1859 in the United States
Events from the year 1859 in the United States.
February 27: Philip Barton Key II is killed by Daniel Sickles in Washington
October 16–18: John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
The Last Moments of John Brown by Thomas Hovenden, 1882–1884
1858 in the United States
Events from the year 1858 in the United States.
Theodore Roosevelt