1790 in the United States

1790 in the United States
Decades:	1770s 1780s – 1790s – 1800s 1810s
Years:	1787 1788 1789 – 1790 – 1791 1792 1793
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Events from the year 1790 in the United States.

Incumbents

• President: George Washington
• Vice President: John Adams (Federalist)
• Chief Justice: John Jay
• Speaker of the House of Representatives: Frederick Muhlenberg (Pro-Admin.-Pennsylvania)
• Congress: 1st

Events

January–March

• January 9 – U.S. President George Washington gives the first State of the Union Address.
• 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 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.
• 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 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.
• The 1790 United States Census is taken.
• 5.1% of Americans are living in centers of 2,500 or more people.

Ongoing

• Northwest Indian War (1785–1795)

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References

External links

• Media related to 1790 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons