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...

Scholte settled northeast part of Marion County, now town of Pella. 1847 in the United States https://www.cityofdubuque.org/DocumentCenter/View/1178/Histor...

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...

related to 1847. 1847 (MDCCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar...

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...

parties in the United States. Since the late 1850s, its main political rival has been the Republican Party. The Democratic Party was founded in 1828. Martin...

In the United States, healthcare is largely provided by private sector healthcare facilities, and paid for by a combination of public programs, private...