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Daily Report

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Thursday, April 23, 1857

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Birthdays

James Buchanan, circa 1860, Brady image, portrait size, detail

James Buchanan

66 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Charles Wesley Carrigan

30 years old today

Stephen Arnold Douglas, detail

Stephen Arnold Douglas

44 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Isaiah Willis McCord

37 years old today

Bradley Oliver McIntire, detail

Bradford Oliver McIntire

1 years old today

Amos Myers, detail

Amos Myers

33 years old today

No image yet available for this man

George Cassety Pendleton

12 years old today

William Capers Round, detail

William Capers Round

15 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
Washington (DC) National Era, “A Fire-Eater’s Meditation on the St. Louis Emancipation Victory,” April 23, 1857 04/23/1857

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