1795

Events

 * January 2:
 * Timothy Pickering becomes United States Secretary of War
 * March 4:
 * Abraham de Gallatin becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * June 1:
 * John Jay becomes Governor of New York
 * August 20:
 * Timothy Pickering becomes Acting United States Secretary of State
 * December 10:
 * Timothy Pickering becomes United States Secretary of State

Births

 * May 24:
 * Silas Wright Jr. - Senator of New York (d. 1847)
 * November 2:
 * James Knox Polk - President of the United States (d. 1849)