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Birthdays

Charles Augustus Eldredge, detail

Charles Augustus Eldredge

1820-02-20 - 1896-10-26

Angelina Emily Grimké, detail

Angelina Emily Grimké

1805-02-20 - 1879-10-26

Dickinson College Alumnus - No photograph currently available

John Loren Heysinger

1829-02-20 - 1901-01-27

Elijah Barrett Prettyman, detail

Elijah Barrett Prettyman

1830-02-20 - 1907-12-16

Henry Hastings Sibley, detail

Henry Hastings Sibley

1811-02-20 - 1891-02-18

Henry Stanbery, detail

Henry Stanbery

1803-02-20 - 1881-06-26

John Ellis Wool, detail

John Ellis Wool

1784-02-20 - 1869-11-10

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
Thomas Langrell Harris serves in the United States House of Representatives 03/04/1855 to 11/24/1858
Legal/Political
Samuel Galloway serves in the Thirty-fourth US Congress 03/04/1855 to 03/03/1857
Legal/Political
Lyman Trumbull serves in the United States Senate 03/04/1855 to 03/03/1873

Documents

Newspaper
New York Times, "Cabinet Rumors at Washington," February 20, 1857 02/20/1857
Newspaper
Letter to the Editor--"An Explanatory Note—Tweedledum and Tweedledee" 02/20/1857

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