Events from the year 1839 in the United States. President: Martin Van Buren (D-New York) Vice President: Richard M. Johnson (D-Kentucky) Chief Justice:...

The 1838–39 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between July 2, 1838, and November 5, 1839. Each...

The 1838–39 United States Senate elections were held on various dates in various states. As these U.S. Senate elections were prior to the ratification...

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 Aroostook War (sometimes called the Pork and Beans War), or the Madawaska War, was a military and civilian-involved confrontation in 1838–1839 between...

In the United States, abortion is a divisive issue in politics and culture wars, though a majority of Americans support access to abortion. Abortion laws...

Americans, are the Indigenous peoples of the land that the United States of America is located on. At its core, it includes peoples indigenous to the lower 48...

passed in most Northern states and a movement developed to abolish slavery. The role of slavery under the United States Constitution (1789) was the most...

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

The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most...