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Andrew Jackson Elected President (1st Term)
wo years after they had emigrated from Ireland.[5][6] Jackson's father was born in Carrickfergus, County Antrim, in Ireland around 1738. -
Election of 1800
Burr remained in New York during the debates and votes, as his only daughter was married there on February 1, 1801. -
Marbury v. Madison Supreme Court Decision
Justice Joseph Story served the longest as the junior justice, from February 3, 1812, to September 1, 1823, for a total of 4,228 days. Justice Stephen Breyer follows close behind, with 4,199 days when Samuel Alito joined the court on January 31, 2006. -
Treaty of Ghent
On December 24 of 1814, the members of the British and American negotiating teams signed and affixed their individual seals to the document, which once ratified by their respective governments, ended the war of 1812. -
Lewis & Clark reach the Pacific Ocean
The federal park began as Fort Clatsop National Memorial, authorized on May 29, 1958. -
Louisiana Purchase
October 27, 1795, gave American merchants "right of deposit" in New Orleans, meaning they could use the port to store goods for export.
