1844

Events

 * April 1:
 * John Calhoun becomes Secretary of State

Births

 * February 26:
 * Horace Harmon Lurton - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (d. 1914)
 * June 3:
 * Garret Augustus Hobart - Vice President of the United States (d. 1899)

Deaths

 * March 6:
 * Gabriel Duvall - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (b. 1752)
 * April 21:
 * Henry White Baldwin - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (b. 1780)
 * June 3:
 * Alexander James Dallas Jr. - United States Navy Captain (b. 1791)