1851

Events

 * Unknown:
 * James Dowdell becomes a Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
 * January 1:
 * Washington Hunt becomes Governor of New York
 * March 4:
 * John Bragg becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * James Abercrombie becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * October 10:
 * Benjamin Curtis becomes Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Births

 * January 24:
 * Marcus Aurelius Smith - Senator of Arizona (d. 1924)
 * January 30:
 * Oliver Cicero Wiley - Member of the House of Representatives (d. 1917)

Deaths

 * January 17:
 * Thomas Lincoln Sr. - Father of President Abraham Lincoln (b. 1778)
 * May 9:
 * Hugh McVay IV - 9th Governor of Alabama (b. 1766)