Daily Report

Friday, March 02, 1860

Birthdays

William Boyd Allison

31 years old today

William Thomas Carroll

58 years old today

Jefferson Columbus Davis

32 years old today

Sidney George Fisher

51 years old today

Samuel Houston

67 years old today

Abram Lycurgus Line

19 years old today

Bernard Harrison Nadal

47 years old today

Carl Schurz

31 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, “Abraham Lincoln’s Speech,” March 2, 1860	03/02/1860
Newspaper	Newark (OH) Advocate, “The Chicago Convention,” March 2, 1860	03/02/1860
Newspaper	New York Times, “Helper’s Book and the Republicans,” March 2, 1860	03/02/1860