Events from the year 1847 in the United States. President: James K. Polk (D-Tennessee) Vice President: George M. Dallas (D-Pennsylvania) Chief Justice:...

states took their seats when the first session of the 30th United States Congress convened December 6, 1847. The new states of Iowa and Texas elected their...

the senators in Class 2. The Democratic Party gained four seats in the United States Senate. Senate party division, 30th Congress (1847–1849) Majority...

The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, was an invasion...

The 1847 State of the Union Address was delivered by the 11th president of the United States James K. Polk to the 30th United States Congress on December...

county equivalents in the United States. The 50 states of the United States are divided into 3,007 political subdivisions of states called counties. Two...

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental...

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the late 1850s, its main political rival has been...

Religion in the United States is both widespread and diverse, with higher reported levels of belief than other wealthy Western nations. Polls indicate...

The Aztec Club of 1847 is a military society founded in 1847 by United States Army officers of the Mexican–American War. It is a male-only hereditary organization...