Birthdays
Charles Dexter Cleveland
Turns 64 on this date
Alfred Iverson Sr.
Turns 68 on this date
Thomas Jefferson Jordan
Turns 45 on this date
William Clingan Lawson
Turns 49 on this date
George Brinton McClellan
Turns 40 on this date
James Foster McDowell
Turns 41 on this date
Finley B. Riddle
Turns 37 on this date
Henry Alexander Wise
Turns 60 on this date
Events
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Florida legislature votes unanimously to reject ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment. |
12/01/1866 to 12/03/1866 |
| Lawmaking/Litigating | Senator George Williams of Oregon introduces the "Tenure of Office Act" in the U.S. Senate. | 12/03/1866 |
| Legal/Political | The second session of the 39th Congress opens in Washington, DC | 12/03/1866 |