March 4 – Alexander S. Wolcott and John Johnson open their "Daguerreian Parlor" on Broadway (Manhattan), the world's first commercial photography portrait studio.
May 7 – The Great Natchez Tornado: A massive tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi during the early afternoon hours. Before it is over, 317 people are killed and 109 injured. It is the second deadliest tornado in U.S. history.
^CommunicationSolutions/ISI, "Railroad — Wilmington & Raleigh (later Weldon)", North Carolina Business History, 2006, accessed 1 February 2010
^CommunicationSolutions/ISI, "Railroads — prior to the Civil War" 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, North Carolina Business History, 2006, accessed 1 February 2010
External linksedit
Media related to 1840 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons
January 01, 1970
1840, united, states, events, from, year, 1839, 1838, 1837, 1841, 1842, 1843decades, 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860ssee, also, history, united, states, 1789, 1849, timeline, united, states, history, 1820, 1859, list, years, united, states, contents, incumben. Events from the year 1840 in the United States 1839 1838 1837 1840 in the United States 1841 1842 1843Decades 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860sSee also History of the United States 1789 1849 Timeline of United States history 1820 1859 List of years in the United States Contents 1 Incumbents 1 1 Federal government 1 2 Governors 1 3 Lieutenant governors 2 Events 2 1 Ongoing 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksIncumbents editFederal government edit President Martin Van Buren D New York Vice President Richard M Johnson D Kentucky Chief Justice Roger B Taney Maryland Speaker of the House of Representatives Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter W Virginia Congress 26th Governors and lieutenant governors Governors edit Governor of Alabama Arthur P Bagby Democratic Governor of Arkansas James Sevier Conway Democratic until November 4 Archibald Yell Democratic starting November 4 Governor of Connecticut William W Ellsworth Whig Governor of Delaware Cornelius P Comegys Whig Governor of Georgia Charles J McDonald Democratic Governor of Illinois Thomas Carlin Democratic Governor of Indiana David Wallace Whig until December 9 Samuel Bigger Whig starting December 9 Governor of Kentucky Charles A Wickliffe Whig until September 2 Robert P Letcher Whig starting September 2 Governor of Louisiana Andre B Roman Whig Governor of Maine John Fairfield Democratic Governor of Maryland William Grason Democratic Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett Whig until January 18 Marcus Morton Democratic starting January 18 Governor of Michigan Stevens T Mason Democratic until January 7 William Woodbridge Whig starting January 7 Governor of Mississippi Alexander G McNutt Democratic Governor of Missouri Lilburn W Boggs Democratic until November 16 Thomas Reynolds Democratic starting November 16 Governor of New Hampshire John Page Democratic Governor of New Jersey William Pennington Whig Governor of New York William H Seward Whig Governor of North Carolina Edward Bishop Dudley Whig Governor of Ohio Wilson Shannon Democratic until December 16 Thomas Corwin Whig starting December 16 Governor of Pennsylvania David R Porter Democratic Governor of Rhode Island Samuel Ward King Rhode Island Governor of South Carolina until April 7 Patrick Noble Democratic April 7 December 9 Barnabas Kelet Henagan Democratic starting December 9 John Peter Richardson II Democratic Governor of Tennessee James K Polk Democratic Governor of Vermont Silas H Jennison Whig Governor of Virginia David Campbell Democratic until March 31 Thomas Walker Gilmer Whig starting March 31 Lieutenant governors edit Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut Charles Hawley Whig Lieutenant Governor of Indiana David Hillis Whig until December 9 Samuel Hall Whig starting December 9 Lieutenant Governor of Illinois Stinson Anderson Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky vacant until September 2 Manlius Valerius Thomson political party unknown starting September 2 Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts George Hull political party unknown Lieutenant Governor of Michigan Edward Mundy Democratic until month and day unknown James Wright Gordon Whig starting month and day unknown Lieutenant Governor of Missouri Franklin Cannon Democratic until November 16 Meredith Miles Marmaduke Democratic starting November 16 Lieutenant Governor of New York Luther Bradish Whig Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island vacant until month and day unknown Byron Diman political party unknown starting month and day unknown Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina until April 7 Barnabas Kelet Henagan Democratic April 7 December 9 vacant starting December 9 William K Clowney Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Vermont David M Camp Whig Events editJanuary 13 14 The steamship Lexington burns and sinks in icy waters 4 miles off the coast of Long Island 139 die only 4 survive January 19 Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica claiming what becomes known as Wilkes Land for the United States March 4 Alexander S Wolcott and John Johnson open their Daguerreian Parlor on Broadway Manhattan the world s first commercial photography portrait studio March 9 The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad is completed from Wilmington North Carolina to Weldon North Carolina At 161 5 miles it was the world s longest railroad at the time 1 April The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad is completed from Raleigh North Carolina to near Weldon North Carolina 2 May 7 The Great Natchez Tornado A massive tornado strikes Natchez Mississippi during the early afternoon hours Before it is over 317 people are killed and 109 injured It is the second deadliest tornado in U S history November 7 U S presidential election 1840 William Henry Harrison defeats Martin Van Buren Ongoing edit Second Seminole War 1835 1842 Births editJanuary 1 Patrick Walsh Irish born U S Senator from Georgia from 1894 to 1895 died 1899 January 29 Henry H Rogers financier died 1909 February 4 Hiram Stevens Maxim firearms inventor died 1916 February 9 William T Sampson U S Navy admiral died 1902 March 5 Constance Fenimore Woolson fiction writer and poet died 1894 April 28 Caroline Shawk Brooks sculptor died 1913 May 1 Cynthia S Burnett educator temperance reformer and newspaper editor died 1932 May 4 George Gray U S Senator from Delaware from 1885 to 1899 died 1925 June 3 Michael O Laughlen conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 died 1867 June 6 William Dudley Chipley railroad tycoon and statesman died 1897 June 14 William F Nast attache railroad executive and inventor died 1893 June 27 Alpheus Beede Stickney railroad executive died 1916 July 10 Esther G Frame Quaker minister and evangelist died 1920 July 21 Christian Abraham Fleetwood Union Army 4th Colored Infantry Regiment soldier and Medal of Honor recipient died 1914 August 25 George C Magoun railroad executive died 1893 August 28 Ira D Sankey gospel singer and composer died 1908 September 10 William B Avery Union Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient died 1894 September 22 D M Canright Seventh day Adventist minister and author later one of the church s severest critics died 1919 September 27 Alfred Thayer Mahan U S Navy admiral geostrategist and historian died 1914 September 23 Simon B Conover U S Senator from Florida from 1873 to 1879 died 1908 October 1 Anthony Higgins U S Senator from Delaware from 1889 to 1895 died 1912 October 24 Eliza Pollock American archer died 1919 November 24 John Brashear astronomer died 1920 Earliest probable date Crazy Horse Tȟasuŋke Witko Chief of the Oglala Lakota killed 1877 Deaths editMarch 11 George Wolf politician born 1777 March 23 William Maclure geologist born 1763 in Scotland died in Mexico April 7 Thaddeus Betts U S Senator from Connecticut from 1839 to 1840 born 1789 August 10 Seymour Brunson early Mormon convert born 1798 August 27 William Kneass second Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1824 to 1840 born 1781 September 14 Joseph Smith Sr 1st Presiding Patriarch of the Latter Day Saint movement born 1771 September 18 Constantine Samuel Rafinesque French polymath born 1783 in the Ottoman Empire June 14 Anson Brown lawyer and U S Representative from New York from 1839 to 1840 born 1800 See also editTimeline of United States history 1820 1859 References edit CommunicationSolutions ISI Railroad Wilmington amp Raleigh later Weldon North Carolina Business History 2006 accessed 1 February 2010 CommunicationSolutions ISI Railroads prior to the Civil War Archived 2011 07 26 at the Wayback Machine North Carolina Business History 2006 accessed 1 February 2010External links edit nbsp Media related to 1840 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1840 in the United States amp oldid 1186868209, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
