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Events from the year '''1840 in the United States'''. |
Events from the year '''1840 in the United States'''. |
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== Incumbents == |
== Incumbents == |
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=== [[Federal government of the United States|Federal |
=== [[Federal government of the United States|Federal government]] === |
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* [[President of the United States|President]]: [[Martin Van Buren]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[New York (state)|New York]]) |
* [[President of the United States|President]]: [[Martin Van Buren]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[New York (state)|New York]]) |
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* [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]: [[Richard Mentor Johnson|Richard M. Johnson]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Kentucky]]) |
* [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]: [[Richard Mentor Johnson|Richard M. Johnson]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Kentucky]]) |
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* [[Governor of Virginia]]: [[David Campbell (Virginia)|David Campbell]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]) (until March 31), [[Thomas Walker Gilmer]] ([[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]) (starting March 31) |
* [[Governor of Virginia]]: [[David Campbell (Virginia)|David Campbell]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]) (until March 31), [[Thomas Walker Gilmer]] ([[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]) (starting March 31) |
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=== Lieutenant governors === |
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* [[Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut]]: [[Charles Hawley]] ([[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]) |
* [[Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut]]: [[Charles Hawley]] ([[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]) |
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* [[Lieutenant Governor of Indiana]]: [[David Hillis (politician)|David Hillis]] ([[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]) (until December 9), [[Samuel Hall (politician)|Samuel Hall]] ([[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]) (starting December 9) |
* [[Lieutenant Governor of Indiana]]: [[David Hillis (politician)|David Hillis]] ([[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]) (until December 9), [[Samuel Hall (politician)|Samuel Hall]] ([[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]]) (starting December 9) |
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* April 28 – [[Caroline Shawk Brooks]], sculptor (died [[1913 in the United States|1913]]) |
* April 28 – [[Caroline Shawk Brooks]], sculptor (died [[1913 in the United States|1913]]) |
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* May 1 – [[Cynthia S. Burnett]], educator, temperance reformer, and newspaper editor (died [[1932 in the United States|1932]]) |
* May 1 – [[Cynthia S. Burnett]], educator, temperance reformer, and newspaper editor (died [[1932 in the United States|1932]]) |
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* May 4 – [[George Gray ( |
* May 4 – [[George Gray (Delaware politician)|George Gray]], U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1885 to 1899 (died [[1925 in the United States|1925]]) |
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* June 3 – [[Michael O'Laughlen]], conspirator in the [[assassination of Abraham Lincoln]] in 1865 (died [[1867 in the United States|1867]]) |
* June 3 – [[Michael O'Laughlen]], conspirator in the [[assassination of Abraham Lincoln]] in 1865 (died [[1867 in the United States|1867]]) |
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* June 6 – [[William Dudley Chipley]], railroad tycoon and statesman (died [[1897 in the United States|1897]]) |
* June 6 – [[William Dudley Chipley]], railroad tycoon and statesman (died [[1897 in the United States|1897]]) |
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Events from the year 1840 in the United States.
Incumbents
[edit]- President: Martin Van Buren (D-New York)
- Vice President: Richard M. Johnson (D-Kentucky)
- Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney (Maryland)
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (W-Virginia)
- Congress: 26th
Events
[edit]- January 13–14 – The steamship Lexington burns and sinks in icy waters, 4 miles off the coast of Long Island; 139 die, only 4 survive.
- January 19 – Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what becomes known as Wilkes Land for the United States.
- March 4 – Alexander S. Wolcott and John Johnson open their "Daguerreian Parlor" on Broadway (Manhattan), the world's first commercial photography portrait studio.
- March 9 – The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad is completed from Wilmington, North Carolina to Weldon, North Carolina. At 161.5 miles, it was the world's longest railroad at the time.[1]
- April – The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad is completed from Raleigh, North Carolina to near Weldon, North Carolina.[2]
- May 7 – The Great Natchez Tornado: A massive tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi during the early afternoon hours. Before it is over, 317 people are killed and 109 injured. It is the second deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
- November 7 – U.S. presidential election, 1840: William Henry Harrison defeats Martin Van Buren.
Ongoing
[edit]- Second Seminole War (1835–1842)
Births
[edit]- January 1 – Patrick Walsh, Irish-born U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1894 to 1895 (died 1899)
- January 29 – Henry H. Rogers, financier (died 1909)
- February 4 – Hiram Stevens Maxim, firearms inventor (died 1916)
- February 9 – William T. Sampson, U.S. Navy admiral (died 1902)
- March 5 – Constance Fenimore Woolson, fiction writer and poet (died 1894)
- April 28 – Caroline Shawk Brooks, sculptor (died 1913)
- May 1 – Cynthia S. Burnett, educator, temperance reformer, and newspaper editor (died 1932)
- May 4 – George Gray, U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1885 to 1899 (died 1925)
- June 3 – Michael O'Laughlen, conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 (died 1867)
- June 6 – William Dudley Chipley, railroad tycoon and statesman (died 1897)
- June 14 – William F. Nast, attaché, railroad executive and inventor (died 1893)
- June 27 – Alpheus Beede Stickney, railroad executive (died 1916)
- July 10 – Esther G. Frame, Quaker minister and evangelist (died 1920)
- July 21 – Christian Abraham Fleetwood, Union Army 4th Colored Infantry Regiment soldier and Medal of Honor recipient (died 1914)
- August 25 – George C. Magoun, railroad executive (died 1893)
- August 28 – Ira D. Sankey, gospel singer and composer (died 1908)
- September 10 – William B. Avery, Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient (died 1894)
- September 22 – D. M. Canright, Seventh-day Adventist minister and author, later one of the church's severest critics (died 1919)
- September 27 – Alfred Thayer Mahan, U.S. Navy admiral, geostrategist and historian (died 1914)
- September 23 – Simon B. Conover, U.S. Senator from Florida from 1873 to 1879 (died 1908)
- October 1 – Anthony Higgins, U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1889 to 1895 (died 1912)
- October 24 – Eliza Pollock, American archer (died 1919)
- November 24 – John Brashear, astronomer (died 1920)
- Earliest probable date – Crazy Horse (Tȟašúŋke Witkó), Chief of the Oglala Lakota (killed 1877)
Deaths
[edit]- March 11 – George Wolf, politician (born 1777)
- March 23 – William Maclure, geologist (born 1763 in Scotland; died in Mexico)
- April 7 – Thaddeus Betts, U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1839 to 1840 (born 1789)
- August 10 – Seymour Brunson, early Mormon convert (born 1798)
- August 27 – William Kneass, second Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1824 to 1840 (born 1781)
- September 14 – Joseph Smith Sr., 1st Presiding Patriarch of the Latter Day Saint movement (born 1771)
- September 18 – Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, French polymath (born 1783 in the Ottoman Empire)
- June 14 – Anson Brown, lawyer and U.S. Representative from New York from 1839 to 1840 (born 1800)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ CommunicationSolutions/ISI, "Railroad — Wilmington & Raleigh (later Weldon)", North Carolina Business History, 2006, accessed 1 February 2010
- ^ CommunicationSolutions/ISI, "Railroads — prior to the Civil War" Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, North Carolina Business History, 2006, accessed 1 February 2010
External links
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