1811

Events from the year **1811 in the United States**.

* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Joseph Bradley Varnum (DR-MA) (until March 4), Henry Clay (DR-KY) (starting November 4)
* Congress: 11th (until March 4), 12th (starting March 4)

Governors
* Governor of Connecticut: Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (Federalist) (until May 9), Roger Griswold (Federalist) (starting May 9)
* Governor of Delaware: George Truitt (Federalist) (until January 15), Joseph Haslet (Democratic-Republican) (starting January 15)
* Governor of Georgia: David Brydie Mitchell (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Kentucky: Charles Scott (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Maryland: Edward Lloyd (Democratic-Republican) (until November 16), Robert Bowie (Democratic-Republican) (starting November 16)
* Governor of Massachusetts: Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of New Hampshire: John Langdon (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of New Jersey: Joseph Bloomfield (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of New York: Daniel D. Tompkins (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of North Carolina: David Stone (Democratic-Republican) (until December 11), William Hawkins (Democratic-Republican) (starting December 11)
* Governor of Ohio: Return J. Meigs, Jr. (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Pennsylvania: Simon Snyder (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Rhode Island: James Fenner (Democratic-Republican) (until May 1), William Jones (Federalist) (starting May 1)
* Governor of South Carolina: Henry Middleton (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Tennessee: Willie Blount (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Vermont: Jonas Galusha (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Virginia:
	+ until January 15: John Tyler Sr. (Democratic-Republican)
	+ January 15-January 19: George William Smith (Democratic-Republican)
	+ January 19-April 3: James Monroe]] (Democratic-Republican)
	+ April 3-December 26: George William Smith]] (Democratic-Republican)
	+ December 26-December 27: vacant
	+ starting December 27: Peyton Randolph (Democratic-Republican)

Lieutenant Governors
* Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Roger Griswold (Federalist) (until May 9), John Cotton Smith (Federalist) (starting May 9)
* Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: Gabriel Slaughter (Democratic-Republican)
* Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: William Gray (political party unknown)
* Lieutenant Governor of New York: John Tayler (Democratic-Republican) (until month and day unknown), DeWitt Clinton (Democratic-Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
* Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Isaac Wilbour (Democratic-Republican) (until May 1), Simeon Martin (political party unknown) (starting May 1)
* Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: Samuel Farrow (Democratic-Republican)
* Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Paul Brigham (Democratic-Republican)

## Events

* January 8 – An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslandes in St. Charles and St. James, Louisiana.
* January 22 – The Casas Revolt begins in San Antonio, Texas.
* March 22 – The Commissioners' Plan of 1811 for Manhattan is presented.
* July 9 – British explorer David Thompson posts a notice at the confluence of the Columbia and Snake Rivers (in modern-day state of Washington) claiming the area for the United Kingdom.
* October 11 – Inventor John Stevens' boat, the *Juliana*, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).
* November 7 – Battle of Tippecanoe: American troops led by William Henry Harrison defeat the Native American chief Tecumseh.
* December 16 – The New Madrid earthquake in Mississippi Valley near New Madrid reverses the course of the river for a while. Other earthquakes along the fault occur on January 23, 1812, and February 7, 1812.
* December 26 – The Richmond Theatre fire in Virginia kills 72 people including the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable.

## Memoriam

* June 19 – Samuel Chase, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, signatory of the Declaration of Independence (aged 70; Baltimore, MD, USA)
* August 2 – William Williams, signatory of the Declaration of Independence (aged 80; Lebanon, CT, USA)