1879 in the United States
Events from the year 1879 in the United States.
Incumbents
Governors and Lieutenant Governors |
Governors
- Governor of Alabama: Rufus W. Cobb (Democratic)
- Governor of Arkansas: William Read Miller (Democratic)
- Governor of California: William Irwin (Democratic)
- Governor of Colorado: John Long Routt (Republican) (until January 14), Frederick Walker Pitkin (Republican) (starting January 14)
- Governor of Connecticut: Richard D. Hubbard (Democratic) (until January 9), Charles B. Andrews (Republican) (starting January 9)
- Governor of Delaware: John P. Cochran (Democratic) (until January 21), John W. Hall (Democratic) (starting January 21)
- Governor of Florida: George Franklin Drew (Democratic)
- Governor of Georgia: Alfred H. Colquitt (Democratic)
- Governor of Illinois: Shelby Moore Cullom (Republican)
- Governor of Indiana: James D. Williams (Democratic)
- Governor of Iowa: John H. Gear (Republican)
- Governor of Kansas: George T. Anthony (Republican) (until January 13), John P. St. John (Republican) (starting January 13)
- Governor of Kentucky: James B. McCreary (Democratic) (until September 2), Luke P. Blackburn (Democratic) (starting September 2)
- Governor of Louisiana: Francis T. Nicholls (Democratic)
- Governor of Maine: Seldon Connor (Republican) (until January 8), Alonzo Garcelon (Democratic) (starting January 8)
- Governor of Maryland: John Lee Carroll (Democratic)
- Governor of Massachusetts: Alexander H. Rice (Republican) (until January 2), Thomas Talbot (Republican) (starting January 2)
- Governor of Michigan: Charles Croswell (Republican)
- Governor of Minnesota: John S. Pillsbury (Republican)
- Governor of Mississippi: John M. Stone (Democratic)
- Governor of Missouri: John Smith Phelps (Democratic)
- Governor of Nebraska: Silas Garber (Republican) (until January 9), Albinus Nance (Republican) (starting January 9)
- Governor of Nevada: Lewis R. Bradley (Democratic) (until January 6), John H. Kinkead (Republican) (starting January 6)
- Governor of New Hampshire: Benjamin F. Prescott (Republican) (until June 5), Natt Head (Republican) (starting June 5)
- Governor of New Jersey: George B. McClellan (Democratic)
- Governor of New York: Lucius Robinson (Democratic) (until end of December 31)
- Governor of North Carolina: Zebulon Baird Vance (Democratic) (until February 5), Thomas Jordan Jarvis (Democratic) (starting February 5)
- Governor of Ohio: Richard M. Bishop (Democratic)
- Governor of Oregon: W. W. Thayer (Democratic)
- Governor of Pennsylvania: John F. Hartranft (Republican) (until January 21), Henry M. Hoyt (Republican) (starting January 21)
- Governor of Rhode Island: Charles C. Van Zandt (Republican)
- Governor of South Carolina: Wade Hampton III (Democratic) (until February 26), William Dunlap Simpson (Democratic) (starting February 26)
- Governor of Tennessee: James D. Porter (Democratic) (until February 16), Albert S. Marks (Democratic) (starting February 16)
- Governor of Texas: Richard B. Hubbard (Democratic) (until January 21), Oran M. Roberts (Democratic) (starting January 21)
- Governor of Vermont: Redfield Proctor (Republican)
- Governor of Virginia: Frederick W. M. Holliday (Democratic)
- Governor of West Virginia: Henry M. Mathews (Democratic)
- Governor of Wisconsin: William E. Smith (Republican)
Lieutenant Governors
- Lieutenant Governor of California: James A. Johnson (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Lafayette Head (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Horace Austin Warner Tabor (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Francis Loomis (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), David Gallup (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Florida: Noble A. Hull (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), vacant (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: Andrew Shuman (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: Isaac P. Gray (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: Frank T. Campbell (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: Lyman U. Humphrey (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: John C. Underwood (political party unknown) (until month and day unknown), James E. Cantrill (political party unknown) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Louis A. Wiltz (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Horatio G. Knight (political party unknown) (until month and day unknown), John D. Long (political party unknown) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Alonzo Sessions (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: James Wakefield (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: William H. Sims (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Henry Clay Brockmeyer (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: Othman A. Abbott (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Edmund C. Carns (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Jewett W. Adams (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of New York: William Dorsheimer (Democratic) (until end of December 31)
- Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: Thomas J. Jarvis (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), vacant (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: Jabez W. Fitch (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: John Latta (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), Charles Warren Stone (Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Albert Howard (political party unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: William Dunlap Simpson (Democratic) (until February 26), vacant (starting February 26)
- Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: Hugh M. McAdoo (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), John R. Neal (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Texas: vacant (until month and day unknown), Joseph Draper Sayers (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown)
- Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Eben Pomeroy Colton (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: James A. Walker (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: James M. Bingham (Republican)
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Events
Undated
Ongoing
- Gilded Age (1869–c. 1896)
- Depression of 1873–79 (1873–1879)
Births
- February 3 – Guy Gillette, United States Senator from Iowa from 1936 till 1945. (died 1973)
- February 12 – George McGill, United States Senator from Kansas from 1930 till 1939. (died 1963)
- May 3 – Clyde L. Herring, United States Senator from Iowa from 1937 till 1943. (died 1945)
- August 2 – James M. Tunnell, United States Senator from Delaware from 1941 till 1947. (died 1957)
- August 27 – Otis F. Glenn, United States Senator from Illinois from 1928 till 1933. (died 1959)
- November 28 – Guy V. Howard, United States Senator from Minnesota from 1936 till 1937. (died 1954)
- December 15 – Bert H. Miller, United States Senator from Idaho in 1949. (died 1949)
- December 26 – Christie Benet, United States Senator from South Carolina in 1918. (died 1951)
Deaths
- March 16 – George Goldthwaite, United States Senator from Alabama from 1871 till 1877. (born 1809)
- June 1 – James Shields, United States Senator from Illinois from 1849 till 1855, United States Senator from Minnesota from 1858 till 1859 and United States Senator from Missouri in 1879. (born 1810)
- July 11 – William Allen, United States Senator from Ohio from 1837 till 1849. (born 1803)
- July 26 – Robert Ward Johnson, United States Senator from Arkansas from 1862 till 1865. (born 1814)
- September 30 – Francis Gillette, United States Senator from Connecticut from 1854 till 1855. (born 1807)
- November 1 – Zachariah Chandler, United States Senator from Michigan from 1857 till 1875 and in 1879. (born 1813)
- October 31 – Joseph Hooker, General in the Union Army during American Civil War (born 1814)
- December 31 – George S. Houston, Governor of Alabama from 1874 till 1878 and United States Senator from Alabama in 1879. (born 1811)
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