Daily Report

Saturday, October 31, 1857

Birthdays

Adelbert Ames, detail

Adelbert Ames

22 years old today

Daniel Butterfield, detail

Daniel Butterfield

26 years old today

Raleigh Edward Colston, detail

Raleigh Edward Colston

32 years old today

Joseph Roswell Hawley, detail

Joseph Roswell Hawley

31 years old today

Alexander Williams Randall, detail

Alexander Williams Randall

57 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

Newspaper	Germans, Get A Full Vote, Go to the Polls Early	10/31/1857
Newspaper	New York Times, “Important Rumor,” October 31, 1857	10/31/1857
Newspaper	Kansas Affairs	10/31/1857
Letter	Thomas Garrett to William Still, October 31, 1857	10/31/1857