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Wednesday, October 29, 1856

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Birthdays

Richard Snowden Andrews, detail

Richard Snowden Andrews

26 years old today

William Creighton, Jr., detail

William Creighton Jr.

78 years old today

Daniel Decatur Emmett, circa 1860, engraving, detail

Daniel Decatur Emmett

41 years old today

Thomas Langrell Harris, detail

Thomas Langrell Harris

40 years old today

Joseph Horace Lewis, detail

Joseph Horace Lewis

32 years old today

William Wallace Merrick, detail

William Wallace Merrick

19 years old today

Theodore Runyon, detail

Theodore Runyon

34 years old today

Stewart Taylor, photograph, 1859

Stewart Taylor

20 years old today

Robert Younger, detail

Robert Ewing Younger

3 years old today

Events

Legal/Political
Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1847 to 06/03/1861
Legal/Political
Elihu Washburne serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1853 to 03/06/1869
Legal/Political
Samuel Galloway serves in the Thirty-fourth US Congress 03/04/1855 to 03/03/1857
Legal/Political
Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Legal/Political
Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1855 to 11/24/1858

Documents

Newspaper
Fletcher Webster 10/29/1856

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