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*[[List of Governors of Maine|Governor of Maine]]: [[John Fairfield]] then [[Edward Kavanagh]] |
*[[List of Governors of Maine|Governor of Maine]]: [[John Fairfield]] then [[Edward Kavanagh]] |
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*[[List of Governors of Maryland|Governor of Maryland]]: [[Francis Thomas]] |
*[[List of Governors of Maryland|Governor of Maryland]]: [[Francis Thomas]] |
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*[[List of Governors of Massachusetts|Governor of Massachusetts]]: |
*[[List of Governors of Massachusetts|Governor of Massachusetts]]: [[John Davis]] then [[Marcus Morton]] |
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*[[List of Governors of Michigan|Governor of Michigan]]: |
*[[List of Governors of Michigan|Governor of Michigan]]: [[John S. Barry]] |
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*[[List of Governors of Mississippi|Governor of Mississippi]]: |
*[[List of Governors of Mississippi|Governor of Mississippi]]: [[Tilghman Tucker]] |
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*[[List of Governors of Missouri|Governor of Missouri]]: |
*[[List of Governors of Missouri|Governor of Missouri]]: [[Thomas Reynolds]] |
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*[[List of Governors of New Hampshire|Governor of New Hampshire]]: |
*[[List of Governors of New Hampshire|Governor of New Hampshire]]: [[Henry Hubbard]] |
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*[[List of Governors of New Jersey|Governor of New Jersey]]: |
*[[List of Governors of New Jersey|Governor of New Jersey]]: [[William Pennington]] then [[Daniel Haines]] |
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*[[List of Governors of New York|Governor of New York]]: |
*[[List of Governors of New York|Governor of New York]]: [[William C. Bouck]] |
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*[[Governor of North Carolina]]: |
*[[Governor of North Carolina]]: [[John Motley Morehead]] |
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*[[List of Governors of Ohio|Governor of Ohio]]: |
*[[List of Governors of Ohio|Governor of Ohio]]: [[Wilson Shannon]] |
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*[[Governor of Pennsylvania]]: |
*[[Governor of Pennsylvania]]: [[David R. Porter]] |
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*[[List of Governors of Rhode Island|Governor of Rhode Island]]: |
*[[List of Governors of Rhode Island|Governor of Rhode Island]]: [[Samuel Ward King]] then [[James Fenner]] |
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*[[List of Governors of South Carolina|Governor of South Carolina]]: |
*[[List of Governors of South Carolina|Governor of South Carolina]]: [[James Henry Hammond]] |
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*[[List of Governors of Tennessee|Governor of Tennessee]]: |
*[[List of Governors of Tennessee|Governor of Tennessee]]: [[James C. Jones]] |
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*[[List of Governors of Vermont|Governor of Vermont]]: |
*[[List of Governors of Vermont|Governor of Vermont]]: [[Charles Paine]] then [[John Mattocks]] |
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*[[List of Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]]: |
*[[List of Governors of Virginia|Governor of Virginia]]: [[James McDowell]] |
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Events from the year 1843 in the United States.
Incumbents
- President: John Tyler (Whig/none)
- Vice President: vacant
- United States Secretary of State: Daniel Webster then Abel P. Upshur
- Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: John White (Whig-Kentucky) (until March 4), John Winston Jones (D-Virginia) (starting December 4)
- Congress: 27th (until March 4), 28th (starting March 4)
- Governor of Alabama: Benjamin Fitzpatrick
- Governor of Arkansas: Archibald Yell
- Governor of Connecticut: Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
- Governor of Delaware: William B. Cooper
- Governor of Georgia: Charles James McDonald then George W. Crawford
- Governor of Illinois: Thomas Ford
- Governor of Indiana: Samuel Bigger then James Whitcomb
- Governor of Kentucky: Robert P. Letcher
- Governor of Louisiana: Andre B. Roman then Alexandre Mouton
- Governor of Maine: John Fairfield then Edward Kavanagh
- Governor of Maryland: Francis Thomas
- Governor of Massachusetts: John Davis then Marcus Morton
- Governor of Michigan: John S. Barry
- Governor of Mississippi: Tilghman Tucker
- Governor of Missouri: Thomas Reynolds
- Governor of New Hampshire: Henry Hubbard
- Governor of New Jersey: William Pennington then Daniel Haines
- Governor of New York: William C. Bouck
- Governor of North Carolina: John Motley Morehead
- Governor of Ohio: Wilson Shannon
- Governor of Pennsylvania: David R. Porter
- Governor of Rhode Island: Samuel Ward King then James Fenner
- Governor of South Carolina: James Henry Hammond
- Governor of Tennessee: James C. Jones
- Governor of Vermont: Charles Paine then John Mattocks
- Governor of Virginia: James McDowell
Events
January–March
- February 6 – The Virginia Minstrels perform the first minstrel show (Bowery Amphitheatre, New York City).
- March 21 – The world does not end, contrary to the first prediction by American preacher William Miller.
April–June
- April 30-May 16 - Naval Battle of Campeche: Naval Battle between the Mexican Navy versus the Texas Navy and the Yucatán Navy. The battle featured the most advanced warships of its day.
- May 22 – The first major wagon train headed for the American Northwest sets out with one thousand pioneers from Elm Grove, Missouri on the Oregon Trail.
July–September
- July 1 – Ulysses S. Grant graduates from West Point 21st from a class of 39.
- August 23 - Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna announced that the annexation of Texas by the United States would be considered an act of war by Mexico.
October–December
- October 13 – In New York City, Henry Jones and 11 others found B'nai B'rith (the oldest Jewish service organization in the world).
- November 28 – Ka La Ku'oko'a (Hawaiian Independence Day): The Kingdom of Hawai`i is officially recognized by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and July Monarchy France as an independent nation.
Undated
- Saint Louis University School of Law becomes the first law school west of the Mississippi River
- Abbeville, Louisiana is founded by descendants of Acadians from Nova Scotia.
- Edgar Allan Poe's short story The Tell-Tale Heart is first published.
Births
- January 29 – William McKinley, 25th President of the United States from 1897 till 1901. (died 1901)
- February 2 – Knute Nelson, Norway-born Governor of Minnesota from 1893 till 1895 and United States Senator from Minnesota from 1895 till 1923. (died 1923)
- March 8 – Arthur Brown, United States Senator from Utah from 1896 till 1897. (died 1906)
- March 23 – Joseph F. Johnston, United States Senator from Alabama from 1907 till 1913. (died 1913)
- April 25 – Dwight M. Sabin, United States Senator from Minnesota from 1883 till 1889. (died 1902)
- July 15 – Alfred W. Benson, United States Senator from Kansas from 1906 till 1907. (died 1916)
Deaths
- January 11 – Francis Scott Key, author of The Star Spangled Banner (born 1779)
- March 27 – Samuel McRoberts, United States Senator from Illinois from 1841 till 1843. (born 1799)
- March 31 – George A. Waggaman, United States Senator from Louisiana from 1831 till 1835. (born 1782)
- April 25 – John McCracken Robinson, United States Senator from Illinois from 1830 till 1841. (born 1794)
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