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1845 in the United States

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1845
in
the United States

Decades:
See also:

Events from the year 1845 in the United States.

Incumbents

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John Tyler (I-Virginia) (until March 4)
James K. Polk (D-Tennessee) (starting March 4)
vacant (until March 4)
George M. Dallas (D-Pennsylvania) (starting March 4)
John Winston Jones (D-Virginia) (until March 4)
John Wesley Davis (D-Indiana) (starting December 1)

Events

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January–March

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March 4: James K. Polk becomes the 11th U.S. president
George M. Dallas becomes the 11th U.S. vice president

April–June

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July–September

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October–December

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December 27: The term "Manifest Destiny" is influentially used by John L. O'Sullivan (the concept is depicted in this 1872 painting by John Gast)

Unknown date

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  • Spaniards find Lost Dutchman Mine, Arizona.

Births

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Deaths

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Andrew Jackson

See also

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References

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  1. ^ O'Sullivan, John L. (July–August 1845). "Annexation". United States Magazine and Democratic Review. 17 (1): 5–10. Archived from the original on November 25, 2005. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
  2. ^ Ala. General Assembly. Journal of the House of Representatives. 1845 sess., 57, accessed July 28, 2023
  3. ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton. ISBN 9780722217139. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton. ISBN 9780722217139. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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