Daily Report

Tuesday, October 25, 1859

Birthdays

Henry Laurens Benbow

30 years old today

Zachariah Cantey Deas

40 years old today

James O'Hara Denny

38 years old today

William James Hiss

27 years old today

Giles Waldo Hotchkiss

44 years old today

John Pendleton Kennedy

64 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 Madness of Brown,” October 25, 1859	10/25/1859
Newspaper	New Orleans (LA) Picayune, "The Harper's Ferry Affair," October 25, 1859	10/25/1859
Newspaper	Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Dissolution of the Union," October 25, 1859	10/25/1859
Newspaper	Cleveland (OH) Herald, “From Carlisle,” October 25, 1859	10/25/1859