1859 in the United States information

Events from the year 1859 in the United States. President: James Buchanan (D-Pennsylvania) Vice President: John C. Breckinridge (D-Kentucky) Chief Justice:...

The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States)...

(1859). LOC, Cong. Globe, 36th Cong., 1st Sess. 650 (1860). Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress:...

the Indigenous peoples of the United States or portions thereof, such as American Indians from the contiguous United States and Alaska Natives. The United...

industry in the United States since the 1859 Pennsylvania oil rush around Titusville, Pennsylvania. Commonly characterized as "Big Oil", the industry...

passed in most Northern states and a movement developed to abolish slavery. The role of slavery under the United States Constitution (1789) was the most...

The Carrington Event was the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, peaking from 1–2 September 1859 during solar cycle 10. It created strong...

related to 1859. 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar...

The 1859 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held during January 1859. Incumbent Senator Henry Wilson, who had been elected in 1855 to...

rebellions involving the United States of America. Currently, there are 108 wars on this list, 4 of which are ongoing. 12 major wars include the American Revolutionary...

In the United States, federalism is the constitutional division of power between U.S. state governments and the federal government of the United States...

The member states of the United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states. The United Nations (UN) is the world's largest intergovernmental organization....

This is a list of capital cities of the United States, including places that serve or have served as federal, state, insular area, territorial, colonial...

In the United States, abolitionism, the movement that sought to end slavery in the country, was active from the colonial era until the American Civil War...

Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions overseen by the federal government of the United States. The various American...

Francisco, California, who in 1859 proclaimed himself "Norton I., Emperor of the United States", commonly known as Emperor Norton. In 1863, after Napoleon III...

The following is a list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of New York. For chronological tables of members of both...

and former United States Ambassador to Spain Augustus C. Dodge. On election day, 11 October 1859, Republican nominee Samuel J. Kirkwood won the election...

In the United States, domestic terrorism is defined as terrorist acts that were carried out within the United States by U.S. citizens and/or U.S. permanent...

The Catholic dioceses and archdioceses of the United States which include both the dioceses of the Latin Church, which employ the Roman Rite and other...

Mining in the United States has been active since the beginning of colonial times, but became a major industry in the 19th century with a number of new...

the oldest buildings in the United States and its territories. The list includes sites in current states and territories which were not part of the original...

In the context of the United States, secession primarily refers to the voluntary withdrawal of one or more states from the Union that constitutes the...