1800

Events from the year **1800 in the United States**.

Governors
* Governor of Connecticut: Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (Federalist)
* Governor of Delaware: Richard Bassett (Federalist)
* Governor of Georgia: James Jackson (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Kentucky: James Garrard (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Maryland: Benjamin Ogle (Federalist)
* Governor of Massachusetts:
	+ until May 20: Moses Gill (no political party)
	+ May 20 – May 30: Governor's Council (no political party)
	+ starting May 30: Caleb Strong (Federalist)
* Governor of New Hampshire: John Taylor Gilman (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of New Jersey: Richard Howell (Federalist)
* Governor of New York: John Jay (Federalist)
* Governor of North Carolina: Benjamin Williams (Federalist)
* Governor of Pennsylvania: Thomas McKean (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Rhode Island: Arthur Fenner (Country)
* Governor of South Carolina: Edward Rutledge (Democratic-Republican) (until January 23), John Drayton (Democratic-Republican) (starting January 23)
* Governor of Tennessee: John Sevier (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Vermont: Isaac Tichenor (Federalist)
* Governor of Virginia: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)

Lieutenant Governors
* Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: John Treadwell (Federalist)
* Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: Alexander Scott Bullitt (political party unknown) (starting month and day unknown)
* Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Moses Gill (political party unknown) (until month and day unknown), vacant (starting month and day unknown)
* Lieutenant Governor of New York: Stephen Van Rensselaer (political party unknown)
* Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: George Brown (political party unknown) (until month and day unknown), Samuel J. Potter (Democratic-Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
* Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina:
	+ until January 23: John Drayton (Democratic-Republican)
	+ January 23 – December 4: vacant
	+ starting December 4: Richard Winn (Democratic-Republican)
* Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Paul Brigham (Democratic-Republican)

## Events

* January 7 – The Virginia General Assembly adopts the Report of 1800, a resolution drafted by James Madison arguing for the sovereignty of the individual states under the United States Constitution and against the Alien and Sedition Acts.
* April 1 – Voting begins in the 1800 United States presidential election; it will last until October. The result is not announced until February 1801.
* April 24 – The U.S. Library of Congress is founded.
* May 7 – Indiana Territory is formed by an Act of Congress as the first new territory created from the lands of the Northwest Territory.
* May 21 – President John Adams issues general amnesty for the Pennsylvania Dutch farmers who participated in Fries's Rebellion.
* July 4 – Indiana Territory is effective.
* July 10 – Connecticut cedes its Western Reserve (an area in present-day northeastern Ohio) to the federal government, which adds it to the Northwest Territory.
* August 4 – The 2nd United States Census is conducted. It finds 5,308,483 people living in the U.S. of which 893,602 are slaves.
* August 30 – Gabriel Prosser's slave revolt in Richmond, Virginia is postponed due to weather. Word of his plan reaches Virginia's governor, James Monroe, who calls in the state militia. Gabriel is later captured and hanged on October 10 along with 23 other slaves.
* September 30 – The Convention of 1800, or Treaty of Mortefontaine, is signed between France and the United States of America, ending the Quasi-War.
* October 1 – In the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain returns Louisiana to France.
* November 1
	+ U.S. President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).
	+ Middlebury College is granted its charter by the Vermont General Assembly.
* November 17 – The U.S. Congress holds its first Washington, D.C. session.
* December 3 – Thomas Jefferson defeats President John Adams in the U.S. presidential election.

## Memoriam

* January 13 – Dempsey Burges, Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina (aged 49; Camden County, NC, USA)
* January 20 – Thomas Mifflin major general in the Continental Army, President of the Continental Congress, signatory of the Continental Association (aged 56; Lancaster, PA, USA)
* January 23 – Edward Rutledge, statesman (aged 50; Charleston, SC, USA)
* February 2 – James C. Jarvis, United States Navy officer (aged 13; NY, USA)
* March 21 – William Blount, politician (aged 50; Knoxville, TN, USA)
* June 28 – James Armstrong, Continental Army, in the 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, 3rd Pennsylvania (aged 72; McIntosh County, GA, USA)
* July 23 – John Rutledge, 2nd Chief Justice of the United States (aged 60; Charleston, SC, USA)
* August 24 – Rawlins Lowndes, lawyer and jurist (aged 79; Charleston, SC, USA)
* August 27 – John Barnwell, soldier and public official (aged 52; Beaufort, SC, USA)
* August 31 – John Blair Jr., American Founding Father (aged 68; Williamsburg, VA, USA)
* September 26 – William Billings, choral composer (aged 53; Boston, MA, USA)
* October 7 – Henry Babcock, colonial American military officer (aged 64; Stonington, CT, USA)
* October 10 – Gabriel Prosser, slave revolt leader (aged 24; Richmond, VA, USA)
* October 28 – Artemas Ward, Major General of the Continental Army and politician (aged 72; Shrewsbury, MA, USA)
* November 30 – Charles Adams, second son of John Adams, the 2nd President of the United States (aged 30; New York City, NY, USA)
* December 17 – William Peery, farmer, and lawyer (aged 57; Lewes, DE, USA)
* December 31 – Chief Blackbird, Omaha leader (aged 50; Blackbird Hill, LA Purchase (Now NE), France (Now USA))