In 1859, which future author received his Mississippi steamboat pilot's license?

Which U.S. president lived from 1856 to 1924? Which Kentuckian, whose middle name was Cabell, was vice president from 1857 to 1861? In which 1857 novel does a boy stand up to a bully at Rugby School? Which 1857 song includes the line "Bells on bob tail ring"? In 1860, Christopher Spencer patented which breech-loading repeating weapon? Which 1860s novel features Prince Andrei Bolkonsky and Natasha Rostova? Who was Abraham Lincoln's vice president from 1861 to 1865? In 1861, which state's secession prompted Jefferson Davis to leave the U.S. Senate?