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Events from the year 1892 in the United States .
Incumbents Events January–March April–June April – The Johnson County War breaks out between small farmers and large ranchers in Wyoming .
April 15 – The General Electric Company is established through the merger of the Thomson-Houston Company and the Edison General Electric Company.
April 19 – The 6.4 MLa Vacaville–Winters earthquake shakes the North Bay are of California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent ). This first event in a doublet earthquake results in one death and is followed two days later by a 6.2 MLa shock. Total damage from the events is $225,000–250,000.
April 29 – Redondo Beach, California , is founded.
April 30 – Lynching of Ephraim Grizzard , an African American, in Nashville, Tennessee .
May 28 – The Sierra Club is organized by John Muir in San Francisco, California .
June 6 – The Chicago "L" elevated railway opens.
June 7 – Homer Plessy , who is one-eighth African heritage with light skin, is arrested for sitting on the whites-only car in Louisiana, leading to the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson
June 30 – The Homestead Strike begins in Homestead, Pennsylvania , culminating in a battle between striking workers and private security agents on July 6. July–September October–December Undated Ongoing Births January 9 – Eva Bowring , U.S. Senator from Nebraska in 1954 (died 1985)
January 14 – Hal Roach , film and television producer, director and actor (died 1992 )
January 16 – William A. Stanfill , U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1945 to 1946 (died 1971)
February 19 – Scott W. Lucas , U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1939 to 1951 (died 1968)
February 29 – Augusta Savage , African American sculptor (died 1962)
March 26 – Paul Douglas , U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1949 to 1967 (died 1976)
April 8 – Rose McConnell Long , U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1936 to 1937 (died 1970)
May 10 – Arthur E. Nelson , U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 1942 to 1943 (died 1955)
May 20 – Harry J. Anslinger , 1st Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (died 1975 )
May 26 – Maxwell Bodenheim , poet and novelist (murdered 1954 )
June 6 – Donald F. Duncan, Sr. , toymaker and businessman, founder of Duncan Toys Company (died 1971)
July 10 – Spessard Holland , U.S. Senator from Florida from 1946 to 1971 (died 1971)
July 29 – William Powell , film actor (died 1984)
August 20 – George Aiken , U.S. Senator from Vermont from 1941 to 1975 (died 1984)
August 23 – Alexander G. Barry , U.S. Senator from Oregon from 1938 to 1939 (died 1952)
October 6 – Jackie Saunders , silent film actress (died 1954)
November 10 – Frank A. Barrett , U.S. Senator from Wyoming from 1953 to 1959 (died 1962)
December 15 – J. Paul Getty , industrialist (died 1976 ) Deaths January 2 – Montgomery C. Meigs , career U.S. Army officer and civil engineer, Quartermaster General of the United States Army during and after the American Civil War (born 1816 )
February 28 – Elias Nelson Conway , 5th Governor of Arkansas from 1852 to 1860 (born 1812 )
March 26 – Walt Whitman , poet, author of Leaves of Grass 1819 ).
April 6 – Willard Saulsbury, Sr. , U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1873 to 1892 (born 1820 )
May 14 – John S. Barbour, Jr. , U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1889 to 1892 (born 1820 )
June 8 – Robert Ford , outlaw, killer of Jesse James (born 1862 )
July 14 – Newton Booth , U.S. Senator from California from 1875 to 1881 (born 1825 )
August 16 – Thomas H. Watts , 18th Governor of Alabama , 3rd Confederate States Attorney General (born 1819 )
September 23 – John Pope , career U.S. Army officer and Union general in the Civil War (born 1822 )
October 5 – outlaw members of Dalton Gang (shot)
October 18 – William W. Chapman , politician and lawyer (born 1808 )
October 25 – Caroline Harrison , First Lady of the United States as wife of President Benjamin Harrison (born 1832 )
November 29 – Graham N. Fitch , U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1857 to 1861 (born 1809 )
December 2 – Jay Gould , railroad developer and speculator (born 1836 )
December 15 – Randall L. Gibson , U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1883 to 1892 (born 1832 )
December 31 – Henry P. Baldwin , Governor of Michigan from 1869 to 1873 and U.S. Senator from Michigan from 1879 to 1881 (born 1814 )
Zenas King , bridge builder (born 1818 )See also External links
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