Daily Report

Monday, March 04, 1861

Birthdays

John Buford

35 years old today

John Randolph Chambliss Sr.

52 years old today

Elisha Franklin Paxton

33 years old today

Edwards Pierrepont

44 years old today

Raymond Montague Stevenson

21 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	Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "4th of March," March 4, 1861	03/04/1861
Newspaper	New York Times, “The Plot Against Mr. Lincoln’s Life,” March 4, 1861	03/04/1861
Speech	Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861, Washington, DC	03/04/1861