Events

• February 9 - The city of Jacksonville, Florida received its town charter from the legislative council of Florida Territory
• March 3 - In Worcester v. Georgia, the United States Supreme Court held that Cherokee Indians were entitled to federal protection from the actions of state governments.
• March 24 - In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tarred and feathered Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr.
• April 6 - The Black Hawk War begins
• July 10 - President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
• July 24 - Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by using Wyoming's South Pass.
• July-August - Cholera epidemic in New York City
• October 8 - Washington Irving and Henry Leavitt Ellsworth arrive at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory (later Fort Gibson, Oklahoma) in the late morning hours. They left the fort on October 10, with a small company of Rangers who escorted them to the camp of Captain Jesse Bean who was waiting for them near the Arkansas River. Thus began one of the first steps in the United States effort to remove the Indians from their homes on the east coast in what would become known as the "Trail of Tears" some six years later.
• November - Andrew Jackson defeats Henry Clay in the U.S. presidential election
• December - Skull and Bones secret society of Yale University established.
• December 28 - John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.

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Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest judicial body in the... For other uses, see Cherokee (disambiguation). ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (84th in leap years). ... Hiram is a village located in Portage County, Ohio. ... Tarring and feathering is a physical punishment, at least as old as the Crusades, used to enforce formal justice in feudal Europe and informal justice in Europe and its colonies in the early modern period, as well as the early American frontier, mostly as a type of mob vengeance (compare... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the most-recognized architectural symbol of Mormonism This article is about the terms history and usage. ... Joseph Smith, Jr. ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... Combatants United States Sauk Nation Commanders Henry Atkinson Henry Dodge Adam Snyder Isaiah Stillman Samuel Whiteside Black Hawk Strength 2,000 Miltia 1,500 Regulars volunteers? Indian allies ? 1000 The majority were women and children Casualties 33 killed in action 39 non-combatants killed 450-600 The Black Hawk War... July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... For other uses, see Andrew Jackson (disambiguation). ... The Second Bank of the United States was a bank chartered in 1816, five years after the expiration of the First Bank of the United States. ... July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 160 days remaining. ... Benjamin Bonneville Benjamin Louis Eulalie de Bonneville (April 14, 1796-1878) was a French-born officer in the United States Army, fur trapper, and explorer in the American West. ... For the TV show, see Wagon Train. ... Confectionary Company, see Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory. ... Official language(s) English Capital Cheyenne Largest city Cheyenne Area  Ranked 10th  - Total 97,818 sq mi (253,348 km²)  - Width 280 miles (450 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 0. ... New York, NY redirects here. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (282nd in leap years). ... Washington Irving (April 3, 1783–November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. ... Henry Leavitt Ellsworth (November 10, 1791 - December 27, 1858) was a U.S. administrator. ... Official language(s) None Capital Oklahoma City Largest city Oklahoma City Area  Ranked 20th  - Total 69,960 sq mi (181,196 km²)  - Width 230 miles (370 km)  - Length 298 miles (480 km)  - % water 1. ... The Arkansas River flows through Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. ... This monument at the New Echota Historic Site honors Cherokees who died on the Trail of Tears. ... For other uses, see Andrew Jackson (disambiguation). ... Henry Clay, Sr. ... Presidential electoral votes by state. ... Emblem of the Skull and Bones society The Order of Skull and Bones, once known as The Brotherhood of Death[1], is a secret society based at Yale University, in New Haven, Connecticut, and one of the earliest-established of student secret societies to rival Phi Beta Kappa, also originally... A secret society is an organization that conceals its activities from outsiders. ... “Yale” redirects here. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... John Caldwell Calhoun (March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was a leading United States Southern politician and political philosopher from South Carolina during the first half of the 19th century, best known as a spokesman for slavery, nullification and the rights of electoral minorities, such as slave-holders. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Chief Justice Associate Justices Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Counties, Cities, and Towns Other countries Politics Portal      The Vice President of the United States is the first in the presidential line of...

See also

• 1831 in the United States
• 1832
• 1832 in Canada
• 1833 in the United States