1808

Events

 * December 5:
 * William Wirt becomes a Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
 * December 20:
 * Simon Snyder becomes Governor of Pennsylvania

Births

 * January 13:
 * Salmon Portland Chase - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (d. 1873)
 * August 3:
 * Hamilton Fish - United States Secretary of State (d. 1893)
 * August 4:
 * Henry Washington Hilliard - Member of the House of Representatives (d. 1892)
 * December 29:
 * Andrew Johnson Sr. - President of the United States (d. 1875)