Daily Report

Wednesday, April 01, 1857

Birthdays

Henry Bowen Anthony, Brady image, detail

Henry Bowen Anthony

42 years old today

Simon Bolivar Buckner, detail

Simon Bolivar Buckner

34 years old today

James Smith Colwell, circa 1860, detail

James Smith Colwell

44 years old today

John Egbert Farnum, detail

John Egbert Farnum

33 years old today

Jeremiah Haralson, detail

Jeremiah Haralson

11 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

James Wilson Troxell

26 years old today

James Williams

32 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Richard Wootton

22 years old today

Theodore George Wormley, detail

Theodore George Wormley

31 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	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
Personal	Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio	10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862

Documents

Newspaper	New York Times, “Robert J. Walker’s Acceptance of the Governship of Kansas,” April 1, 1857	04/01/1857
Letter	Thomas Garrett to William Still, April 1, 1857	04/01/1857
Newspaper	New York Times, “Mr. Walker’s Views in Regard to Slavery in Kansas,” April 1, 1857	04/01/1857