From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of events
Events from the year 1857 in the United States .
Incumbents
Governors and
lieutenant governors
Governors
Governor of Alabama :
John A. Winston (
Democratic ) (until December 1),
Andrew B. Moore (
Democratic ) (starting December 1)
Governor of Arkansas :
Elias Nelson Conway (
Democratic )
Governor of California :
J. Neely Johnson (Know Nothing)
Governor of Connecticut :
William T. Minor (Know Nothing) (until May 6),
Alexander H. Holley (
Republican ) (starting May 6)
Governor of Delaware :
Peter F. Causey (Know Nothing)
Governor of Florida :
James E. Broome (
Democratic ) (until October 5),
Madison S. Perry (
Democratic ) (starting October 5)
Governor of Georgia :
Herschel V. Johnson (
Democratic ) (until November 6),
Joseph E. Brown (
Democratic ) (starting November 6)
Governor of Illinois :
Joel Aldrich Matteson (
Democratic ) (until January 12),
William Henry Bissell (
Republican ) (starting January 12)
Governor of Indiana :
Joseph A. Wright (
Democratic ) (until January 12),
Ashbel P. Willard (
Democratic ) (starting January 12)
Governor of Iowa :
James W. Grimes (
Whig )
Governor of Kentucky :
Charles S. Morehead (Know Nothing)
Governor of Louisiana :
Robert C. Wickliffe (
Democratic )
Governor of Maine :
Governor of Maryland :
Thomas W. Ligon (
Democratic )
Governor of Massachusetts :
Henry Gardner (Know Nothing)
Governor of Michigan :
Kinsley S. Bingham (
Republican )
Governor of Mississippi :
John J. McRae (
Democratic ) (until November 16),
William McWillie (
Democratic ) (starting November 16)
Governor of Missouri :
Governor of New Hampshire :
Ralph Metcalf (Know Nothing) (until June 4),
William Haile (
Republican ) (starting June 4)
Governor of New Jersey :
Rodman M. Price (
Democratic ) (until January 20),
William A. Newell (
Republican ) (starting January 20)
Governor of New York :
John Alsop King (
Republican ) (starting January 1)
Governor of North Carolina :
Thomas Bragg (
Democratic )
Governor of Ohio :
Salmon P. Chase (
Republican )
Governor of Pennsylvania :
James Pollock (
Whig )
Governor of Rhode Island :
William W. Hoppin (
Whig ) (until May 26),
Elisha Dyer (
Republican ) (starting May 26)
Governor of South Carolina :
Robert Francis Withers Allston (
Democratic )
Governor of Tennessee :
Andrew Johnson (
Democratic ) (until November 3),
Isham G. Harris (
Democratic ) (starting November 3)
Governor of Texas :
Elisha M. Pease (
Unionist ) (until December 21),
Hardin R. Runnels (
Democratic ) (starting December 21)
Governor of Vermont :
Ryland Fletcher (
Republican )
Governor of Virginia :
Henry A. Wise (
Democratic )
Governor of Wisconsin :
Coles Bashford (
Republican )
Lieutenant governors
Events
March 4:
James Buchanan becomes the 15th U.S. president
John C. Breckinridge becomes the 14th U.S. vice president
Undated
Ongoing
Births
William Howard Taft
January 6 –
Milward Adams , orchestra and theatre manager born in
Lexington, Kentucky .(died
1923 )
[2]
January 11 –
William Gentles , U.S. Army private, known for killing
Crazy Horse (died
1878 )
February 1 –
Lucy Wheelock , early childhood education pioneer within the kindergarten movement (died
1946 )
February 7 –
Benjamin Eli Smith , editor of reference books (died
1913 )
February 13 –
Almanzo Wilder , writer (died
1949 )
March 6 –
George Dayton , businessman, founder of
Target Corporation (died
1938 )
March 7 –
Genevieve Stebbins , performer of the Delsarte system of expression (died
1934 )
March 20 –
Benjamin F. Shively , U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1909 to 1916 (died
1916 )
March 21
April 22 –
Paul Dresser , songwriter (died
1906 )
May 17 –
Mary Devens , pictorial photographer (died
1920 )
May 19 –
John Jacob Abel , pharmacologist (died
1938 )
June 8 –
Lawrence Marston , actor, playwright and film director (died
1939 )
June 10 – Caroline Louise Dudley (
Mrs. Leslie Carter ), stage actress (died
1937 )
June 20 –
Mary Gage Day , physician (died
1935 )
July 1 –
Martha Hughes Cannon , politician (died
1932 )
July 30
August 8 –
Henry Fairfield Osborn , geologist, paleontologist and eugenist (died
1935 )
September 13 –
Milton S. Hershey , chocolate manufacturer (died
1945 )
September 14 –
Julia Platt , embryologist and politician (died
1935 )
September 15 –
William Howard Taft , 27th
president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and tenth
chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930 (died
1930 )
October 7 –
George P. McLean , U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1911 to 1923 (died
1932 )
October 17 –
Mary Abbott , golfer (died
1904 )
[3]
October 24 –
Ned Williamson , baseball player (died
1894 )
November 5 –
Ida Tarbell , investigative journalist (died
1944 )
December 1 –
Samuel M. Ralston , U.S. Senator from Indiana from 1923 to 1925 (died
1925 )
December 2
December 4 –
Julia Evelyn Ditto Young , poet and novelist (died
1915 )
Deaths
February 16 –
Elisha Kane , Arctic explorer (born
1820 )
May 1 –
Stephen Adams , U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1852 to 1857 (born
1807 )
May 26 –
James Bell , U.S. Senator from New Hampshire from 1855 to 1857 (born
1804 )
June 19 –
Alexander Twilight , educator and minister, first African-American known to have earned a bachelor's degree from an American college or university (
Middlebury College , 1823) (born
1795 )
July 4 –
William L. Marcy , 21st
Secretary of State from 1853 to 1857 (born
1786 )
August 29 –
Stephen Cassin , United States Navy officer (born
1783 )
September 15 –
John Henderson , U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1839 to 1845 (born
1797 )
October 7 –
Louis McLane , U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1827 to 1829 (born
1786 )
October 10 –
Thomas Crawford , sculptor (born
1814 )
October 20 –
John Diamond , minstrel dancer (born
1823 )
October 27 –
John Blennerhassett Martin , painter, engraver and lithographer (born
1797 )
December 24 –
Robert C. Nicholas , U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1836 to 1841 (born
1793 )
Jasper Grosvenor , financier (born
1794 )
Aspasia Cruvellier Mirault , planter and landowner (born
1800 )
See also
References
External links