1853

Events

 * March 4:
 * Reuben Fenton becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * Philip Phillips becomes a Member of the House of Representatives

Births

 * March 8:
 * Frank Swett Black - 35th Governor of New York (d. 1913)
 * April 4:
 * Thomas Lincoln III - Son of President Abraham Lincoln (d. 1871)