Events from the year 1857 in the United States. President: Franklin Pierce (D-New Hampshire) (until March 4) James Buchanan (D-Pennsylvania) (starting...

November 4, 1857. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives. 236 representatives were elected in 31 states and the pending...

The 1856–57 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification...

Southern states Peace Conference of 1861 Corwin Amendment Battle of Fort Sumter The Panic of 1857 was a financial crisis in the United States caused by the declining...

related to 1857. 1857 (MDCCCLVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar...

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...

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...

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...

or Indigenous Americans) are the Indigenous peoples of the United States of America, particularly of the lower 48 states and Alaska. They may also include...

In this list of presidents of the United States by age, the first table charts the age of each president of the United States at the time of presidential...