1790 in the United States

1790 in the United States
Years:	1787 1788 1789 – 1790 – 1791 1792 1793
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Events from the year 1790 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal Government

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 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 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

January–March

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

April 10 – The United States patent system is established.
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

July 16 – The signing of the Residence Bill establishes a site along the Potomac River as the District of Columbia, the capital district of the United States.^[1]
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

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

Northwest Indian War (1785–1795)

Births

January 6 – Arnold Naudain, United States Senator from Delaware from 1830 till 1836. (died 1872)
January 17 – Powhatan Ellis, United States Senator from Mississippi from 1825 till 1826 and from 1827 till 1832. (died 1863)
March 29 – John Tyler, tenth President of the United States from 1841 till 1845, tenth Vice President of the United States from March till April 1841. (died 1862)
June 1 – Chester Ashley, United States Senator from Arkansas from 1844 till 1848. (died 1848)
October 1 – Henry H. Chambers, United States Senator from Alabama from 1825 till 1826. (died 1826)

Deaths

April 17 - Benjamin Franklin, Publisher, inventor, congressman, ambassador, abolitionist and American icon. (born 1706)

References

↑ "Today in History: October 13". American Memory. The Library of Congress. Archived from the original on November 11, 2009. Retrieved October 25, 2009.

External links

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Years in the United States (1776–present)

1790 in Europe

Sovereign states	Andorra Austria Denmark–Norway Denmark Norway France Great Britain Holy Roman Empire Hungary Ireland Malta Monaco Netherlands Ottoman Empire Papal States Portugal Prussia Russia San Marino Spain Sweden Switzerland

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey

1790 in North America

Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States

Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

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