1872

Events

 * Unknown:
 * James Jones becomes a Member of the Alabama Senate
 * Jeremiah Haralson becomes a Member of the Alabama Senate
 * January 1:
 * Samuel Tilden becomes a Member of the New York State Assembly

Births

 * October 11:
 * Harlan Fiske Stone - Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1946)

Deaths

 * October 10:
 * William Henry Seward Sr. - United States Secretary of State (b. 1801)