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Birthdays

William Smith Hanger Baylor

1831-04-07 - 1862-08-30

Francis Martin Drexell

1792-04-07 - 1863-06-05

Charles Godfrey Gunther

1822-04-07 - 1885-01-22

Alexander Kelly

1840-04-07 - 1907-06-19

William Rufus Devane King

1786-04-07 - 1853-04-18

Gershom Mott

1822-04-07 - 1884-11-29

Francis Wilkinson Pickens

1807-04-07 - 1869-01-25

Frederick Charles Salomon

1826-04-07 - 1897-03-08

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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

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Documents

Newspaper

New York Times, “Virginia Frightened,” April 7, 1857

04/07/1857