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List of events
The following is a partial list of events from the year 1812 in the United States . After years of increasing tensions, the United States declares war on the
British Empire , starting the
War of 1812 .
Results from the
1812 U.S. presidential election
Political map of the United States published in 1812.
Incumbents
Events
January–March
April–June
The original "
Gerrymander "
July–September
August 19:
USS Constitution sinks
HMS Guerriere
October–December
Undated
Ongoing
Births
January 2 –
Augustus C. Dodge , United States Senator from Iowa from 1848 to 1855 (died
1883 )
January 11 –
Alexander H. Stephens , the only vice president of the
Confederate States of America (died 1883)
February 22 –
John B. Weller , United States Senator from California from 1852 to 1857 (died
1875 )
February 15 –
Charles Lewis Tiffany , founder of
Tiffany & Co. (died
1902 )
February 16 –
Henry Wilson , 18th
vice president of the United States from 1873 to 1875 (died
1875 )
March 11 –
James Speed , U.S. Attorney General from 1864 to 1866 under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson (died
1887 )
March 12 –
Isaac P. Christiancy , Chief Justice of Michigan Supreme Court and U.S. Senator from Michigan from 1875 to 1879 (died
1890 )
March 13 –
James E. English , United States Senator from Connecticut from 1875 to 1876 (died 1890)
March 22 –
Stephen Pearl Andrews , anarchist and proponent of
pantarchy (died
1886 )
April 2 –
Susan May Williams , railroad heiress who married
a nephew of Emperor Napoleon I (died
1881 )
April 16 –
Sarah Harris Fayerweather , African-American whose 1832 admission to a Connecticut school resulted in the first integrated schoolhouse (died
1878 )
May 4 –
John W. Stevenson , United States Senator from Kentucky from 1871 to 1877 (died
1886 )
May 6 –
Martin Delany , African-American abolitionist, journalist, and physician (died
1885 )
May 17 –
Elias Nelson Conway , 5th Governor of Arkansas from 1852 to 1860 (died
1892 )
May 30 –
John Alexander McClernand , lawyer, politician, and Union General during the American Civil War (died
1900 )
July 27 –
July 30 –
Harrison Ludington , 13th Governor of Wisconsin from 1876 to 1878 (died
1891 )
August 11 –
Joseph Projectus Machebeuf , French-American Catholic missionary and the first
Bishop of Denver (died
1889 )
August 18 –
John Hugh Means , 64th Governor of South Carolina from 1850 to 1852 (died
1862 )
August 22 –
Joseph Mozier , American-born sculptor best known for his work in Italy. (died
1870 )
September 13 –
John McMurtry , builder and architect (died
1890 )
September 18 –
Herschel Vespasian Johnson , United States Senator from Georgia from 1863 to 1865 (died
1880 )
September 29 –
George N. Stearns , founder of
E. C. Stearns & Company (died
1882 )
October 1 –
Stephen P. Hempstead , 2nd Governor of Iowa from 1850 to 1854. (died
1883 )
October 6 –
Lazarus W. Powell , United States Senator from Kentucky from 1859 to 1865. (died
1867 )
October 9 –
Almon W. Babbitt , Mormon pioneer and first secretary/treasurer of Utah Territory (died
1856 )
October 20 –
Austin Flint , co-founder of
Buffalo Medical College and president of the American Medical Association (died
1886 )
October 21 –
David H. Armstrong , Canadian-born United States Senator from Missouri from 1877 to 1879 (died
1893 )
October 22 –
James "Grizzly" Adams , mountain man and bear trainer (died
1860 )
November 1 –
John Bernard Fitzpatrick , Bishop of Boston (died
1866 )
November 4 –
Richard M. Bishop , 34th Governor of Ohio from 1878 to 1880 (died
1893 )
November 28 –
George Ticknor Curtis , author, lawyer and historian (died
1894 )
December 18 –
Jesse D. Bright , United States Senator from Indiana from 1845 to 1862 (died
1875 )
Undated
Deaths
See also
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