1802

Events from the year **1802 in the United States**.

Governors
* Governor of Connecticut: Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (Federalist)
* Governor of Delaware: James Sykes (Federalist) (until January 19), David Hall ([Democratic-Republican) (starting January 19)
* Governor of Georgia: Josiah Tattnall (Democratic-Republican) (until November 4), John Milledge (Democratic-Republican) (starting November 4)
* Governor of Kentucky: James Garrard (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Maryland: John Francis Mercer (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Massachusetts: Caleb Strong (Federalist)
* Governor of New Hampshire: John Taylor Gilman (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of New Jersey: Joseph Bloomfield (Democratic-Republican) (until October 28), John Lambert (Democratic-Republican) (starting October 28)
* Governor of New York: George Clinton (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of North Carolina: Benjamin Williams (Federalist) (until December 6), James Turner (Democratic-Republican) (starting December 6)
* Governor of Pennsylvania: Thomas McKean (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Rhode Island: Arthur Fenner (Country)
* Governor of South Carolina: John Drayton (Democratic-Republican) (until December 8), James Burchill Richardson (Democratic-Republican) (starting December 8)
* Governor of Tennessee: Archibald Roane (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Vermont: Isaac Tichenor (Federalist)
* Governor of Virginia: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) (until December 1), John Page (Democratic-Republican) (starting December 1)

Lieutenant Governors
* Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: John Treadwell (Federalist)
* Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: Alexander Scott Bullitt (political party unknown)
* Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Samuel Phillips, Jr. (political party unknown) (until month and day unknown), Edward Robbins (political party unknown) (starting month and day unknown)
* Lieutenant Governor of New York: Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (political party unknown)
* Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Samuel J. Potter (Democratic-Republican)
* Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: Richard Winn (Democratic-Republican) (until December 8), Ezekiel Pickens (Democratic-Republican) (starting December 8)
* Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Paul Brigham (Democratic-Republican)

## 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)