1810

Events from the year **1810 in the United States**.

Governors
* Governor of Connecticut: Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (Federalist)
* Governor of Delaware: George Truitt (Federalist)
* Governor of Georgia: David Brydie Mitchell (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Kentucky: Charles Scott (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Maryland: Edward Lloyd (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Massachusetts: Christopher Gore (Federalist) (until June 10), Elbridge Gerry (Democratic-Republican) (starting June 10)
* Governor of New Hampshire: Jeremiah Smith (Federalist) (until June 5), John Langdon (Democratic-Republican) (starting June 5)
* 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)
* Governor of Ohio: Samuel Huntington (Democratic-Republican) (until December 8), Return J. Meigs, Jr. (Democratic-Republican) (starting December 8)
* Governor of Pennsylvania: Simon Snyder (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Rhode Island: James Fenner (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of South Carolina: John Drayton (Democratic-Republican) (until December 8), Henry Middleton (Democratic-Republican) (starting December 8)
* Governor of Tennessee: Willie Blount (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Vermont: Jonas Galusha (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Virginia: John Tyler Sr. (Democratic-Republican)

Lieutenant Governors
* Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Roger Griswold (Federalist)
* Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: Gabriel Slaughter (Democratic-Republican)
* Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: David Cobb (political party unknown) (until month and day unknown), William Gray (political party unknown) (starting month and day unknown)
* Lieutenant Governor of New York: John Broome (Democratic-Republican) (until June 30), John Tayler (Democratic-Republican) (starting July 1)
* Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Simeon Martin (political party unknown) (until month and day unknown), Isaac Wilbour (Democratic-Republican) (starting month and day unknown)
* Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: Frederick Nance (Democratic-Republican) (until December 8), Samuel Farrow (Democratic-Republican) (starting December 8)
* Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Paul Brigham (Democratic-Republican)

## Events

* May 1 – Macon's Bill Number 2 becomes law, intending to motivate Britain and France to stop seizing American vessels during the Napoleonic Wars.
* June 4 – The Society in Dedham for Apprehending Horse Thieves is founded in Dedham, Massachusetts.
* June 23 – John Jacob Astor forms the Pacific Fur Company.
* September 8 – The *Tonquin* sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a 6-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading post of Fort Astoria.
* September 23 – The Republic of West Florida declares independence from Spain.
* October 27 – The United States annexes the Republic of West Florida.

## Memoriam

* January 20 – Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania (aged 87; Germantown, PA, USA)
* February 22 – Charles Brockden Brown, novelist (aged 39; Philadelphia, PA, USA)
* March 6 – William Washington, United States soldier (aged 58; Charleston County, SC, USA)
* May 9 – Benjamin Lincoln, Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (aged 77; Hingham, MA, USA)
* October 13 – John Heath, politician (aged 52; Richmond, VA, USA)
* October 15 – Alfred Moore, judge (aged 55; Bladen County, NC, USA)
* November 11 – John Laurance, attorney, statesman and judge (aged 60; New York City, NY, USA)
* December 14 – Cyrus Griffin, lawyer, judge, last President of the Continental Congress (aged 62; Yorktown, VA, USA)