1849

Events

 * Unknown:
 * James Dowdell becomes a Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
 * February 20:
 * Washington Hunt becomes Comptroller of New York
 * March 4:
 * Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States
 * William Seward becomes a Senator of New York
 * Salmon Chase becomes a Senator of Ohio
 * David Hubbard becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * William Alston becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * March 13:
 * John Gayle becomes United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
 * John Gayle becomes United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
 * John Gayle becomes United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama

Births

 * January 16:
 * George Washington Taylor - Member of the House of Representatives (d. 1932)
 * November 13:
 * Alexander Oswald Brodie Sr. - Territorial Governor of Arizona (d. 1918)

Deaths

 * June 15:
 * James Knox Polk - President of the United States (b. 1795)
 * August 12:
 * Abraham Alfonse Albert de Gallatin - Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)