1861

Events

 * March 4:
 * Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States
 * Salmon Chase becomes a Senator of Ohio
 * John Goodwin becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * William Wheeler becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * March 6:
 * William Seward becomes United States Secretary of State
 * March 7:
 * Salmon Chase becomes United States Secretary of the Treasury

Deaths

 * July 2:
 * James Abercrombie - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1792)
 * August 31:
 * James Adams Stallworth - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1822)