1837

Events

 * March 4:
 * Richard Johnson becomes Vice President of the United States
 * June 19:
 * Clement Clay becomes a Senator of Alabama
 * July 17:
 * Hugh McVay becomes Governor of Alabama

Births

 * June 19:
 * Frederick George Bromberg - Member of the House of Representatives (d. 1930)
 * June 20:
 * David Josiah Brewer - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (d. 1910)