Events from the year 1859 in the United States. President: James Buchanan (D-Pennsylvania) Vice President: John C. Breckinridge (D-Kentucky) Chief Justice:...

The 1858–59 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 7, 1858, and December 1, 1859. Each...

The 1858–59 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification...

This section of the timeline of United States history concerns events from 1820 to 1859. 1820 – Massachusetts divided in two with the admission of Maine...

The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States)...

The Pig War was a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British–U.S. border in the San Juan Islands, between...

county equivalents in the United States. The 50 states of the United States are divided into 3,007 political subdivisions of states called counties. Two...

industry in the United States since the 1859 Pennsylvania oil rush around Titusville, Pennsylvania. Commonly characterized as "Big Oil", the industry...

punishment for crime is still legal in the United States. By the time of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), the status of enslaved people had been...

(1859). LOC, Cong. Globe, 36th Cong., 1st Sess. 650 (1860). Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress:...

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the late 1850s, its main political rival has been...

The 1859 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held during January 1859. Incumbent Senator Henry Wilson, who had been elected in 1855 to...

This is a list of capital cities of the United States, including places that serve or have served as federal, state, insular area, territorial, colonial...

related to 1859. 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar...

the Indigenous peoples of the United States, particularly of the lower 48 states and Alaska. They may also include any Americans whose origins lie in...

In the United States, lotteries are run by 48 jurisdictions: 45 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Lotteries...

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental...

The Carrington Event was the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, peaking on 1–2 September 1859 during solar cycle 10. It created strong...

The second lady of the United States or second gentleman (SLOTUS or SGOTUS) is the informal title held by the spouse of the vice president of the United...

Events from the year 1859 in the United Kingdom. Monarch – Victoria Prime Minister – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (Conservative) (until 11...

The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. After European colonization...

The Catholic dioceses and archdioceses of the United States which include both the dioceses of the Latin Church, which employ the Roman Rite and other...

The following is a list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of New York. For chronological tables of members of both...

the United States Senate. They serve as chief spokespersons for their respective political parties, holding the majority and the minority in the chamber...

The 1859 United States Senate election in Minnesota took place for the state's Class II seat on December 15, 1859, by the Minnesota legislature in a joint...

In the context of the United States, secession primarily refers to the voluntary withdrawal of one or more states from the Union that constitutes the...

The United States has been involved in 116 military conflicts. These include major conflicts like the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the...

Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated by the president to serve as the United States' diplomatic representatives to foreign nations, international...

In the United States, federalism is the constitutional division of power between U.S. state governments and the federal government of the United States...

The 2024 United States presidential election in Maine took place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States presidential election...