Daily Report

Thursday, August 06, 1857

Birthdays

Judah Philip Benjamin, detail

Judah Philip Benjamin

46 years old today

Preston Smith Brooks, detail

Preston Smith Brooks

38 years old today

Francis Bicknell Carpenter, detail

Francis Bicknell Carpenter

27 years old today

Samuel Powhatan Carter, detail

Samuel Powhatan Carter

38 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Lewis William Foulke

48 years old today

John Perdue Gray, detail

John Perdue Gray

32 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Thomas Charles Murphey

36 years old today

Henry Moore Ridgely, painting, detail

Henry Moore Ridgley

78 years old today

Susie King Taylor, detail

Susie King Taylor

9 years old today

Samuel Cyrus Wingard, detail

Samuel Cyrus Wingard

32 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	Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives	03/04/1855 to 11/24/1858
Legal/Political	Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate	03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873
Personal	Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio	10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862

Documents

Periodical	Free State Men in Kansas-Their Future Policy	08/06/1857
Periodical	The Constitution, Citizenship, Design of the Taney Decision	08/06/1857