Daily Report

Wednesday, May 22, 1861

Birthdays

Richard Lee Turberville Beale, detail

Richard Lee Turberville Beale

42 years old today

Jeremiah Tilford Boyle, detail

Jeremiah Tilford Boyle

43 years old today

Sydney Howard Gay, detail

Sydney Howard Gay

47 years old today

Milton Slocum Latham, detail

Milton Slocum Latham

34 years old today

Arthur Tappan, detail

Arthur Tappan

75 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	Savannah (GA) News, “Disinterested Black Republican Patriots,” May 22, 1861	05/22/1861
Newspaper	Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “The Day of Election,” May 22, 1861	05/22/1861