 27 on this date
William Raine Peck
Turns 44 on this date
John Randolph Tucker
Turns 50 on this date
William Barrett William Barrett Washburn
Turns 42 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 |
| Science/Technology | Massachusetts astronomer Alvan Clark discovers the new star now called "Sirius B" | 01/31/1862 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | The second session of the 37th Congress is sitting in Washington, DC |
12/03/1861 to 07/16/1862 |