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List of events
Events from the year 1857 in the United States .
Incumbents
Governors and Lieutenant Governors
Governors
Governor of Alabama : John A. Winston (Democratic ) (until December 1), Andrew B. Moore (Democratic ) (starting December 1)Governor of Arkansas : Elias Nelson Conway (Democratic )Governor of California : J. Neely Johnson (Know Nothing)Governor of Connecticut : William T. Minor (Know Nothing) (until May 6), Alexander H. Holley (Republican ) (starting May 6)Governor of Delaware : Peter F. Causey (Know Nothing)Governor of Florida : James E. Broome (Democratic ) (until October 5), Madison S. Perry (Democratic ) (starting October 5)Governor of Georgia : Herschel V. Johnson (Democratic ) (until November 6), Joseph E. Brown (Democratic ) (starting November 6)Governor of Illinois :Joel Aldrich Matteson (Democratic ) (until January 12), William Henry Bissell (Republican ) (starting January 12)Governor of Indiana : Joseph A. Wright (Democratic ) (until January 12), Ashbel P. Willard (Democratic ) (starting January 12)Governor of Iowa : James W. Grimes (Whig )Governor of Kentucky : Charles S. Morehead (Know Nothing)Governor of Louisiana : Robert C. Wickliffe (Democratic )Governor of Maine :
Governor of Maryland : Thomas W. Ligon (Democratic )Governor of Massachusetts : Henry Gardner (Know Nothing)Governor of Michigan : Kinsley S. Bingham (Republican )Governor of Mississippi : John J. McRae (Democratic ) (until November 16), William McWillie (Democratic ) (starting November 16)Governor of Missouri :
Governor of New Hampshire : Ralph Metcalf (Know Nothing) (until June 4), William Haile (Republican ) (starting June 4)Governor of New Jersey : Rodman M. Price (Democratic ) (until January 20), William A. Newell (Republican ) (starting January 20)Governor of New York : John Alsop King (Republican ) (starting January 1)Governor of North Carolina : Thomas Bragg (Democratic )Governor of Ohio : Salmon P. Chase (Republican )Governor of Pennsylvania : James Pollock (Whig )Governor of Rhode Island : William W. Hoppin (Whig ) (until May 26), Elisha Dyer (Republican ) (starting May 26)Governor of South Carolina : Robert Francis Withers Allston (Democratic )Governor of Tennessee : Andrew Johnson (Democratic ) (until November 3), Isham G. Harris (Democratic ) (starting November 3)Governor of Texas : Elisha M. Pease (Unionist ) (until December 21), Hardin R. Runnels (Democratic ) (starting December 21)Governor of Vermont : Ryland Fletcher (Republican )Governor of Virginia : Henry A. Wise (Democratic )Governor of Wisconsin : Coles Bashford (Republican )
Lieutenant Governors
Events
March 4: James Buchanan becomes the 15th U.S. President John C. Breckinridge becomes the 14th U.S. Vice President
Undated
Ongoing
Births
January 6 – Milward Adams , orchestra and theatre manager born in Lexington, Kentucky .(died 1923 )[ 2]
January 11 – William Gentles , U.S. Army private, known for killing Crazy Horse (died 1878 )
February 1 – Lucy Wheelock , early childhood education pioneer within the kindergarten movement (died 1946 )
February 7 – Benjamin Eli Smith , editor of reference books (died 1913 )
February 13 – Almanzo Wilder , writer (died 1949 )
March 6 – George Dayton , businessman, founder of Target Corporation (died 1938 )
March 7 – Genevieve Stebbins , performer of the Delsarte system of expression (died 1934 )
March 20 – Benjamin F. Shively , U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1909 to 1916 (died 1916 )
March 21
April 22 – Paul Dresser , songwriter (died 1906 )
May 17 – Mary Devens , pictorial photographer (died 1920 )
May 19 – John Jacob Abel , pharmacologist (died 1938 )
June 8 – Lawrence Marston , actor, playwright and film director (died 1939 )
June 10 – Caroline Louise Dudley (Mrs. Leslie Carter ), stage actress (died 1937 )
June 20 – Mary Gage Day , physician (died 1935 )
July 1 – Martha Hughes Cannon , politician (died 1932 )
July 30
August 8 – Henry Fairfield Osborn , geologist, paleontologist and eugenist (died 1935 )
September 13 – Milton S. Hershey , chocolate manufacturer (died 1945 )
September 14 – Julia Platt , embryologist and politician (died 1935 )
September 15 – William Howard Taft , 27th President of the United States from 1909 t0 1913 and tenth Chief Justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930 (died 1930 )
October 7 – George P. McLean , U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1911 to 1923 (died 1932 )
October 17 – Mary Abbott , golfer (died 1904 )[ 3]
October 24 – Ned Williamson , baseball player (died 1894 )
November 5 – Ida Tarbell , investigative journalist (died 1944 )
December 1 – Samuel M. Ralston , U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1923 to 1925 (died 1925 )
December 2
December 4 – Julia Evelyn Ditto Young , poet and novelist (died 1915 )
Deaths
February 16 – Elisha Kane , Arctic explorer (born 1820 )
May 1 – Stephen Adams , U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1852 to 1857 (born 1807 )
May 26 – James Bell , U.S. Senator from New Hampshire from 1855 to 1857 (born 1804 )
June 19 – Alexander Twilight , educator and minister, first African-American known to have earned a bachelor's degree from an American college or university (Middlebury College , 1823) (born 1795 )
July 4 – William L. Marcy , 21st Secretary of State from 1853 to 1857 (born 1786 )
September 15 – John Henderson , U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1839 to 1845 (born 1797 )
October 7 – Louis McLane , U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1827 to 1829 (born 1786 )
October 10 – Thomas Crawford , sculptor (born 1814 )
October 20 – John Diamond , minstrel dancer (born 1823 )
October 27 – John Blennerhassett Martin , painter, engraver and lithographer (born 1797 )
December 24 – Robert C. Nicholas , U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1836 to 1841 (born 1793 )
Jasper Grosvenor , financier (born 1794 )Aspasia Cruvellier Mirault , planter and landowner (born 1800 )
See also
References
External links
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