1847

Events

 * Unknown:
 * James Abercrombie becomes a Member of the Alabama State Senate
 * March 4:
 * Abraham Lincoln becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * John Gayle becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * Sampson Harris becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * July 31:
 * Richard Rush becomes the United States Minister of France
 * December 16:
 * Reuben Chapman becomes Governor of Alabama

Deaths

 * August 27:
 * Silas Wright Jr. - Senator of New York (b. 1795)