<page_title> List of joint sessions of the United States Congress </page_title> <section_title> 1950s </section_title> <table> <cell> 86th <col_header> Congress </col_header> </cell> <cell> February 12, 1959 <col_header> Date </col_header> </cell> <cell> Joint session <col_header> Type </col_header> </cell> <cell> Sesquicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birthday <col_header> Occasion </col_header> </cell> <cell> Fredric March, Actor Carl Sandburg, Poet <col_header> Dignitary speaking </col_header> </cell> </table>
On February 12, 1959, March appeared before a joint session of the 86th United States Congress, as part of Abraham Lincoln's birthday.