1883

Events

 * January 1:
 * Stephen Cleveland becomes Governor of New York
 * Theodore Roosevelt becomes Minority Leader of the New York State Assembly
 * December 3:
 * James Jones becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * William McKinley becomes a Member of the House of Representatives

Births

 * September 25:
 * John McDuffie - Member of the House of Representatives (d. 1950)

Deaths

 * February 14:
 * Edwin Denison Morgan Sr. - Senator of New York (b. 1811)
 * May 31:
 * James Thomas Rapier - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1837)
 * July 1:
 * Thomas Hord Herndon Jr. - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1828)
 * October 28:
 * Taul Bradford Sr. - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1835)