1843

Events

 * March 4:
 * Reuben Chapman becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * James Dellet becomes a Member of the House of Representatives

Births

 * August 1:
 * Robert Todd Lincoln - 35th United States Secretary of War (d. 1926)
 * August 29:
 * David Bennett Hill - Senator of New York (d. 1910)