1817

Events

 * January 7:
 * William Jones becomes President of the Second Bank of the United States
 * March 6:
 * William Bibb becomes Governor of Alabama
 * March 10:
 * Richard Rush becomes Acting Secretary of State
 * December 8:
 * John Calhoun becomes Secretary of War

Deaths

 * January 16:
 * Alexander James Dallas Sr. - 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1759)
 * April 14:
 * Joseph William Calhoun - Member of the the House of Representatives (b. 1750)