1885

Events

 * March 4:
 * Thomas Hendricks becomes Vice President of the United States
 * William McKinley becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * August 1:
 * Adlai Stevenson becomes First Assistant United States Postmaster General

Births

 * February 21:
 * Frank William Boykin Sr. - Member of the House of Representatives (d. 1969)

Deaths

 * July 23:
 * Ulysses Simpson Grant - President of the United States (b. 1822)
 * August 25:
 * Reuben Eaton Fenton - Governor of New York (b. 1819)
 * November 25:
 * Thomas Andrews Hendricks - Vice President of the United States (b. 1819)