1848

Births

 * November 6:
 * Ariosto Appling Wiley - Member of the House of Representatives (d. 1908)

Deaths

 * February 17:
 * George Washington Campbell Sr. - United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1769)
 * October 25:
 * Dixon Hall Lewis - Senator of Alabama (b. 1802)
 * December 21:
 * James Dellet - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1788)