1853

Events

 * Unknown:
 * David Hubbard becomes a Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
 * March 4:
 * William King becomes Vice President of the United States
 * James Dowdell becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * Philip Phillips becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * Reuben Fenton becomes a Member of the House of Representatives

Births

 * March 8:
 * Frank Swett Black - Governor of New York (d. 1913)
 * April 4:
 * Thomas Lincoln III - Son of President Abraham Lincoln (d. 1871)

Deaths

 * April 18:
 * William Rufus DeVane King - Vice President of the United States (b. 1786)