1863

Events

 * March 4:
 * Thomas Hendricks becomes a Senator of Indiana
 * December 7:
 * Schuyler Colfax becomes Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and Leader of the House Republican Conference
 * December 29:
 * John Goodwin becomes Territorial Governor of Arizona
 * Richard McCormick becomes Secretary of Arizona

Deaths

 * July 27:
 * William Lowndes Yancey - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1814)
 * August 19:
 * John Addison Gurley Sr. - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1813)