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List of events
Map of
Texas ,
Oregon , and
California in 1846
Events from the year 1846 in the United States . In this year, the United States declares war on Mexico, starting the
Mexican–American War .
Incumbents
Governors and
lieutenant governors
Governors
Governor of Alabama :
Joshua L. Martin (
Independent )
Governor of Arkansas :
Thomas Stevenson Drew (
Democratic )
Governor of Connecticut :
Roger Sherman Baldwin (
Whig ) (until May 6),
Isaac Toucey (
Democratic ) (starting May 6)
Governor of Delaware :
Governor of Florida :
William Dunn Moseley (
Democratic )
Governor of Georgia :
George W. Crawford (
Whig )
Governor of Illinois :
Thomas Ford (
Democratic ) (until December 9),
Augustus C. French (
Democratic ) (starting December 9)
Governor of Indiana :
James Whitcomb (
Democratic )
Governor of Iowa :
James Clarke (political party unknown) (until December 28),
Ansel Briggs (
Democratic ) (starting December 28)
Governor of Kentucky :
William Owsley (
Whig )
Governor of Louisiana :
Alexandre Mouton (
Democratic ) (until February 12),
Isaac Johnson (
Democratic ) (starting February 12)
Governor of Maine :
Hugh J. Anderson (
Democratic )
Governor of Maryland :
Thomas Pratt (
Democratic )
Governor of Massachusetts :
George N. Briggs (
Democratic )
Governor of Michigan :
John S. Barry (
Democratic ) (until January 5),
Alpheus Felch (
Democratic ) (starting January 5)
Governor of Mississippi :
Albert G. Brown (
Democratic )
Governor of Missouri :
John C. Edwards (
Democratic )
Governor of New Hampshire :
John H. Steele (
Democratic ) (until June 4),
Anthony Colby (
Whig ) (starting June 4)
Governor of New Jersey :
Charles C. Stratton (
Whig )
Governor of New York :
Silas Wright (
Democratic ) (until end of December 31)
Governor of North Carolina :
William Alexander Graham (
Whig )
Governor of Ohio :
Mordecai Bartley (
Democratic ) (until December 12),
William Bebb (
Whig ) (starting December 12)
Governor of Pennsylvania :
Francis R. Shunk (
Democratic )
Governor of Rhode Island :
Charles Jackson (Know Nothing) (until May 6),
Byron Diman (
Law and Order ) (starting May 6)
Governor of South Carolina :
William Aiken, Jr. (
Democratic ) (until December 8),
David Johnson (
Democratic ) (starting December 8)
Governor of Tennessee :
Aaron V. Brown (
Democratic )
Governor of Texas :
Anson Jones (political party unknown) (until February 19),
James Pinckney Henderson (
Democratic ) (starting February 19)
Governor of Vermont :
William Slade (
Whig ) (until October 9),
Horace Eaton (
Whig ) (starting October 9)
Governor of Virginia :
James McDowell (
Democratic ) (until January 1),
William Smith (
Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Lieutenant governors
Events
September 21–24:
Battle of Monterrey (
Mexican–American War ).
June 14 –
Mexican–American War : The
California Republic declares independence from
Mexico .
June 15 –
Bear Flag Revolt : American settlers in
Sonoma, California start a rebellion against
Mexico and proclaim the
California Republic .
June 16 – The
Oregon Treaty establishes the
49th parallel as the border between the United States and
Canada , from the
Rocky Mountains to the
Strait of Juan de Fuca .
June 20 – The first officially recorded
baseball game using modern rules developed by
Alexander Cartwright is played in
Hoboken, New Jersey .
July 8 –
Battle of Monterey : Acting on instructions from
Washington, D.C. ,
Commodore
John Drake Sloat orders his troops to occupy
Monterey and
Yerba Buena thus beginning the United States annexation of
California .
August 11 – Establishment of the
Smithsonian Institution in
Washington, D.C.
September 21–24 –
Battle of Monterrey : General
Pedro de Ampudia and the Mexican Army of the North are defeated by General
Zachary Taylor 's
Army of Occupation , comprising
U. S. Regulars ,
U. S. Volunteers and
Texas Rangers . The battle ends after three days of fighting with 120 U. S. soldiers killed, 360 wounded, and 43 missing. The Mexicans suffer 367 killed and wounded.
November 30 – The
Donner Party becomes snowbound.
December 29 –
Iowa is admitted as the 29th
U.S. state (see
History of Iowa ).
Undated
Ongoing
Births
January 9 –
Verner Clarges , silent film actor (died
1911 )
January 26 –
Benjamin Franklin Keith , vaudeville theatre owner (died
1914 )
January 27 –
Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr. , founder of the
Kentucky Derby (died
1899 )
February 2 –
Francis Marion Smith , borax magnate (died
1931 )
February 10 –
Ira Remsen , chemist (died
1927 )
February 26 –
William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody , frontiersman, later showman (died
1917 )
March 4 –
Franklin J. Drake , admiral (died
1929 )
March 15 –
James D. Moffat , 3rd president of Washington & Jefferson College (died
1916 )
March 20 –
Rebecca Richardson Joslin , writer, lecturer, benefactor, clubwoman (died
1934 )
March 22 –
James Timberlake , lawman (died
1891 )
April 13 –
Lucius E. Johnson , railroad executive (died
1921 )
April 14 –
Henry Overholser , businessman (died
1915 )
May 18 –
Anna Morton ,
Second Lady of the United States as wife of
Levi P. Morton (died
1918 )
May 22 –
Rita Cetina Gutiérrez , teacher, poet and activist (died
1908 )
June 8 –
Lucien Baker , U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1895 till 1901 (died
1907 )
June 10 –
Henry B. Quinby , governor of New Hampshire (died
1924 )
June 11 –
William Louis Marshall , general, engineer (died
1920 )
June 13 –
Rose Cleveland , Acting
First Lady of the United States (died
1918 in Italy )
June 30 –
Frances Margaret Milne , author and librarian
July 5 –
Christian Reid (pen name of Frances Christine Fisher Tiernan), author (died 1920)
July 26 –
Texas Jack Omohundro , frontier scout, actor and cowboy (died
1880 )
August 2 –
Abram J. Buckles , soldier and jurist (died
1915 )
August 5 –
Louise Manning Hodgkins , educator, author and editor (died
1935 )
August 15 –
Albert J. Hopkins , U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1903 to 1909 (died
1922 )
August 18 –
Robley Dunglison Evans , admiral (died
1912 )
August 23 –
Alexander Milne Calder , sculptor (died
1923 )
August 25 –
John Thornton , U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1910 to 1915 (died
1917 )
September 4 –
Daniel Burnham , architect and urban designer (died 1912)
September 7 –
John Porter Merrell , admiral (died
1916 )
September 14 –
George B. Selden , patent lawyer and inventor (died 1922)
September 25 –
Watson Heston , cartoonist (died
1905 )
October 6 –
George Westinghouse , entrepreneur, engineer (died 1914)
October 26 –
Lewis Boss , astronomer (died
1912 )
November 25 –
Carrie Nation , temperance advocate (died 1911)
December 1 –
William Henry Holmes , anthropologist, archaeologist, geologist and museum director (died
1933 )
Full date unknown
Neil Burgess , comedian (died
1910 )
John Denny , buffalo soldier and Medal of Honor recipient (died
1901 )
Pugsey Hurley , British-born burglar, river pirate and underworld figure in New York City
Peter Remondino , Italian-born physician, author, first president of the San Diego Board of Health, and co-founder of San Diego's first private hospital (died
1926 )
Mary Foot Seymour , businesswoman and writer (died
1893 )
Thomas Shaw , buffalo soldier and Medal of Honor recipient (died
1895 )
Thomas Wakeman , founder of the first Sioux Indian YMCA (died
1886 )
James E. Ware , architect, originator of the "dumbbell plan" for New York City tenements (died 1918)
Deaths
January 5 –
Alfred Thomas Agate , artist, painter, and miniaturist (born
1812 )
March 24 –
William Lee D. Ewing , U.S. Senator from Illinois in 1834 (born
1795 )
May 10 –
Jane Irwin Harrison , Acting
First Lady of the United States (born
1804 )
May 13 –
Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton , poet (born
1759 )
August 11 –
John Caspar Wild , landscape painter and lithographer (born
1804 in Switzerland)
August 15 –
Samuel Humphreys , naval architect (born
1778 )
September 4 –
James Alexander, Jr. ,
U.S. Representative from
Ohio from 1837 to 1839 (born
1789 )
September 15 –
Jacques Dupré , Louisiana State Representative, State Senator and Governor (born
1773 )
September 16 –
Samuel A. Foote , 28th Governor of Connecticut from 1834 to 1835, U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1827 to 1833 (born
1780 )
October 3 –
Benjamin Waterhouse , physician (born
1754 )
November 13 –
William Findlay , 4th Governor of Pennsylvania from 1817 to 1820, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania from 1821 to 1827 (born
1768 )
December 30 –
Alexander Barrow , U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1841 to 1846 (born
1801 )
See also
Further reading
External links