1825 in the United States

1825 in the United States
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Events from the year 1825 in the United States.

Contents 1 Incumbents 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 External links

Incumbents

• President: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) (until March 4), John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican/National Republican) (starting March 4)
• Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins (Democratic-Republican) (until March 4), John C. Calhoun (Democratic-Republican/Democratic) (starting March 4)
• Chief Justice: John Marshall
• Speaker of the House of Representatives: Henry Clay (Dem.-Rep.-Kentucky) (until March 4), John W. Taylor (Dem.-Rep.-New York) (starting December 5)
• Congress: 18th (until March 4), 19th (starting March 4)

Events

January–March

• January 10 – Indianapolis becomes the capital of Indiana (moved from Corydon, Indiana).
• February 9 – After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
• February 12 – Treaty of Indian Springs: The Lower Creek Council, led by William McIntosh, cedes a large amount of Creek territory in Georgia to the United States government.
• March 4 – John Quincy Adams officially succeeds James Monroe as President of the United States.

April–June

• April 30 – Upper Creek chief Menawa leads an attack that assassinates William McIntosh for signing the Treaty of Indian Springs.
• May 11 – American Tract Society is founded.
• June 3 – Kansa Nation cedes its territory to the United States (see History of Kansas).
• June 11 – The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.

July–September

• July 14 – The Jefferson Literary and Debating Society is founded by 16 disgruntled members of the now-defunct Patrick Henry Society in Room 7, West Lawn, of the University of Virginia.
• August 19 – Treaty of Prairie du Chien at Fort Crawford, Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

October–December

• October 26 – The Erie Canal opens, granting passage from Albany, New York to Lake Erie.
• November 7 – Treaty of St. Louis: 1,400 Missouri Shawnees were forcibly relocated from Missouri to Kansas. (See History of Kansas)
• November 12 – New Echota designated capital of the Cherokee Nation.
• November 26 – At Union College in Schenectady, New York a group of college students form Kappa Alpha Society as the first college social fraternity (it was the first to combine aspects of secret Greek-letter societies, literary societies and formalized student social groups).

Undated

• The Cherokee Nation officially adopts Sequoyah's syllabary.
• Vancouver, Washington is established by Dr. John McLoughlin on behalf of the Hudson's Bay Company.
• Ypsilanti, Michigan is established.
• Vicksburg, Mississippi is incorporated.
• New Harmony, Indiana established as a social experiment, built by the Harmony Society and sold to Robert Owen.
• The United States Postal Service starts a dead letter office.

Ongoing

• Era of Good Feelings (1817–1825)

Births

Deaths

See also

• 1825 in Canada

External links

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