1780

Births

 * January 14:
 * Henry White Baldwin - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (d. 1844)
 * January 30:
 * Israel Pickens - Member of the House of Representatives (d. 1827)
 * May 1:
 * John McKinley - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (d. 1852)
 * August 29:
 * Richard D. Rush - United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1859)
 * October 17:
 * Richard Mentor Johnson - Vice President of the United States (d. 1850)