1869

Events

 * March 4:
 * Ulysses Grant becomes President of the United States
 * Schuyler Colfax becomes Vice President of the United States
 * Reuben Fenton becomes a Senator of New York
 * Alfred Buck becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * Richard McCormick becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * Robert Heflin becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * William Wheeler becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * William Sherman becomes Commanding General of the U.S. Army
 * July 9:
 * Anson Safford becomes Territorial Governor of Arizona
 * September 6:
 * William Sherman becomes Acting United States Secretary of War

Births

 * August 16:
 * Stanley Hubert Dent Jr. - Member of the House of Representatives (d. 1938)
 * December 22:
 * Benjamin Baker Moeur - Governor of Arizona (d. 1937)

Deaths

 * October 8:
 * Franklin Pierce - President of the United States (b. 1804)
 * November 21:
 * Benjamin Fitzpatrick - Senator of Alabama (b. 1802)
 * December 14:
 * Henry Matson Waite - Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (b. 1787)