President:
Pres: John Quincy Adams
Pres: Andrew Jackson inaugurated
General
- Abolition: Walker's Appeal – and American pamphlet against slavery written by David Walker
- Americana: Death of John Jay – first US Chief Justice of the U.S.
- Education: Lancaster schools open to Texas
- Finance: In message to Congress President Jackson attacks Second Bank of the US controlled by Nicholas Biddle
Stock market reaches volume of 5000 shares a day
- Politics: Jackson introduces "Spoils system" where he replaces Govt. appointees
Unofficial or "Kitchen Cabinet" assembled
- Transportation: Delaware and Hudson's gravity railroad opens
East
- New York: First cooperative store
- Pennsylvania: Workingman's Party takes political control of Philadelphia
Early cooperative store opens in Philadelphia
Midwest
- Kansas: Shawnee and Delaware Indians resettle
- Ohio: White mobs attack African Americans - 3-day race riot ensues
South
West and Pacific