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1897, united, states, events, from, year, 1896, 1895, 1894, 1898, 1899, 1900decades, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910ssee, also, history, united, states, 1865, 1918, timeline, united, states, history, 1860, 1899, list, years, united, statesthis, article, needs. Events from the year 1897 in the United States 1896 1895 1894 1897 in the United States 1898 1899 1900Decades 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910sSee also History of the United States 1865 1918 Timeline of United States history 1860 1899 List of years in the United StatesThis article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1897 in the United States news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Contents 1 Incumbents 1 1 Federal government 1 2 Governors 1 3 Lieutenant governors 2 Events 2 1 January March 2 2 April June 2 3 July September 2 4 October December 2 5 Undated 2 6 Ongoing 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksIncumbents editFederal government edit President Grover Cleveland D New York until March 4 William McKinley R Ohio starting March 4 Vice President Adlai E Stevenson I D Illinois until March 4 Garret Hobart R New Jersey starting March 4 Chief Justice Melville Fuller Illinois Speaker of the House of Representatives Thomas Brackett Reed R Maine Congress 54th until March 4 55th starting March 4 Governors and lieutenant governorsGovernors edit Governor of Alabama Joseph F Johnston Democratic Governor of Arkansas James Paul Clarke Democratic until January 12 Daniel Webster Jones Democratic starting January 12 Governor of California James Budd Democratic Governor of Colorado Albert McIntire Republican until January 12 Alva Adams Democratic starting January 12 Governor of Connecticut Owen Vincent Coffin Republican until January 6 Lorrin A Cooke Republican starting January 6 Governor of Delaware William T Watson Democratic until January 19 Ebe W Tunnell Democratic starting January 19 Governor of Florida Henry L Mitchell Democratic until January 5 William D Bloxham Democratic starting January 5 Governor of Georgia William Yates Atkinson Democratic Governor of Idaho William J McConnell Republican until January 4 Frank Steunenberg Democratic starting January 4 Governor of Illinois John Peter Altgeld Democratic until January 11 John Riley Tanner Republican starting January 11 Governor of Indiana Claude Matthews Democratic until January 11 James A Mount Republican starting January 11 Governor of Iowa Francis M Drake Republican Governor of Kansas Edmund N Morrill Republican until January 11 John W Leedy Populist starting January 11 Governor of Kentucky William O Bradley Republican Governor of Louisiana Murphy James Foster Sr Democratic Governor of Maine Henry B Cleaves Republican until January 2 Llewellyn Powers Republican starting January 2 Governor of Maryland Lloyd Lowndes Jr Republican Governor of Massachusetts Roger Wolcott Republican Governor of Michigan John T Rich Republican until January 1 Hazen S Pingree Republican starting January 1 Governor of Minnesota David M Clough Republican Governor of Mississippi Anselm J McLaurin Democratic Governor of Missouri William Joel Stone Democratic until January 11 Lon Vest Stephens Democratic starting January 11 Governor of Montana until January 3 John E Rickards Republican January 3 January 4 vacant starting January 4 Robert Burns Smith Democratic Governor of Nebraska Silas A Holcomb Democratic Governor of Nevada Reinhold Sadler Silver Governor of New Hampshire Charles A Busiel Republican until January 7 George A Ramsdell Republican starting January 7 Governor of New Jersey John W Griggs Republican Governor of New York Frank S Black Republican starting January 1 Governor of North Carolina Elias Carr Democratic until January 12 Daniel Lindsay Russell Republican starting January 12 Governor of North Dakota Roger Allin Republican until January 6 Frank A Briggs Republican starting January 6 Governor of Ohio Asa S Bushnell Republican Governor of Oregon William Paine Lord Republican Governor of Pennsylvania Daniel H Hastings Republican Governor of Rhode Island Charles W Lippitt Republican until May 25 Elisha Dyer Jr Republican starting May 25 Governor of South Carolina John Gary Evans Democratic until January 18 William Haselden Ellerbe Democratic starting January 18 Governor of South Dakota Charles H Sheldon Republican until January 1 Andrew E Lee Populist starting January 1 Governor of Tennessee Peter Turney Democratic until January 21 Robert Love Taylor Democratic starting January 21 Governor of Texas Charles A Culberson Democratic Governor of Utah Heber Manning Wells Republican Governor of Vermont Josiah Grout Republican Governor of Virginia Charles Triplett O Ferrall Democratic Governor of Washington John McGraw Republican until January 11 John Rankin Rogers Populist Democratic starting January 11 Governor of West Virginia William A MacCorkle Democratic until March 4 George W Atkinson Republican starting March 4 Governor of Wisconsin William H Upham Republican until January 4 Edward Scofield Republican starting January 4 Governor of Wyoming William A Richards Republican Lieutenant governors edit Lieutenant Governor of California William T Jeter Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Colorado Jared L Brush Republican Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut Lorrin A Cooke Republican until January 6 James D Dewell Republican starting January 6 Lieutenant Governor of Idaho F J Mills Republican until January 4 George F Moore Democratic starting January 4 Lieutenant Governor of Illinois Joseph B Gill Democratic until January 11 William Northcott Republican starting January 11 Lieutenant Governor of Indiana Mortimer Nye Democratic until January 11 William S Haggard Republican starting January 11 Lieutenant Governor of Iowa Matt Parrott Republican Lieutenant Governor of Kansas James A Troutman Republican until January 11 Alexander M Harvey Populist starting January 11 Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky William Jackson Worthington Republican Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana Robert H Snyder Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts vacant until month and day unknown Winthrop M Crane political party unknown starting month and day unknown Lieutenant Governor of Michigan Joseph R McLaughlin Republican until January 1 Thomas B Dunstan Republican starting January 1 Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota Frank A Day Republican until January 5 John L Gibbs Republican starting January 5 Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi J H Jones Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Missouri John B O Meara Democratic until January 11 August Bolte Democratic starting January 11 Lieutenant Governor of Montana Alexander Campbell Botkin Republican until month and day unknown Archibald E Spriggs political party unknown starting month and day unknown Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska Robert E Moore Democratic until month and day unknown James E Harris Democratic starting month and day unknown Lieutenant Governor of Nevada vacant until month and day unknown James R Judge political party unknown starting month and day unknown Lieutenant Governor of New York Timothy L Woodruff Republican starting January 1 Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina Rufus A Doughton Democratic until January 12 Charles A Reynolds Republican starting January 12 Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota John H Worst Republican until January 6 Joseph M Devine Republican starting January 6 Lieutenant Governor of Ohio Asa W Jones Republican Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania Walter Lyon Republican Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island Edwin Allen Republican until May 25 Aram J Pothier Republican starting May 25 Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina Washington H Timmerman Democratic until January 18 Miles Benjamin McSweeney Democratic starting January 18 Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota Charles N Herreid Republican until January 1 Daniel T Hindman Republican starting January 1 Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee Ernest Pillow Democratic until month and day unknown John Thompson Democratic starting month and day unknown Lieutenant Governor of Texas George Taylor Jester Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Vermont Nelson W Fisk Republican Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Robert Craig Kent Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Washington F H Luce Republican until January 11 Thurston Daniels Populist starting January 11 Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin Emil Baensch Republican Events edit nbsp March 4 William McKinley becomes the 25th U S president nbsp Garret Hobart becomes the 24th U S vice presidentJanuary March edit January 2 Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded at Barnard College in New York City February 19 United States Copyright Office established as a department in the Library of Congress 1 February 22 Black Hills National Forest is established March 4 William McKinley is sworn in as the 25th president of the United States and Garret Hobart is sworn in as the 24th vice president of the United States March 9 Cordelia A Greene Library is established in Castile New YorkApril June edit April 19 The first Boston Marathon is run with fifteen men competing and won by John McDermott 2 April 27 Grant s Tomb is dedicated in New York May 1 The Tennessee Centennial Exposition opens in Nashville for 6 months illuminated by many electric lights June 1 American miners begin a strike which successfully establishes the United Mine Workers Union and brings about the 8 hour work day to mines June 2 Mark Twain responding to rumors that he is dead is quoted by the New York Journal as saying The report of my death was an exaggeration nbsp President McKinley as Old Mother Hubbard finds the federal treasury cupboard bareJuly September edit July 17 The Klondike Gold Rush begins when the first successful prospectors arrive in Seattle July 31 Mount Saint Elias the second highest peak in the United States and Canada is first ascended August 21 Oldsmobile is founded in Lansing Michigan by Ransom E Olds August 31 Thomas Edison is granted a patent for the Kinetoscope a precursor of the movie projector September 1 The Boston subway opens becoming the first underground metro in North America September 10 Lattimer Massacre A sheriff s posse kills more than 19 unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania September 21 In response to a letter written by 8 year old Virginia O Hanlon The Sun New York City publishes an editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church stating Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus October December edit October 4 Columbia University opens its new campus in New York City 3 October 12 The USS Baltimore Cruiser 3 later CM 1 is recommissioned since 1890 for several months of duty in the Hawaiian Islands October 23 The Kappa Delta sorority is founded at State Female Normal School later Longwood University in Farmville Virginia November 1 The Library of Congress Building in Washington D C designed by Paul J Pelz is opened Undated edit Elbridge Ayer Burbank begins painting portraits of Native Americans in the United States from life Women photographers Zaida Ben Yusuf and Gertrude Kasebier open portrait studios in New York City Florist s Review trade magazine is founded The Auburn University Marching Band is created at Auburn University known at this date as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama in Auburn Alabama Ongoing edit Gay Nineties 1890 1899 Progressive Era 1890s 1920s Lochner era c 1897 c 1937 Births edit nbsp Eddie EaganJanuary 3 Marion Davies film actress died 1961 February 27 Marian Anderson African American contralto died 1993 March 2 Minor Hall jazz drummer died 1959 March 4 Lefty O Doul baseball player and restaurateur died 1969 March 8 Charles W Brooks U S Senator from Illinois from 1940 to 1949 died 1957 March 11 Henry Cowell composer died 1965 March 24 Theodora Kroeber writer and anthropologist died 1979 April 26 Eddie Eagan Olympic gold medal boxer and bobsledder died 1967 May 6 William A Purtell U S Senator from Connecticut in 1952 and from 1953 to 1959 died 1978 May 14 Sidney Bechet African American jazz saxophonist died 1959 in France June 6 Homer E Capehart U S Senator from Indiana from 1945 to 1963 died 1979 July 9 Albert C Wedemeyer U S Army general died 1989 July 10 John Gilbert silent film actor died 1936 July 24 Amelia Earhart aviation pioneer and author 4 September 24 Lee Fenner American footballer died 1964 September 25 William Faulkner novelist recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949 died 1962 October 22 Marjorie Flack children s author died 1958 5 November 2 Richard Russell Jr U S Senator from Georgia from 1933 to 1971 died 1971 November 8 Dorothy Day journalist and social activist died 1980 Deaths editJune 14 1897 Juan Domingo Montoya civil war combat veteran Mosquero canyon New Mexico Valverde glorieta pass April 10 Daniel W Voorhees U S Senator from Indiana from 1877 to 1897 born 1827 April 23 John Henry Raap Chicago entrepreneur and retailer born 1840 August 14 James Z George U S Senator from Mississippi from 1881 to 1897 born 1826 October 3 Samuel J R McMillan U S Senator from Minnesota from 1875 to 1887 born 1826 October 11 Charles W Jones Ireland born U S Senator from Florida from 1875 to 1887 born 1834 October 29 Henry George writer politician and political economist born 1839 William J Babcock Medal of Honor recipient born 1841 in the United States October 31 Richard Von Albade Gammon University of Georgia football fullback died from in game injury born 1879 November 3 Thomas Lanier Clingman North Carolina congressman senator and confederate general born 1812 See also editList of American films of the 1890s Timeline of United States history 1860 1899 References edit United States Copyright Office A Brief Introduction and History Information Circular Copyright gov 1a ISSN 0082 9692 Retrieved June 1 2019 Notable Dates in United States Copyright Matthews Peter 2012 Boston Marathon Historical Dictionary of Track and Field Scarecrow Press p 40 Columbia s Opening Day The New York Times 1897 10 05 Archived from the original on 2021 09 24 Retrieved 2021 09 24 Amelia Earhart Biography Disappearance amp Facts Encyclopedia Britannica Retrieved 12 December 2020 Whitehead Winifred 1978 Flack Marjorie In Kirkpatrick D L ed Twentieth century Children s Writers London Macmillan p 461 ISBN 978 0 33323 414 3 External links edit nbsp Media related to 1897 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1897 in the United States amp oldid 1186834470, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
