1845 in the United States

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1845
in
the United States
Decades:
See also:

Events from the year 1845 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

John Tyler (I-Virginia) (until March 4)
James K. Polk (D-Tennessee) (starting March 4)
vacant (until March 4)
George M. Dallas (D-Pennsylvania) (starting March 4)
John Winston Jones (D-Virginia) (until March 4)
John Wesley Davis (D-Indiana) (starting December 1)

Events

January–March

March 4: James K. Polk becomes the 11th U.S. president James Knox Polk by GPA Healy, 1858.jpg
March 4: James K. Polk becomes the 11th U.S. president
George M. Dallas becomes the 11th U.S. vice president George Mifflin Dallas 1848 crop.jpg
George M. Dallas becomes the 11th U.S. vice president

April–June

July–September

October–December

December 27: The term "Manifest Destiny" is influentially used by John L. O'Sullivan (the concept is depicted in this 1872 painting by John Gast) American Progress (John Gast painting).jpg
December 27: The term "Manifest Destiny" is influentially used by John L. O'Sullivan (the concept is depicted in this 1872 painting by John Gast)

Unknown date

Births

Deaths

Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson.jpg
Andrew Jackson

See also

References

  1. O'Sullivan, John L. (July–August 1845). "Annexation". United States Magazine and Democratic Review. 17 (1): 5–10. Archived from the original on November 25, 2005. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
  2. Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1845 sess., 57, accessed July 28, 2023
  3. Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton. ISBN   9780722217139.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton. ISBN   9780722217139.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .