Daily Report

Monday, November 23, 1857

Birthdays

Henry David Cooke, detail

Henry David Cooke

32 years old today

Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson, detail

Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson

25 years old today

William Dennison, Brady image, circa 1860, detail

William Dennison Jr.

42 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Henry Haverstick

50 years old today

Franklin Pierce, detail

Franklin Pierce

53 years old today

Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss, detail

Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss

39 years old today

Theodore Dwight Weld, circa 1844, detail

Theodore Dwight Weld

54 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

Letter	Stephen A. Douglas to John A. McClernand, November 23, 1857	11/23/1857
Newspaper	Washington (DC) National Era, “Colored Population of Canada,” November 26, 1857	11/23/1857
Newspaper	Kansas in a New Shape—Sweeping Coup d’etat of Lecompton Convention	11/23/1857