1886 in the United States - wikipedia 1886 in the United States 1886 in the United States Years 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 Flag 38 stars ( 1877 -- 90 ) Timeline of United States history History of the United States ( 1865 -- 1918 ) Events from the year 1886 in the United States. Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Federal Government 1.2 Governors 1.3 Lieutenant Governors 2 Events 2.1 Ongoing 3 Sport 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 See also 7 External links Incumbents Federal Government President : Grover Cleveland ( D - New York ) Vice President : vacant Chief Justice : Morrison Waite ( Ohio ) Speaker of the House of Representatives : John G. Carlisle ( D - Kentucky ) Congress : 49th Governors and Lieutenant Governors Governors Governor of Alabama : Edward A. O'Neal ( Democratic ) ( until December 1 ), Thomas Seay ( Democratic ) ( starting December 1 ) Governor of Arkansas : Simon Pollard Hughes, Jr. ( Democratic ) Governor of California : George Stoneman ( Republican ) Governor of Colorado : Benjamin Harrison Eaton ( Republican ) Governor of Connecticut : Henry B. Harrison ( Republican ) Governor of Delaware : Charles C. Stockley ( Democratic ) Governor of Florida : Edward A. Perry ( Democratic ) Governor of Georgia : Henry D. McDaniel ( Democratic ) ( until November 9 ), John B. Gordon ( Democratic ) ( starting November 9 ) Governor of Illinois : Richard J. Oglesby ( Republican ) Governor of Indiana : Isaac P. Gray ( Democratic ) Governor of Iowa : Buren R. Sherman ( Republican ) ( until January 14 ), William Larrabee ( Republican ) ( starting January 14 ) Governor of Kansas : John A. Martin ( Republican ) Governor of Kentucky : J. Proctor Knott ( Democratic ) Governor of Louisiana : Samuel D. McEnery ( Democratic ) Governor of Maine : Frederick Robie ( Republican ) Governor of Maryland : Henry Lloyd ( Democratic ) Governor of Massachusetts : George D. Robinson ( Republican ) Governor of Michigan : Russell Alger ( Republican ) Governor of Minnesota : Lucius F. Hubbard ( Republican ) Governor of Mississippi : Robert Lowry ( Democratic ) Governor of Missouri : John S. Marmaduke ( Democratic ) Governor of Nebraska : James W. Dawes ( Republican ) Governor of Nevada : Jewett W. Adams ( Democratic ) Governor of New Hampshire : Moody Currier ( Democratic ) Governor of New Jersey : Leon Abbett ( Democratic ) Governor of New York : David B. Hill ( Democratic ) Governor of North Carolina : Alfred Moore Scales ( Democratic ) Governor of Ohio : George Hoadly ( Democratic ) ( until January 11 ), Joseph B. Foraker ( Republican ) ( starting January 11 ) Governor of Oregon : Z.F. Moody ( Republican ) Governor of Pennsylvania : Robert E. Pattison ( Democratic ) Governor of Rhode Island : George P. Wetmore ( Republican ) Governor of South Carolina : until July 10 : Hugh Smith Thompson ( Democratic ) July 10 - November 30 : John Calhoun Sheppard ( Democratic ) starting November 30 : John Peter Richardson III ( Democratic ) Governor of Tennessee : William B. Bate ( Democratic ) Governor of Texas : John Ireland ( Democratic ) Governor of Vermont : Samuel E. Pingree ( Republican ) ( until October 7 ), Ebenezer J. Ormsbee ( Republican ) ( starting October 7 ) Governor of Virginia : William E. Cameron ( Re-adjuster ) ( until January 1 ), Fitzhugh Lee ( Democratic ) ( starting January 1 ) Governor of West Virginia : Emanuel Willis Wilson ( Democratic ) Governor of Wisconsin : Jeremiah McLain Rusk ( Republican ) Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of California : John Daggett ( Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of Colorado : Peter W. Breene ( Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut : Lorrin A. Cooke ( Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Florida : Milton H. Mabry ( no political party ) Lieutenant Governor of Illinois : John Smith ( Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Indiana : Mahlon Dickerson Manson ( Democratic ) ( until August 3 ), vacant ( starting August 3 ) Lieutenant Governor of Iowa : vacant ( until January 14 ), John A.T. Hull ( Republican ) ( starting January 14 ) Lieutenant Governor of Kansas : Alexander P. Riddle ( Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky : James R. Hindman ( Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana : Clay Knobloch ( Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts : Oliver Ames ( Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of Michigan : Archibald Buttars ( Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota : Charles A. Gilman ( Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi : G.D. Shands ( Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of Missouri : Albert P. Morehouse ( Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska : Hibbard H. Shedd ( Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Nevada : Charles H. Laughton ( Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of New York : Edward F. Jones ( Democratic ) ( starting January 1 ) Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina : Charles M. Stedman ( Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of Ohio : John George Warwick ( Democratic ) ( starting January 11 ) Robert P. Kennedy ( Republican ) ( starting January 11 ) Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania : Chauncey Forward Black ( Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island : Lucius B. Darling ( political party unknown ) Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina : until July 10 : John Calhoun Sheppard ( Democratic ) July 10 - November 30 : vacant starting November 30 : William Mauldin ( Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : Cabell R. Berry ( Democratic ) ( until month and day unknown ), Z.W. Ewing ( Democratic ) ( starting month and day unknown ) Lieutenant Governor of Texas : Barnett Gibbs ( Democratic ) ( until January 18 ), Thomas B. Wheeler ( Democratic ) ( starting January 18 ) Lieutenant Governor of Vermont : Ebenezer J. Ormsbee ( Republican ) ( until October 7 ), Levi K. Fuller ( Republican ) ( starting October 7 ) Lieutenant Governor of Virginia : John F. Lewis ( Republican ) ( until January 1 ), John Edward `` Parson '' Massey ( Democratic ) ( starting January 1 ) Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin : Sam S. Fifield ( Republican ) ( until January 3 ), George W. Ryland ( Republican ) ( starting January 3 ) Events October 28 : Statue of Liberty dedicated. February 14 -- The first train load of oranges leaves Los Angeles via the transcontinental railroad. March -- Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, USA. March 17 -- Carrollton Massacre : 20 African Americans are killed in Mississippi. May 1 -- A general strike begins in the United States, which escalates into the Haymarket Riot and eventually wins the eight - hour workday in the U.S. May 8 -- Pharmacist Dr. John Stith Pemberton invents a carbonated beverage that would be named Coca - Cola. May 17 -- Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad : The U.S. Supreme Court rules that corporations have the same rights as living persons. May 29 -- Pharmacist John Pemberton begins to advertise Coca - Cola ( advertisement in the Atlanta Journal ). June 2 -- U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the only president to wed in the executive mansion. She is 28 years his junior. June 9 -- The centennial of the Stoughton Musical Society is celebrated. July 23 -- Steve Brodie fakes a jump from the Brooklyn Bridge. August 20 -- A massive hurricane demolishes the town of Indianola, Texas. August 31 -- The 6.9 -- 7.3 M Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X ( Extreme ). Sixty people were killed and damage is estimated at $ 5 -- 6 million. September 4 -- Indian Wars : After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo surrenders with his last band of warriors to General Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona. October 28 -- In New York Harbor, U.S. President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. Undated -- Father Augustine Tolton, the first Roman Catholic priest from the United States to proclaim himself African American, is ordained in Rome. Ongoing Gilded Age ( 1869 -- c. 1896 ) Sport October 23 - American Association 's St. Louis Browns win the First ( Unofficial ) 1886 World Series by defeating the National League 's Chicago White Stockings 4 game to 2. Final game was played at Sportsman 's Park in St. Louis, Missouri Births January 11 -- Chester Conklin, comic film actor ( died 1971 ) February 27 -- Hugo Black, U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971 ( died 1971 ) March 8 -- Edward Calvin Kendall, biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1950 ( died 1972 ) March 9 -- Robert L. Eichelberger, general ( died 1961 ) April 3 -- Dooley Wilson, African American drummer, singer and actor ( died 1953 ) c. April 26 -- Ma Rainey, born Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett, African American blues singer ( died 1939 ) May 26 -- Al Jolson, entertainer ( died 1950 ) June 6 -- Tyler Brooke, actor and singer ( died 1943 ) October 30 -- Zoë Akins, dramatist ( died 1958 ) November 9 -- Ed Wynn, actor ( died 1966 ) December 5 -- Rose Wilder Lane, journalist and libertarian ( died 1968 ) December 9 -- Clarence Birdseye, founder of the modern frozen food industry ( died 1956 ) December 18 -- Ty Cobb, baseball outfielder ( died 1961 ) December 19 -- Charles M. Cooke, Jr., admiral ( died 1970 ) December 25 -- Kid Ory, jazz trombonist and bandleader ( died 1973 ) Deaths January 13 -- Thomas Wakeman, founded the first Sioux Indian YMCA ( born 1846 ) January 22 -- James T. Farley, U.S. Senator from California from 1879 to 1885. ( born 1829 ) January 26 -- David Rice Atchison, U.S. Senator from Missouri from 1844 to 1855 ( born 1807 ) February 9 -- Winfield Scott Hancock, Civil War Union general and political candidate ( born 1824 ) February 12 -- Horatio Seymour, 18th Governor of New York, Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in the presidential election of 1868 ( born 1810 ) March 8 -- John Franklin Miller, U.S. Senator from California from 1881 to 1886 ( born 1831 ) March 9 -- Jerome B. Chaffee, U.S. Senator from Colorado from 1876 to 1879 ( born 1825 ) March 13 -- Austin Flint, co-founder of Buffalo Medical College and president of the American Medical Association ( born 1812 ) April 27 -- H.H. Richardson, architect ( born 1838 ) May 15 -- Emily Dickinson, poet ( born 1830 ) May 21 -- Stephen Pearl Andrews, anarchist and proponent of pantarchy ( born 1812 ) June 26 -- David Davis, U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1877 to 1883 ( born 1815 ) August 4 -- Samuel J. Tilden, 25th Governor of New York from 1875 to 1876 and 1876 Democratic presidential candidate ( born 1814 ) August 10 -- John W. Stevenson, U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1871 to 1877 ( born 1812 ) October 10 -- David Levy Yulee, U.S. Senator from Florida from 1845 to 1851 and from 1855 to 1861 ( born 1810 ) November 18 -- Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States from 1881 to 1885, 20th Vice President of the United States from March to September 1881 ( born 1829 ) November 21 -- Charles Francis Adams Sr., United States Minister to the United Kingdom, son of John Quincy Adams ( born 1807 ) December 26 -- John A. Logan, U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1871 to 1877 ( born 1826 ) See also Timeline of United States history ( 1860 -- 1899 ) External links Media related to 1886 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons Years in the United States ( 1776 -- present ) 18th century 1776 1777 1778 1779 1780 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 1786 1787 1788 1789 1790 1791 1792 1793 1794 1795 1796 1797 1798 1799 1800 19th century 1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810 1811 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 20th century 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 21st century 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Timeline of United States history Period Before 1760 American Revolution ( 1760 -- 1789 ) 1790 -- 1819 1820 -- 1859 1860 -- 1899 1900 -- 1929 1930 -- 1949 1950 -- 1969 1970 -- 1989 1990 -- present Topic Diplomatic history Military operations Related History of the United States Outline of United States history Years in the United States United States history timelines 1886 in North America Sovereign states Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States Dependencies and other territories Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1886_in_the_United_States&oldid=840938472 '' Categories : 1886 in the United States Hidden categories : M w Talk Contents About Wikipedia Bân - lâm - gú Français עברית Edit links This page was last edited on 13 May 2018, at 01 : 35. 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Question: who was president of the united states in 1886
Answer: Grover Cleveland