1909

Events

 * January 11:
 * Thomas Marshall becomes Governor of Indiana
 * March 4:
 * William Taft becomes President of the United States
 * Stanley Dent becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * May 1:
 * Richard Sloan becomes Territorial Governor of Arizona
 * December 20:
 * Horace Lurton becomes Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Births

 * January 2:
 * Barry Morris Goldwater - Senator of Arizona (d. 1998)
 * July 1:
 * Wesley Bolin - Governor of Arizona (d. 1978)