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Events from the year 1887 in the United States .
Incumbents
Governors and Lieutenant Governors
Governors
Governor of Alabama : Thomas Seay (Democratic )Governor of Arkansas : Simon Pollard Hughes, Jr. (Democratic )Governor of California :
Governor of Colorado : Benjamin Harrison Eaton (Republican ) (until January 11), Alva Adams (Democratic ) (starting January 11)Governor of Connecticut : Henry B. Harrison (Republican ) (until January 7), Phineas C. Lounsbury (Republican ) (starting January 7)Governor of Delaware : Charles C. Stockley (Democratic ) (until January 18), Benjamin T. Biggs (Democratic ) (starting January 18)Governor of Florida : Edward A. Perry (Democratic )Governor of Georgia : John B. Gordon (Democratic )Governor of Illinois : Richard J. Oglesby (Republican )Governor of Indiana : Isaac P. Gray (Democratic )Governor of Iowa : William Larrabee (Republican )Governor of Kansas : John A. Martin (Republican )Governor of Kentucky : J. Proctor Knott (Democratic ) (until August 30), Simon B. Buckner (Democratic ) (starting August 30)Governor of Louisiana : Samuel D. McEnery (Democratic )Governor of Maine :
Governor of Maryland : Henry Lloyd (Democratic )Governor of Massachusetts : George D. Robinson (Republican ) (until January 6), Oliver Ames (Republican ) (starting January 6)Governor of Michigan : Russell Alger (Republican ) (until January 1), Cyrus G. Luce (Republican ) (starting January 1)Governor of Minnesota : Lucius F. Hubbard (Republican ) (until January 5), Andrew R. McGill (Republican ) (starting January 5)Governor of Mississippi : Robert Lowry (Democratic )Governor of Missouri : John S. Marmaduke (Democratic ) (until December 28), Albert P. Morehouse (Democratic ) (starting December 28)Governor of Nebraska : James W. Dawes (Republican ) (until January 6), John Milton Thayer (Republican ) (starting January 6)Governor of Nevada : Jewett W. Adams (Democratic ) (until January 3), Charles C. Stevenson (Democratic ) (starting January 3)Governor of New Hampshire : Moody Currier (Republican ) (until June 2), Charles H. Sawyer (Democratic ) (starting June 2)Governor of New Jersey : Leon Abbett (Democratic ) (until January 18), Robert Stockton Green (Democratic ) (starting January 18)Governor of New York : David B. Hill (Democratic )Governor of North Carolina : Alfred Moore Scales (Democratic )Governor of Ohio : Joseph B. Foraker (Republican )Governor of Oregon : Z. F. Moody (Republican ) (until January 12), Sylvester Pennoyer (Democratic ) (starting January 12)Governor of Pennsylvania : Robert E. Pattison (Democratic ) (until January 18), James A. Beaver (Republican ) (starting January 18)Governor of Rhode Island : George P. Wetmore (Republican ) (until May 29), John W. Davis (Democratic ) (starting May 29)Governor of South Carolina : John Peter Richardson III (Democratic )Governor of Tennessee : William B. Bate (Democratic ) (until January 17), Robert Love Taylor (Democratic ) (starting January 17)Governor of Texas : John Ireland (Democratic ) (until January 20), Lawrence Sullivan Ross (Democratic ) (starting January 20)Governor of Vermont : Ebenezer J. Ormsbee (Republican )Governor of Virginia : Fitzhugh Lee (Democratic )Governor of West Virginia : Emanuel Willis Wilson (Democratic )Governor of Wisconsin : Jeremiah McLain Rusk (Republican )
Lieutenant Governors
Lieutenant Governor of California :
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado : Peter W. Breene (Republican ) (until January 11), Norman H. Meldrum (Democratic ) (starting January 11)Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut : Lorrin A. Cooke (Republican ) (until January 8), James L. Howard (Republican ) (starting January 8)Lieutenant Governor of Florida : Milton H. Mabry (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Illinois : John Smith (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Indiana : vacant (until January 10), Robert S. Robertson /Alonzo G. Smith (Republican /Democratic ) (starting January 10)Lieutenant Governor of Iowa : John A. T. Hull (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Kansas : Alexander P. Riddle (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky : James R. Hindman (Democratic ) (until August 30), James William Bryan (Democratic ) (starting August 30)Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana : Clay Knobloch (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts : Oliver Ames (Republican ) (until January 4), John Q. A. Brackett (political party unknown) (starting January 4)Lieutenant Governor of Michigan : Archibald Buttars (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), James H. MacDonald (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota : Charles A. Gilman (Republican ) (until January 4), Albert E. Rice (Republican ) (starting January 4)Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi : G. D. Shands (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Missouri : Albert P. Morehouse (Democratic ) (until December 28), vacant (starting December 28)Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska : Hibbard H. Shedd (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Nevada : Charles E. Laughton (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Henry C. Davis (political party unknown) (starting month and day unknown)Lieutenant Governor of New York : Edward F. Jones (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina : Charles M. Stedman (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Ohio : Robert P. Kennedy (Republican ) (until March 3), Silas A. Conrad (Republican ) (starting March 3)Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania : Chauncey Forward Black (Democratic ) (until January 20), William T. Davies (Republican ) (starting January 20)Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island : Lucius B. Darling (political party unknown) (until May 29), Samuel R. Honey (political party unknown) (starting May 29)Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina : William Mauldin (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : Cabell R. Berry (Democratic ) (until month and day unknown), Z. W. Ewing (political party unknown) (starting month and day unknown)Lieutenant Governor of Texas : Barnett Gibbs (Democratic ) (until January 18), Thomas B. Wheeler (Democratic ) (starting January 18)Lieutenant Governor of Vermont : Levi K. Fuller (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Virginia : John Edward "Parson" Massey (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin : Sam S. Fifield (Republican ) (until January 3), George W. Ryland (Republican ) (starting January 3)
Events January 20 – The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as a naval base.
January 28 – In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh , Montana , the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick. [citation needed
February 2 – In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania , the first Groundhog Day is observed.
February 4 – The Interstate Commerce Act , passed by Congress , is signed into law, with the intention of regulating the railroad industry.
February 8 – The Dawes Act is signed into law by President Grover Cleveland .
February – The Atlanta Cyclorama is first displayed in Detroit as "Logan's Great Battle".
March 3 – Anne Sullivan begins teaching Helen Keller .
March 7 – North Carolina State University is established as North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.
March 19 – Cogswell College is established as a high school by Dr. Henry D. Cogswell in San Francisco , the first technical training institution in the West (the school opens in 1888).
April 4 – Argonia, Kansas elects Susanna M. Salter as the first female mayor in the U.S.
May 14 – The cornerstone of the new Stanford University , in northern California , is laid (the college opens in 1891).
June 28 – Minot, North Dakota is incorporated as a city.
July 10 – The Grand Hotel opens in Mackinac, Michigan
August – The U.S. National Institutes of Health is founded at the Marine Hospital, Staten Island, New York , as the Laboratory of Hygiene. Undated Ongoing Sport Births January 22 – David W. Stewart , U.S. Senator from Iowa from 1926 to 1927 (died 1974 )
February 6 – Ernest Gruening , U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1959 to 1969 (died 1974)
February 7 – Eubie Blake , African American jazz composer-pianist (died 1983 )
February 26 – William Frawley , actor best known for played Fred Mertz in I Love Lucy (died 1966 )
March 22 – Chico Marx , comedian (died 1961 )
April 9 – Florence Price , African American classical composer (died 1953 )
July 16 – Shoeless Joe Jackson , baseball outfielder (died 1951 )
September 8 – Jacob L. Devers , U.S. Army general (died 1979 )
September 9 – Alf Landon , Republican politician, presidential candidate (died 1987 )
November 15 – Georgia O'Keeffe , painter (died 1986)
December 19 – George R. Swift , U.S. Senator from Alabama in 1946 (died 1972 )
date unknown – White Parker , missionary and actor (died 1956 )Deaths March 8 – Henry Ward Beecher , clergyman and reformer (born 1813 )
March 24 – Justin Holland , classical guitarist and civil rights activist (born 1819 )
May 19 – Charles E. Stuart , U.S. Senator from Michigan from 1853 to 1859 (born 1810 )
June 4 – William A. Wheeler , 19th Vice President of the United States from 1877 to 1881 (born 1819 )
June 25 – James Speed , U.S. Attorney General from 1864 to 1866 under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (born 1812 )
July 18
July 25 – John Taylor , 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1808 )
August 14 – Aaron A. Sargent , U.S. Senator from California from 1873 to 1879 (born 1827 )
August 18 – Orson Squire Fowler , phrenologist and leading proponent of the octagon house (born 1809 )
August 23 – Sarah Yorke Jackson , Acting First Lady of the United States (born 1803 )
November 8 – Doc Holliday , gunfighter, gambler and dentist (TB; born 1851 )
November 11 – August Spies , labor activist, newspaper editor and anarchist (executed; born 1855 in Germany) See also External links
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