1890

Events

 * Unknown:
 * Ariosto Wiley becomes a Member of the Alabama Senate
 * February 4:
 * William Taft becomes Soliciter General of the United States
 * December 29:
 * Henry Brown becomes Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Births

 * January 22:
 * Frederick Moore Vinson - Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1953)
 * October 14:
 * Dwight David Eisenhower - President of the United States (d. 1969)