Daily Report

Wednesday, April 20, 1859

Birthdays

William Armstrong

23 years old today

Alfred Holt Colquitt

35 years old today

John Gibbon

32 years old today

James Henry Loomis

17 years old today

Albert Gallatin Porter

35 years old today

Charles Debrille Poston

34 years old today

John Smith Preston

50 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
Personal	Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio	10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862
Personal	Ozias Mather Hatch serves as Illinois Secretary of State	01/01/1857 to 01/31/1865

Documents

Newspaper	New York Herald, “The Charleston Convention,” April 20, 1859	04/20/1859
Newspaper	New York Times, “The Massachusetts Two Years’ Amendment,” April 20, 1859	04/20/1859