1891

Births

 * January 10:
 * Louis Arthur Johnson - 2nd United States Secretary of Defense (d. 1966)
 * March 19:
 * Earl Warren Sr. - 14th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1974)

Deaths

 * July 4:
 * Hannibal Hamlin - 15th Vice President of the United States (b. 1809)
 * December 15:
 * Anson Pacely Killen Safford - 3rd Territorial Governor of Arizona (b. 1830)