1842 in the United States
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Events from the year 1842 in the United States.
Incumbents
- President: John Tyler (Whig/none)
- Vice President: vacant
- United States Secretary of State: Daniel Webster
- Chief Justice: Roger B. Taney
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: John White (Whig-Kentucky)
- Congress: 27th
- Governor of Alabama - Benjamin Fitzpatrick
- Governor of Arkansas - Archibald Yell
- Governor of Connecticut - William W. Ellsworth then Chauncey Fitch Cleveland
- Governor of Delaware - William B. Cooper
- Governor of Georgia - Charles James McDonald
- Governor of Illinois - Thomas Carlin then Thomas Ford
- Governor of Indiana - Samuel Bigger
- Governor of Kentucky - Robert P. Letcher
- Governor of Louisiana - Andre B. Roman
- Governor of Maine - Edward Kent then John Fairfield
- Governor of Maryland - William Grason then Francis Thomas
- Governor of Massachusetts -
- Governor of Michigan -
- Governor of Mississippi -
- Governor of Missouri -
- Governor of New Hampshire -
- Governor of New Jersey -
- Governor of New York -
- Governor of North Carolina -
- Governor of Ohio -
- Governor of Pennsylvania -
- Governor of Rhode Island -
- Governor of South Carolina -
- Governor of Tennessee -
- Governor of Vermont -
- Governor of Virginia -
Events
- 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.
- 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
- Wesleyan University
- University of Notre Dame (by Father Edward Sorin, CSC of the Congregation of Holy Cross)
- 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
- Willamette University in Salem, Oregon
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
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