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== Incumbents == |
== Incumbents == |
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=== [[Federal government of the United States|Federal Government]] === |
=== [[Federal government of the United States|Federal Government]] === |
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* [[President of the United States|President]]: [[John Tyler]] ([[Whig Party (United States)| |
* [[President of the United States|President]]: [[John Tyler]] ([[Whig Party (United States)|W]]-[[Virginia]]) |
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* [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]: ''vacant'' |
* [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]: ''vacant'' |
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* [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]]: [[Roger B. Taney]] |
* [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]]: [[Roger B. Taney]] |
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* [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]]: [[John White (Kentucky politician)|John White]] ([[Whig Party (United States)| |
* [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]]: [[John White (Kentucky politician)|John White]] ([[Whig Party (United States)|W]]-[[Kentucky]]) |
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* [[United States Congress|Congress]]: [[27th United States Congress|27th]] |
* [[United States Congress|Congress]]: [[27th United States Congress|27th]] |
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Events from the year 1842 in the United States.
Incumbents
- President: John Tyler (W-Virginia)
- Vice President: vacant
- Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: John White (W-Kentucky)
- Congress: 27th
Events
- February 1 – Willamette University is established in Salem, Oregon.
- March – Commonwealth v. Hunt: the Massachusetts Supreme Court makes strikes and unions legal in the United States.
- March 5 – Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio, and then head back to the Rio Grande. This is the first such invasion since the Texas Revolution.
- May 19 – Dorr Rebellion: Militiamen supporting Thomas Wilson Dorr attack the arsenal in Providence, Rhode Island but are repulsed.
- August 4 – The Armed Occupation Act is signed, providing for the armed occupation and settlement of the unsettled part of the Peninsula of East Florida.
- August 9 – The Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States–Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
- September – the Wesleyan University is established in Ohio.
- November 26 – The University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana (United States) is established by Father Edward Sorin of the Roman Catholic Congregation of Holy Cross.
- December 20 – The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina is established.
Undated
- The Sons of Temperance is founded in New York City.
- The Scroll and Key secret society of Yale University is established.
- Founding of:
- Cumberland University
- Hollins University (in Roanoke, Virginia by Charles Cocke)
- Villanova University (in Villanova, Pennsylvania by the Augustinian order)
- Indiana University Bloomington
- Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Ongoing
- Second Seminole War (1835–1842)
Births
- February 28 – Stephen Wallace Dorsey, United States Senator from Arkansas from 1873 till 1879. (died 1916)
- September 13 – John H. Bankhead, United States Senator from Alabama from 1907 till 1920. (died 1920)
Deaths
- December 1 – Philip Spencer, founder of Chi Psi Fraternity and midshipman aboard the USS Somers (born 1823)
External links
Media related to 1842 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons