Ignaz Jan Padewski was born in what is now the Ukraine.  He studied music at the Warsaw Conservatorium and later in Berlin.  He developed quickly into the virtuoso pianist of his age as well as a noted composer.  He settled for a time in the United States, starting a winery in California.  During the First World War he became a member of the Polish National Committee in Paris and in 1919 became Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.  He retired from politics in 1922 and returned to his music.  He died in New York City in June 1941. (By John Osborne) 

In South Carolina, voting was held across the state to elect the representatives to the convention to be held in Columbia to consider the matter of secession from the Union.  Turnout was light, perhaps because people were thinking twice about leaving the Union but most probably because the earlier nominating process had mostly produced uncontested candidates. In places where tickets competed on the issue, like Greenville District, the secession forces won in heavy turnouts. (By John Osborne)  

With Southern customers cancelling orders daily with Northern firms, Philadelphia businessmen met at the Manufacturers' Exchange in the city.  They agreed to counsel half-time running at mills manufacturing cotton and woolen goods until the crisis abated.  (By John Osborne)

Thanksgiving Day was celebrated across the country with many sermons in the church services that day reflecting on the current dire political situation.  For example, in Philadelphia at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church on New Street the Reverend E.W. Hutter preached on "The Blessings of the Union."  In New York City, summer-like weather encouraged many givers to visit the charitable institutions in the metropolis. (By John Osborne)

James Chesnut, Jr. of South Carolina had tendered his resignation from the Senate just four days after the presidential election becoming the first Southern senator to do so. His fellow South Carolina senator, James Henry Hammond, most famous for his 1858 Senate speech that popularized the phrase "Cotton is King," followed the next day.  He wrote privately that "the scenes of the French Revolution are being enacted already." (By John Osborne)