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Thursday, August 05, 1858

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Birthdays

James Dixon, detail

James Dixon

44 years old today

Joseph Gordon Hamblen, detail

Joseph Gordon Hamblen

14 years old today

James Bedell McKean, circa 1860, detail

James Bedell McKean

37 years old today

Carnot Posey, detail

Carnot Posey

40 years old today

Duke Slavens, detail

Duke Slavens

18 years old today

Thomas Weston Tipton, detail

Thomas Weston Tipton

41 years old today

Erastus Wentworth, detail

Erastus Wentworth

45 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
Legal/Political
Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1855 to 11/24/1858
Personal
Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio 10/26/1856 to 01/01/1862

Documents

Newspaper
San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “The Governor of Missouri Whipped,” August 5, 1858 08/05/1858

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