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{{short description|U.S.-related events during the year 1801}}
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{{Year in U.S. states and territories|1801}}
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Events from the year '''1801 in the United States'''.
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== Incumbents ==
=== [[Federal government of the United States|Federal
* [[President of the United States|President]]:
::[[John Adams]] ([[Federalist Party|F]]-[[Massachusetts]]) (until March 4) ::[[Thomas Jefferson]] ([[Democratic-Republican Party|DR]]-[[Virginia]]) (starting March 4) * [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]:
::[[Thomas Jefferson]] ([[Democratic-Republican Party|DR]]-[[Virginia]]) (until March 4) ::[[Aaron Burr]] ([[Democratic-Republican Party|DR]]-[[New York (state)|New York]]) (starting March 4) * [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice]]: [[John Marshall]] ([[Virginia]])
* [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House of Representatives]]:
::[[Theodore Sedgwick]] ([[Federalist Party|F]]-[[Massachusetts]]) (until March 4) ::[[Nathaniel Macon]] ([[Democratic-Republican Party|DR]]-[[North Carolina]]) (starting December 7) * [[United States Congress|Congress]]: [[6th United States Congress|6th]] (until March 4), [[7th United States Congress|7th]] (starting March 4)
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=== Governors ===
* [[List of governors of Connecticut|Governor of Connecticut]]: [[Jonathan Trumbull, Jr.]] ([[Federalist]])
* [[List of governors of Delaware|Governor of Delaware]]: [[Richard Bassett (Delaware politician)|Richard Bassett]] ([[Federalist]]) (until March 3), [[James Sykes (governor)|James Sykes]] ([[Federalist]]) (starting March 3)
* [[List of governors of Georgia|Governor of Georgia]]:
** until March 3: [[James Jackson (Georgia politician)|James Jackson]] ([[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]])
** March 3
** starting November 7: [[Josiah Tattnall
* [[Governor of Kentucky]]: [[James Garrard]] ([[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]])
* [[Governor of Maryland]]: [[Benjamin Ogle]] ([[Federalist]]) (until November 10), [[John Francis Mercer]] ([[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]) (starting November 10)
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* [[Governor of New York]]: [[John Jay]] ([[Federalist]]) (until June 30), [[George Clinton (vice president)|George Clinton]] ([[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]) (starting July 1)
* [[Governor of North Carolina]]: [[Benjamin Williams]] ([[Federalist]])
* [[List of governors of Pennsylvania|Governor of Pennsylvania]]: [[Thomas McKean]] ([[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]])
* [[List of governors of Rhode Island|Governor of Rhode Island]]: [[Arthur Fenner]] ([[Country Party (Rhode Island)|Country]])
* [[Governor of South Carolina]]: [[John Drayton]] ([[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]])
* [[Governor of Tennessee]]: [[John Sevier]] ([[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]) (until September 23), [[Archibald Roane]] ([[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]) (starting September 23)
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* [[Governor of Virginia]]: [[James Monroe]] ([[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]])
=== Lieutenant
* [[Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut]]: [[John Treadwell]] ([[Federalist]])
* [[Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky]]: [[Alexander Scott Bullitt]] (political party unknown)
* [[Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts]]: vacant (until month and day unknown), [[Samuel Phillips, Jr.
* [[Lieutenant Governor of New York]]: [[Stephen Van Rensselaer]] (political party unknown) (until end of June 30), [[Jeremiah Van Rensselaer]] (political party unknown) (starting July 1)
* [[Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island]]: [[Samuel J. Potter]] ([[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]])
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==Events==
* January 10 – [[William Henry Harrison]] becomes the first Governor of the [[Indiana Territory]].
* January 31
* February
* February 27
* March 4
* May 10
* July
* August 1
* November 16
* ''[[Jefferson (yacht)|Jefferson]]'', the first American [[yacht]], is built in [[Salem, Massachusetts]], for [[George Crowninshield Jr.]]
===Ongoing===
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<gallery>
File:Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale,_1800.jpg|March 4: [[Thomas Jefferson]] becomes
File:Vanderlyn Burr.jpg|[[Aaron Burr]] becomes the third U.S. vice president
File:EnterpriseTripoli.jpg|August 1: ''Enterprise'' defeats the corsair ''Tripoli''
</gallery>
==Births==
* January 20
* March
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* August 10 – [[Robert Woodward Barnwell]], United States Senator from South Carolina from 1862 to 1865 (died [[1882 in the United States|1882]])
* August 31 – [[Pierre Soule]], United States Senator from Louisiana in 1847 and from 1849 to 1853 (died [[1870 in the United States|1870]])
* September 10 –
** [[Garrett Davis]], United States Senator from Kentucky from 1861 to 1872 (died [[1872 in the United States|1872]])
** [[Marie Laveau]], Voodoo Queen of New Orleans (died [[1881 in the United States|1881]])
* November 4 – [[Ambrose Hundley Sevier]], United States Senator from Arkansas from 1836 to 1848 (died [[1848 in the United States|1848]])
* November 9 – [[Gail Borden]], surveyor, newspaper publisher and inventor of [[condensed milk]] (died [[1874 in the United States|1874]])
* November 10 – [[Samuel Gridley Howe]], physician and abolitionist (died [[1876 in the United States|1876]])
* December 28 – [[James Barnes (general)|James Barnes]], [[Union Army]] general (died [[1869 in the United States|1869]])
* Date unknown – [[Solomon W. Downs]], United States Senator from Louisiana from 1847 to 1853 (died [[1854 in the United States|1854]])
==Deaths==
* January 9
* February 6
* February 23
* March 14
* June 4
* June 14
* September 10 – [[Jason Fairbanks]], murderer (born [[1780 in the United States|1780]])
* November 4 – [[William Shippen Sr.|William Shippen]], physician and Continental Congressman (born 1712)
* November 23 ==See also==
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* John Marshall on the Judiciary, the Republicans, and Jefferson, March 4, 1801. ''The American Historical Review'', Vol. 53, No. 3 (April, 1948), pp. 518–520
* Dorothy MacKay Quynn. Dangers of Subversion in an American Education: A French View, 1801. ''The Catholic Historical Review'', Vol. 39, No. 1 (April, 1953), pp. 28–35
* Bennard B. Perlman. Baltimore Mansion,
* Carroll W. Pursell, Jr. E. I. du Pont, Don Pedro, and the Introduction of Merino Sheep into the United States, 1801: A Document. ''Agricultural History'', Vol. 33, No. 2 (April, 1959), pp. 86–88
* Donald R. Hickey. The United States Army versus Long Hair: The Trials of Colonel Thomas Butler,
* Albert E. Van Dusen. "[http://www.ctheritage.org/encyclopedia/ct1763_1818/whitney.htm Eli Whitney]". ''Laptop Encyclopedia of Connecticut History''. CTHeritage.org, 2003. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
* John W. Wagner. New York City Concert Life, 1801-5. ''American Music'', Vol. 2, No. 2 (Summer, 1984), pp. 53–69
* {{cite book | first=Wendy| last=Long Stanley | year=2019 | title=The Power to Deny: A Woman of the Revolution Novel | publisher=Carmenta Publishing | isbn=978-1-951747-00-8 }}
==External links==
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