Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: John J. Reynolds (political party unknown) (until month and day unknown), Anderson C. Rose (political party unknown) (starting month and day unknown)
March 30 – Elections are held for the first Kansas Territory legislature. Missourian 'Border Ruffians' cross the border in large numbers to elect a pro-slavery body.
June 6 – Portland Rum Riot: A crowd gathers at a storehouse believed to hold alcohol in Portland, Maine. The militia is called in and fires on the crowd to disperse the crowd, killing one person.
July 6 – The Kansas Territorial Legislature meets for the last time in Pawnee, voting to relocate to Shawnee, closer to the border of slave stateMissouri.
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^Casualties: U. S. Navy and Marine Corps Archived 2007-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
^"Eugene Victor Debs 1855-1926". Eugene V. Debs Foundation. Archived from the original on May 9, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
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