1859

Events

 * March 4:
 * John Gurley becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * James Pugh becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * Francis Kellogg becomes a Member of the House of Representatives

Births

 * November 1:
 * George Wylie Paul Hunt - Governor of Arizona (d. 1934)

Deaths

 * January 16:
 * James Edwin Belser - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1805)
 * April 19:
 * William Christian Bouck - Governor of New York (b. 1786)
 * July 21:
 * John Gayle - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1792)
 * July 30:
 * Richard D. Rush - United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1780)