1856

Events

 * January 14:
 * Salmon Chase becomes Governor of Ohio

Births

 * April 4:
 * Jesse Francis Stallings - Member of the House of Representatives (d. 1928)
 * November 28:
 * John Russell Tyson - Member of the House of Representatives (d. 1923)
 * December 28:
 * Thomas Woodrow Wilson - President of the United States (d. 1924)

Deaths

 * November 2:
 * Joshua Lanier Martin - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1799)