1887

Events

 * March 4:
 * William McKinley becomes a Member of the House of Representatives

Births

 * February 6:
 * Ernest Henry Gruening - Senator of Alaska (d. 1974)

Deaths

 * April 29:
 * John Noble Goodwin - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1824)
 * June 4:
 * William Almon Wheeler - Vice President of the United States (b. 1819)