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Birthdays

Manning Ferguson Force

35 years old today

John Stansbury Gorsuch

39 years old today

Joseph Henry

62 years old today

James Thadeus Holtzclaw

26 years old today

Samuel Jones

40 years old today

Frederick West Lander

38 years old today

John O'Neill

37 years old today

William Gaston Steele

39 years old today

Delia Ann Webster

42 years old today

John Greenleaf Whittier

52 years old today

Events

Legal/Political
Stephen A. Douglas serves in the United States Senate to
Legal/Political
Elihu Washburne serves in the United States House of Representatives to
Legal/Political
Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate to
Personal
Moncure Conway serves as minister at Unitarian Church in Cincinnati, Ohio to
Personal
Ozias Mather Hatch serves as Illinois Secretary of State to