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Thursday, April 21, 1859

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Birthdays

Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter, detail

Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter

50 years old today

Daniel Kaufman, in old age, detail

Daniel Kaufman

41 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Richard McAlister

40 years old today

Thomas Paschall Roberts, detail

Thomas Paschall Roberts

16 years old today

William Rufus Terrill, detail

William Rufus Terrill

25 years old today

Louis Trezevant Wigfall, detail

Louis Trezevant Wigfall

43 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
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Lincoln in New York,” April 21, 1859 04/21/1859

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