Daily Report

Monday, May 21, 1860

Birthdays

Reverdy Johnson, circa 1864, detail

Reverdy Johnson

64 years old today

Dabney Herndon Maury, detail

Dabney Herndon Maury

38 years old today

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

Andrew Parker

55 years old today

Mosby Munroe Parsons, detail

Mosby Monroe Parsons

38 years old today

Mary Virginia "Jennie" Wade, detail

Mary Virginia Wade

17 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	Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “The Chicago Convention,” May 21, 1860	05/21/1860
Newspaper	Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "The Black Republican Nominees," May 21, 1860	05/21/1860