1790 in the United States

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* 1770s
* 1780s
* 1790s
* 1800s
* 1810s

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*   * History of the United States (1789–1849)
* Timeline of United States history (1790–1819)
* List of years in the United States

1790 in the United States

1790 in U.S. states
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* New Jersey
*   * New York
* North Carolina
*   *   *   *   * Pennsylvania
* Rhode Island
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Events from the year 1790 in the United States.

## Incumbents

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### Federal government

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George Washington

* President: George Washington (no political party-Virginia)
* Vice President: John Adams (F-Massachusetts)
* Chief Justice: John Jay (New York)
* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Frederick Muhlenberg (Pro-Admin.-Pennsylvania)
* Congress: 1st

Governors and lieutenant governors

### Governors

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* Governor of Connecticut: Samuel Huntington (Federalist)
* Governor of Delaware: Joshua Clayton (Federalist)
* Governor of Georgia: George Walton (Democratic-Republican) (until November 9), Edward Telfair (Democratic-Republican) (starting November 9)
* Governor of Maryland: John E. Howard (Federalist)
* Governor of Massachusetts: John Hancock (no political party)
* Governor of New Hampshire: John Sullivan (Federalist) (until June 5), Josiah Bartlett (Democratic-Republican) (starting June 5)
* Governor of New Jersey:
* until July 25: William Livingston (no political party)
* July 25-October 29: Elisha Lawrence (Federalist)
* starting October 29: William Paterson (Federalist)
* Governor of New York: George Clinton (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of North Carolina: Alexander Martin (Anti-Federalist)
* Governor of Pennsylvania: Thomas Mifflin (no political party)
* Governor of Rhode Island: Arthur Fenner (Country) (starting May 29)
* Governor of South Carolina: Charles Pinckney (Federalist)
* Governor of Virginia: Beverley Randolph (no political party)

### Lieutenant governors

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* Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Oliver Wolcott (Federalist)
* Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Samuel Adams (Democratic-Republican)
* Lieutenant Governor of New York: Pierre Van Cortlandt (political party unknown)
* Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Samuel J. Potter (Democratic-Republican) (starting May 29)
* Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: Alexander Gillon (Federalist)

## Events

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### January–March

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* January 8 - President of the U.S. George Washington gives the first State of the Union address, in New York City.
* February 1 - In New York City the Supreme Court of the United States convenes for the first time.
* February 11 - Two Quaker delegates petition the United States Congress for the abolition of slavery.
* March 1 - The first United States census is authorized.
* March 21 - Thomas Jefferson reports to President George Washington in New York City as the new United States Secretary of State.

### April–June

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* April 10 - The United States patent system is established.
* May 26 - Southwest Ordinance creates a Southwest Territory.
* May 29 - Rhode Island ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the last of the 13 original states to do so (see History of Rhode Island).
* June 20 - Compromise of 1790: Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton come to an agreement: Madison agrees to not be "strenuous" in opposition for the assumption of state debts by the federal government; Hamilton agrees to support the capital site being above the Potomac.

### July–September

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* July 10 - The House of Representatives votes on where to locate the national capital.[1]
* July 16 - The signing of the Residence Act establishes a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia, the capital district of the United States.[2]
* July 31 - Inventor Samuel Hopkins becomes the first to be issued a U.S. patent (for an improved method of making potash).
* August 2 - The first United States Census is taken.
* August 4 - A newly passed U.S. tariff act creates the United States Revenue Cutter Service, the forerunner of the Coast Guard.

### Undated

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* The first United States federal budget bill is introduced by Alexander Hamilton.
* 5.1% of Americans are living in centers of 2,500 or more people.

### Ongoing

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* Northwest Indian War (1785–1795)

## Births

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John Tyler

* January 6 - Arnold Naudain, U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1830 to 1836 (died 1872)
* January 13 - Richard Saltonstall Rogers, shipping merchant and politician (died 1873)
* January 17 - Powhatan Ellis, U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1825 to 1826 and from 1827 to 1832 (died 1863)
* March 29 - John Tyler, tenth president of the United States from 1841 to 1845, tenth vice president of the United States from March to April 1841 (died 1862)
* May 20 - Micajah Thomas Hawkins, politician (died 1858)
* June 1 - Chester Ashley, U.S. Senator from Arkansas from 1844 to 1848 (died 1848)
* July 8 - Fitz-Greene Halleck, poet (died 1867)
* July 18 - John Frazee, portrait sculptor (died 1852)
* October 1 - Henry H. Chambers, U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1825 to 1826 (died 1826)
* November 12 - Letitia Christian Tyler, First Lady of the United States (died 1842)
* Unknown
* Willis Buell, politician and portrait painter (died 1851)
* James Moore Wayne, politician and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (died 1867)
* Probable - Lone Horn, Miniconjou chief (died 1875)

## Deaths

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* January 25 - Meriwether Smith, Continental Congressman for Virginia (born 1730)
* January 31 - Thomas Lewis, Virginia settler (born 1718 in Ireland)
* February 20 - Leonard Lispenard, merchant, politician and landowner (born 1714)
* March 4 - Henry Wisner, Continental Congressman for New York (born 1720)
* March 12 - William Grayson, Continental Congressman and U.S. Senator for Virginia (born 1740)
* April 17 - Benjamin Franklin, publisher, inventor, congressman, ambassador, abolitionist and American icon (born 1706)[3]
* May 4 - Matthew Tilghman, Continental Congressman for Maryland (born 1718)
* May 9 - William Clingan, Continental Congressman for Pennsylvania (born c. 1721)
* May 20 - Nathan Miller, Continental Congressman for Rhode Island (born 1743)
* May 26 - Nathaniel Folsom, Continental Congressman for New Hampshire and Revolutionary War major general (born 1726)
* May 29 - Israel Putnam, Revolutionary War general (born 1718)
* June 1 - Theodorick Bland, Continental Congressman and U.S. Representative for Virginia (born 1741)
* July 25 - William Livingston, signer of the U.S. Constitution and Governor of New Jersey from 1776 to 1790 (born 1723)
* August 16 - David Brearley, Revolutionary War colonel, signer of the U.S. Constitution for New Jersey and federal judge (born 1745)
* October 14 - William Hooper, signer of the Declaration of Independence (born 1742)
* October 19 - Lyman Hall, signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Georgia from 1783 to 1784 (born 1724)
* October 31 - Michael Schlatter, Swiss-born clergyman (born 1716)
* November 6 - James Bowdoin, Governor of Massachusetts (born 1726)
* November 16 - Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Continental Congressman and signer of the U.S. Constitution for Maryland (born 1723)
* November 27 - Robert Livingston, member of the New York colonial assembly from 1737 to 1758 (born 1708)
* December 16 - Benjamin Andrew, Continental Congressman for Georgia and member of the Georgia House of Representatives (born 1713)
* Unknown - John Hawks, architect (born c.1731 in England)

## See also

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* Timeline of United States history (1790–1819)

## References

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1. ^ "US History Timeline: 1700–1800". faculty.washington.edu.
2. ^ "Today in History: October 13". American Memory. The Library of Congress. Archived from the original on November 11, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
3. ^ "Later Years and Death". Benjamin Franklin Historical Society. Archived from the original on June 27, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2021.

## Further reading

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* Charles E. Little (1900), "America: 1790", Cyclopedia of Classified Dates, New York: Funk & Wagnalls
* Charles Evans (1914). "1790". American Bibliography. Vol. 8\. Chicago: Columbia Press. pp. 1–111.

## External links

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