1857 in the United States

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1857
in
the United States
Decades:
See also:

Events from the year 1857 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

Franklin Pierce (D-New Hampshire) (until March 4)
James Buchanan (D-Pennsylvania) (starting March 4)
vacant (until March 4)
John C. Breckinridge (D-Kentucky) (starting March 4)
Nathaniel P. Banks (American-Massachusetts) (until March 4)
James Lawrence Orr (D-South Carolina) (starting December 7)

Events

March 4: James Buchanan becomes the 15th U.S. president JamesBuchanan crop.jpg
March 4: James Buchanan becomes the 15th U.S. president
John C. Breckinridge becomes the 14th U.S. vice president John C Breckinridge-04775-restored.jpg
John C. Breckinridge becomes the 14th U.S. vice president

Undated

Ongoing

Births

William Howard Taft William Howard Taft.jpg
William Howard Taft

Deaths

See also

References

  1. Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 18571858 sess., 153, accessed July 28, 2023
  2. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Iowa City"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 14 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 736.
  3. "Biography of Milward Adams". Chicago, Cook County, Il Biographies. Retrieved July 29, 2011.
  4. "Olympedia – Mary Abbott". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved July 20, 2021.