1824 in the United States
overview of USA-related events during the year of 1824
Events from the year 1824 in the United States.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: James Monroe (DR-Virginia)
Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins (DR-New York)
Chief Justice: John Marshall (Virginia)
Speaker of the House of Representatives: Henry Clay (DR-Kentucky)
Congress: 18th
State governments
Events
March 11 – U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs formed by John C. Calhoun without authorization from Congress.
April – The United States Literary Gazette, a semi-monthly, begins publication. It publishes poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and William Cullen Bryant, among many others.
April 15 – To defend the Cherokees' possession of their land, chief John Ross petitions Congress, fundamentally altering the traditional relationship between an Indian nation and whites.
May 15 – A boiler explosion occurs on the steamship Aetna, under way in Upper New York Bay, killing more than ten passengers and injuring many more.
May 26 – Arkansas Territory split creates Indian Territory.
July 12 - First Orange parade to be held in the US, known as The Twelfth held in Boston, under the American Orange Order.
August 16 – Lafayette begins his tour of the United States, departing on September 7, 1825.
October 26 – 1824 United States presidential election opens.
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