1874

Births

 * August 10:
 * Herbert Clark Hoover - President of the United States (d. 1964)
 * September 13:
 * Henry Fountain Ashurst - Senator of Arizona (d. 1962)

Deaths

 * January 6:
 * Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1793)
 * January 20:
 * David Hubbard - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1792)
 * September 15:
 * Benjamin Robbins Curtis Sr. - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (b. 1809)
 * November 1:
 * Enos Thompson Throop - Governor of New York (b. 1784)