January 27 – The first college sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, is established at DePauw University.January 26 – Reconstruction: Virginia rejoins the Union.January 15 – A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the United States Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).January 3 – Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins.January 1 – Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed.Pound ( Republican) (starting January 3)Įvents January–March February 25: Hiram Rhodes Revels, the first African American congressman. Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Wyman Spooner ( Republican) (until January 3), Thaddeus C.Lewis ( Republican) (until January 1), John Lawrence Marye, Jr. Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: John F.Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: Dorsey B.Ransier ( Republican) (starting December 3) Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: Lemuel Boozer ( Republican) (until December 3), Alonzo J.Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Pardon Stevens (political party unknown).Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: Tod R.Lieutenant Governor of New York: Allen C.Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: James S.Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Edwin Obed Stanard ( Republican).Powers ( Republican) (starting month and day unknown) Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: Ridgley C.Armstrong ( Republican) (until January 7), William H. Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: Thomas H.Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Morgan Bates ( Republican).Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Joseph Tucker ( Republican).Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Oscar J.Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: Preston H.Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: Charles Vernon Eskridge ( Republican).Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: John Scott ( Republican) (until month and day unknown), Madison Miner Walden ( Republican) (starting month and day unknown).Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: William Cumback ( Republican).Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: John Dougherty ( Republican).until month and day unknown: William Henry Gleason ( Republican).Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Francis Wayland III ( Republican) (until May 4), Julius Hotchkiss ( Democratic) (starting May 4).Lieutenant Governor of California: William Holden ( Democratic).Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas: James M.Governor of Wisconsin: Lucius Fairchild ( Republican).Governor of Virginia: Gilbert Carlton Walker ( Democratic).Governor of Texas: vacant (until January 8), Edmund J.Governor of Tennessee: Dewitt Clinton Senter ( Republican).Governor of South Carolina: Robert Kingston Scott ( Republican).Governor of Rhode Island: Seth Padelford ( Republican).Woods ( Republican) (until September 14), La Fayette Grover ( Democratic) (starting September 14) Governor of North Carolina: William Woods Holden ( Republican) (until December 15), Tod Robinson Caldwell ( Republican) (starting December 15).Governor of New York: John Thompson Hoffman ( Democratic).Governor of New Jersey: Theodore Fitz Randolph ( Democratic).Governor of New Hampshire: Onslow Stearns ( Republican).Governor of Nebraska: David Butler ( Republican).Governor of Mississippi: Adelbert Ames (Military) (until March 10), James L.Marshall ( Republican) (until January 9), Horace Austin ( Republican) (starting January 9) Governor of Massachusetts: William Claflin ( Republican).Governor of Maryland: Oden Bowie ( Democratic).Governor of Maine: Joshua Chamberlain ( Republican).Governor of Iowa: Samuel Merrill ( Republican). Governor of Indiana: Conrad Baker ( Republican).
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