1831

Events

 * Unknown:
 * David Hubbard becomes a Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
 * March 3:
 * Samuel Moore becomes Governor of Alabama
 * March 4:
 * Gabriel Moore becomes a Senator of Alabama
 * Samuel Mardis becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * November 26:
 * John Gayle becomes Governor of Alabama

Births

 * November 19:
 * James Abram Garfield - 20th President of the United States (d. 1881)

Deaths

 * July 4:
 * James Monroe - 5th President of the United States (b. 1758)
 * July 30:
 * Richard Varick - 45th Mayor of New York City (b. 1753)
 * September 6:
 * William Jones - 4th United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1760)