1857

Events

 * Unknown:
 * Anson Safford becomes a Member of the California State Assembly
 * Francis Kellogg becomes a Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
 * March 4:
 * Reuben Fenton becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * James Stallworth becomes a Member of the House of Representatives

Births

 * June 22:
 * Richard Elihu Sloan - Territorial Governor of Arizona (d. 1933)
 * September 15:
 * William Howard Taft - President of the United States (d. 1930)

Deaths

 * April 1:
 * Sampson Willis Harris - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1809)
 * July 4:
 * William Learned Marcy - United States Secretary of State (b. 1786)