1882

Events

 * January 1:
 * Theodore Roosevelt becomes a Member of the New York State Assembly
 * January 2:
 * Stephen Cleveland becomes Mayor of Buffalo
 * January 9:
 * Horace Gray becomes Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Births

 * January 30:
 * Franklin Delano Roosevelt - President of the United States (d. 1945)
 * November 15:
 * Felix Frankfurter - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (d. 1965)

Deaths

 * January 3:
 * Clement Claiborne Clay - Senator of Alabama (b. 1816)
 * May 17:
 * Reuben Chapman Jr. - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1799)
 * June 30:
 * Charles Julius Guiteau - Assassin of James A. Garfield (b. 1841)
 * September 20:
 * Harvey Abner Allen - Commander of the Department of Alaska (b. 1818)