1849

Events

 * March 4:
 * Thomas Harris becomes a member of the House of Representatives

Births

 * November 13:
 * Alexander Oswald Brodie Sr. - 15th Territorial Governor of Arizona (d. 1918)

Deaths

 * June 15:
 * James Knox Polk - 11th President of the United States (b. 1795)
 * August 12:
 * Abraham de Gallatin - 4th Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)