1816

Events

 * Unknown:
 * William Wirt becomes United States Attorney for the District of Virginia
 * July 16:
 * Abraham de Gallatin becomes United States Minister to France
 * October 8:
 * William Harrison becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * October 22:
 * William Crawford becomes United States Secretary of the Treasury

Births

 * December 13:
 * Clement Claiborne Clay - Senator of Alabama (d. 1882)

Deaths

 * May 4:
 * Samuel William Dexter Jr. - United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761)
 * August 17:
 * Samuel Johnston Jr. - Senator of North Carolina (b. 1733)