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 |