1802

Events from the year 1802 in the United States.
==Incumbents==
===Federal Government===
* President: Thomas Jefferson (DR-VA)
* Vice President: Aaron Burr (DR-NY)
* Chief Justice: John Marshall (VA)
* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Nathaniel Macon (DR-NC)
* Congress: 7th
==Events==
* March 16 – Congress authorizes the establishment of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.
* April 19 – The Judiciary Act of 1802 is enacted, reorganizing the federal court system.
* April 30 – The Enabling Act of 1802 authorizes the creation of Ohio from the Northwest Territory and sets a precedent for the creation of future states from the western territories.
* June 1 – William Thornton is appointed the first superintendent of the United States Patent Office.
* July 4 – At West Point, New York the United States Military Academy opens.
* October 2 – First Barbary War: Fighting ends between Sweden and Tripoli. The United States also negotiates peace, but war continues over the size of compensation.
* October 12 – Joseph Gardner Swift and Simeon Magruder Levy become the first graduates of the United States Military Academy.
==Memoriam==
* February 26 – Esek Hopkins, Commander in Chief of the Continental Navy during the Revolution (aged 83; Providence, RI, USA)
* May 22 – Martha Washington, the wife of George Washington, the 1st president of the United States (aged 70; Mount Vernon, VA, USA)
* July 6 – Daniel Morgan, soldier and United States Representative from Virginia (aged 67; Winchester, VA, USA)
* December 31 – Francis Lewis, signer of the Declaration of Independence from New York (aged 89; New York City, NY, USA)
==External links==
* 1802 in the United States
Category:United States History: Volume 3