1792

Events from the year **1792 in the United States**.

* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Jonathan Trumbull Jr. (Pro-Admin.-CT)
* Congress: 2nd

Governors
* Governor of Connecticut: Samuel Huntington (Federalist)
* Governor of Delaware: Joshua Clayton (Federalist)
* Governor of Georgia: Edward Telfair (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of Kentucky: Issac Shelby (Democratic-Republican) (starting June 4)
* Governor of Maryland:
	+ until February 10: George Plater (no political party)
	+ February 10-February 13: vacant
	+ February 13-April 5: James Brice (Federalist)
	+ starting April 5: Thomas Sim Lee (Federalist)
* Governor of Massachusetts: John Hancock (no political party)
* Governor of New Hampshire: Josiah Bartlett (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of New Jersey: William Paterson (Federalist)
* Governor of New York: George Clinton (Democratic-Republican)
* Governor of North Carolina: Alexander Martin (Anti-Federalist) (until December 14), Richard Dobbs Spaight (Federalist) (starting December 14)
* Governor of Pennsylvania: Thomas Mifflin (no political party)
* Governor of Rhode Island: Arthur Fenner (Country)
* Governor of South Carolina: Charles Pinckney (Federalist) (until December 5), William Moultrie (Federalist) (starting December 5)
* Governor of Vermont: Thomas Chittenden (no political party)
* Governor of Virginia: Henry Lee III (Federalist)

Lieutenant Governors
* Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Oliver Wolcott (Federalist)
* Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Samuel Adams (Democratic-Republican)
* Lieutenant Governor of New York: Pierre Van Cortlandt (political party unknown)
* Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Samuel J. Potter (Democratic-Republican)
* Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: Isaac Holmes (Federalist) (until December 5), James Ladson (Federalist) (starting December 5)
* Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Peter Olcott (political party unknown)

## Events

### January - March

* February 20 – The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington.
* March 20 – A new capital of North Carolina and county seat of the newly formed Wake County is established after North Carolina State Senator and surveyor William Christmas submits his design for the city. A few months later the capital is officially named Raleigh in honor of Sir Walter Raleigh.

### April - June

* April 2 – The Coinage Act is passed establishing the United States Mint.
* April 5 – United States President George Washington vetoes a bill designed to apportion representatives among U.S. states. This is the first time the presidential veto is used in the United States.
* May 10 – Union Bank is founded in Boston. In 1925 it merges with State Street Trust Company, now known as the State Street Corporation.
* May 11 – Robert Gray's Columbia River expedition: Captain Robert Gray becomes the first explorer to enter the Columbia River.
* May 17 – The Buttonwood Agreement is signed, beginning the New York Stock Exchange.
* June 1 – Kentucky admitted becomes the 15th U.S. state.
* June 4 – Isaac Shelby is inaugurated as the first governor of Kentucky.
* June 9 – Denmark recognizes the independence of the United States.

### October - December

* October 12 – The first Columbus Day celebration in the United States is held in New York City, 300 years after his arrival in the New World.
* October 13 – Foundation of Washington, D.C.: The cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion, known as the White House after 1818, is laid.
* October 29 – Mount Hood (Oregon) is named after British Admiral Lord Hood by Lt. William Broughton of the Vancouver Expedition, who spots the mountain near the mouth of the Willamette River.
* December 3 – George Washington is re-elected President of the United States.

## Memoriam

* January 25 – Morgan Edwards, clergyman (aged 69; Pencader, DE, USA)
* April 4 – James Sykes, delegate to the Continental Congress (aged 66; Dover, DE, USA)
* May 10 – John Stevens, New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress (aged 77; Hoboken, NJ, USA)
* July 18 – John Paul Jones, sailor and the U.S.'s first well-known naval fighter in the American Revolution (aged 45; Paris, France)
* October 7 – George Mason, patriot, statesman and delegate (aged 66; Fairfax County, VA, USA)
* December 8 – Henry Laurens, 5th President of the Continental Congress, signatory of the Articles of Confederation, father of John Laurens (aged 68; Charleston, SC, USA)