1796

Events

 * January 27:
 * Samuel Chase becomes an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
 * March 8:
 * Oliver Ellsworth becomes Chief Justice of the United States
 * July 27:
 * Rufus King becomes United States Minister to the United Kigdom
 * August 2:
 * William Blount becomes a Senator of Tennessee

Births

 * June 12:
 * Joab Jacob Lawler - Member of the House of Representatives (d. 1838)
 * October 20:
 * George Washington Owen - Member of the House of Representatives (d. 1837)