Events from the year 1849 in the United States. President: James K. Polk (D-Tennessee) (until March 4) Zachary Taylor (W-Kentucky) (starting March 4) Vice...

The 1848–49 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between August 1848 and November 1849. Each...

the winners were elected in 1849 after March 4. Reverdy Johnson won election in 1844 but retired to become the United States Attorney General. In order...

The history of the United States from 1849 to 1865 was dominated by the tensions that led to the American Civil War between North and South, and the bloody...

States (1790–1819) History of the United States (1815–1849) First Party System American gentry Slavery in the United States Presidency of George Washington...

The history of the United States from 1815 to 1849—also called the Middle Period, the Antebellum Era, or the Age of Jackson—involved westward expansion...

The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States)...

who was the 12th president of the United States, serving from 1849 until his death in 1850. Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising...

The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral...

In the United States, public holidays are set by federal, state, and local governments and are often observed by closing government offices or giving government...