Events from the year 1871 in the United States. President: Ulysses S. Grant (R-Illinois) Vice President: Schuyler Colfax (R-Indiana) Chief Justice: Salmon...

The 1870–71 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification...

The United States expedition to Korea, known in Korea as the Shinmiyangyo (Korean: 신미양요; Hanja: 辛未洋擾; lit. Western Disturbance in the Shinmi Year) or...

The 1870–71 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between June 6, 1870, and October 6, 1871. Each...

coordinates) This is a list of the most populous municipal corporations of the United States. As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an incorporated...

The Great Fires of 1871 were a series of conflagrations that took place throughout the final days of September and first weeks of October 1871 in the...

In the United States, the minimum age at which a person can marry, with or without parental consent or other authorization, is set by each state and territory...

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...

The 1871 United States Senate election in California was held on December 20, 1871, by the California State Legislature to elect a U.S. Senator (Class...

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 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...

Federal holidays in the United States are 11 calendar dates designated by the U.S. federal government as holidays. On these days non-essential U.S. federal...

the United States is one of the 50 constituent entities that shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Americans are citizens of both the federal...

Religion in the United States is both widespread and diverse, with higher reported levels of belief than other wealthy Western nations. Polls indicate...

historically served a key role in the trade policy of the United States. Their purpose was to generate revenue for the federal government and to allow...

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...

of the timeline of United States history concerns events from 1860 to 1899. April 3, 1860 – Pony Express begins. November 6 – 1860 United States presidential...

The Alabama Claims were a series of demands for damages sought by the government of the United States from the United Kingdom in 1869, for the attacks...

Congressional act. The district's chief executive from 1871 to 1874 was a governor appointed by the president of the United States; the office was replaced...

The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal...

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

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal...

In the United States, capital punishment (also known as the death penalty) is a legal penalty in 27 states (of whom two, Oregon and Wyoming, do not currently...

Cross v. United States, 81 U.S. (14 Wall.) 479 (1871), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the principle of res judicata...

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction...

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...

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...

chart shows historical information on the salaries that members of the United States Congress have been paid. The Government Ethics Reform Act of 1989...

The deep state conspiracy theory in the United States is a false American political conspiracy theory that posits the existence of the deep state, a clandestine...

The Thirteenth Amendment (Amendment XIII) to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime...