1821 in the United States

1821 in the United States
Decades:	1800s 1810s – 1820s – 1830s 1840s
Years:	1818 1819 1820 – 1821 – 1822 1823 1824
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Events from the year 1821 in the United States.

Incumbents

• President: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
• Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins (Democratic-Republican)
• Chief Justice: John Marshall
• Speaker of the House of Representatives: John W. Taylor (Dem.-Rep.-New York) (until March 4), Philip Pendleton Barbour (Dem.-Rep.-Virginia) (starting December 4)
• Congress: 16th (until March 4), 17th (starting March 4)

Events

• February 9 – The George Washington University is chartered as The Columbian College of the District of Columbia by President James Monroe.
• March 5 – James Monroe is sworn in for his second term as President of the United States.
• June 27 – The New Hampton School is founded in the state of New Hampshire.
• July 10 – The United States takes possession of its newly bought territory of Florida from Spain.
• August 4 – The Saturday Evening Post relaunched.
• August 10 – Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state (see History of Missouri).
• September 3 – The 1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane strikes New York City.
• September 18 – Amherst College is founded in Massachusetts.
• November 16 – American Old West: The Santa Fe Trail is used by the first White American.

Ongoing

• Era of Good Feelings (1817–1825)

External links

• Media related to 1821 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons