1827 in the United States

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1827 in the United States
Decades:	1800s 1810s – 1820s – 1830s 1840s
Years:	1824 1825 1826 – 1827 – 1828 1829 1830
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Events from the year 1827 in the United States.

Incumbents

• President: John Quincy Adams (Democratic-Republican/National Republican)
• Vice President: John C. Calhoun (Democratic-Republican/Democratic)
• Chief Justice: John Marshall
• Speaker of the House of Representatives: John W. Taylor (Dem.-Rep.-New York) (until March 4), Andrew Stevenson (D-Virginia) (starting December 3)
• Congress: 19th (until March 4), 20th (starting March 4)

Events

• February 28 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
• March 12 – In Brown v. Maryland, the United States Supreme Court rules that goods in their original package were under federal jurisdiction and thus not subject to state regulation.
• March 16 – Freedom's Journal, the first African-American owned and published newspaper in the United States, is founded in New York City by John Russwurm.
• May 21 – The Maryland Democratic Party is founded by supporters of Andrew Jackson in Baltimore and hosts its first meeting at the Baltimore Atheneum.
• July 14 – Kingdom of Hawaii: The Diocese of Honolulu is founded.
• J. J. Audubon's The Birds of America commences publication.
• September 3 – Ho-Chunk leader Red Bird surrenders to U.S. officials, ending the Winnebago War.

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See also

• 1827 in Canada

External links

• Media related to 1827 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons