President:
Pres: James Monroe
Pres: John Quincy Adams elected (selected by House) over Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, and WIlliam H. Crawford
General
- Business: Forst women's worker strike
- Finance: Increse in US tariffs
Gibbons v Ogden Justice Marshall declares that Fed has power over interstate commerce
- Natives: Bureau of Indian Affairs created
- Politics: US House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as president when none of the four wins majority -
Jackson (most votes) claims "Corrupt Bargain" between opponents, also "Favorite Sons election"
Election ends "Era of Good Feelings
East
- New York: Large Methodist revival in west
Erie Canal opens
Midwest
- Indiana: Fall Creek Massacre as colonists kill and rob 8 Seneca Indians
South
- General: South angered when higher tariffs instituted
- Georgia: Hurricane hits St. Simmons Island killing slaves
West and Pacific
- Utah: Provost enters Uinta Basin
Jim Bridger winters in Cache Valley
Peter Skene Ogden arrives in Utah