THE ATTORNEYS-GENERAL.
Duties prescribed by the Judiciary Act of September 24, 1789.
Department reorganized in 1870.
| NAME. | STATE. | FROM |
| Richard Rush William Wirt John M. Berrien Roger B. Taney Benjamin F. Butler Felix Grundy Henry D. Gilpin John J. Crittenden Hugh S. Legaré John Nelson John Y. Mason Nathan Clifford Isaac Toucey Reverdy Johnson John J. Crittenden Caleb Cushing Jeremiah S. Black | Penna. Va. Ga. Md. N. Y. Tenn. Penna. Ky. S. C. Md. Va. Me. Conn. Md. Ky. Mass. Penna. | February 10, 1814. November 3, 1817. March 9, 1829. July 20, 1831. November 15, 1833. July 5, 1838. July 11, 1840. March 5, 1841. September 13, 1841. July 1, 1843. March 6, 1845. October 17, 1846. June 21, 1848. March 8, 1849. July 22, 1850. March 7, 1853. March 6, 1857. |
THE POSTMASTERS-GENERAL.
A Bureau of the Treasury until 1829.
Made a Cabinet office in that year.
| NAME. | STATE. | FROM |
| Return J. Meigs, Jr. John McLean William T. Barry Amos Kendall John M. Niles Francis Granger Charles A. Wickliffe Cave Johnson Jacob Collamer Nathan K. Hall Samuel D. Hubbard James Campbell Aaron V. Brown | Ohio Ohio Ky. Ky. Conn. N. Y. Ky. Tenn. Vt. N. Y. Conn. Penna. Tenn. | March 17, 1814. June 26, 1823. March 9, 1829. March 1, 1835. May 19, 1840. March 6, 1841. September 13, 1841. March 6, 1845. March 8, 1849. July 23, 1850. August 31, 1852. March 7, 1853. March 6, 1857. |
CHRONOLOGY
| Territory of Missouri erected | June 4, 1812 |
| Treaty of Fort Jackson | August 10, 1814 |
| Treaty of Ghent signed | December 24, 1814 |
| Commonwealth of Indiana admitted | December 11, 1816 |
| Madison's veto of internal improvements bill | March 3, 1817 |
| Attack on Fowltown | November 21, 1817 |
| Commonwealth of Mississippi admitted | December 10, 1817 |
| Jackson's "Rhea" letter to Monroe | January 6, 1818 |
| Execution of Ambrister and Arbuthnot | April 29, 1818 |
| Convention with Great Britain as to Oregon | October 20, 1818 |
| Commonwealth of Illinois admitted | December 3, 1818 |
| Tallmadge amendment offered | February 13, 1819 |
| Treaty with Spain as to Florida | February 22, 1819 |
| Decision in McCulloch vs. Maryland | 1819 |
| Commonwealth of Alabama admitted | December 14, 1819 |
| Thomas amendment offered | February 3, 1820 |
| Maine bill approved | March 3, 1820 |
| First Missouri bill approved | March 6, 1820 |
| Commonwealth of Maine admitted | March 15, 1820 |
| Report of Clay's Committee of Thirteen | February 10, 1821 |
| Second Missouri bill approved | March 2, 1821 |
| Jackson, as Governor, takes command in Florida | July 17, 1821 |
| Commonwealth of Missouri admitted | August 10, 1821 |
| Congress of Verona | October-December, 1822 |
| Monroe's veto of internal improvements bill | May 4, 1822 |
| Clay nominated for presidency by the Kentucky legislature | November 18, 1822 |
| "Monroe Doctrine" announced | December 2, 1823 |
| Congressional caucus nominates Crawford | February 14, 1824 |
| Harrisburg convention | March 4, 1824 |
| Jackson's "Coleman Letter" | April 26, 1824 |
| Presidential election in House of Representatives | February 9, 1825 |
| Indian Springs convention | February 12, 1825 |
| Mexico-Columbia treaty | September 25, 1825 |
| The Creek treaty | January, 1826 |
| Abduction of Morgan | September 11, 12, 1826 |
| Protectionist convention at Harrisburg | July 30, 1827 |
| Treaty with Great Britain | August 6, 1827 |
| Tariff bill approved | May 19, 1828 |
| The "South Carolina Exposition" published | 1828 |
| Hayne's speech on Foote's resolution | January 19, 1830 |
| Webster's reply to Hayne | January 26, 1830 |
| Jackson's speech on the Union | April 13, 1830 |
| Veto of the Maysville Road bill | May 27, 1830 |
| Publication of the "Liberator" begun | January 1, 1831 |
| "Address to the People of South Carolina" published | July 26, 1831 |
| The Southampton massacre | August, 1831 |
| Anti-Masonic convention at Baltimore | September 26, 1831 |
| National Republican convention at Baltimore | December 12, 1831 |
| New England Anti-Slavery Society formed | January 6, 1832 |
| Bank of the United States asks re-charter | January 9, 1832 |
| National Democratic convention at Baltimore | May 21, 1832 |
| Calhoun's letter to Governor Hamilton | August 28, 1832 |
| South Carolina convention meets at Columbia | November 19, 1832 |
| Ordinance of nullification | November 24, 1832 |
| President Jackson's nullification proclamation | December 10, 1832 |
| Clay proposes compromise tariff | February 12, 1833 |
| The "Force Bill" approved | March 2, 1833 |
| Compromise tariff bill approved | March 2, 1833 |
| Re-assembling of the South Carolina convention | March 11, 1833 |
| The "Paper read in the Cabinet" | September 18, 1833 |
| Removal of the deposits ordered | September 26, 1833 |
| American Anti-Slavery Society formed | December, 1833 |
| Van Buren nominated by Baltimore convention | May 20, 1835 |
| Charleston, S. C., post-office robbed | July 29, 1835 |
| Provisional declaration of Texan independence | November 7, 1835 |
| Meeting of Texas convention | March 1, 1836 |
| Declaration of Texan independence | March 2, 1836 |
| The Alamo massacre | March 6, 1836 |
| Battle of San Jacinto | April 21, 1836 |
| House adopts the "gag" resolution | May 26, 1836 |
| Commonwealth of Arkansas admitted | June 15, 1836 |
| The "Specie Circular" | July 11, 1836 |
| Senate passes the "expunging resolution" | January 16, 1837 |
| Commonwealth of Michigan admitted | January 26, 1837 |
| Financial panic begins | April, 1837 |
| Murder of Lovejoy | November 7, 1837 |
| Harrisburg "harmony" convention | September 4, 1839 |
| Whig convention at Harrisburg | December 4, 1839 |
| Democratic Republican convention at Baltimore | May 5, 1840 |
| Independent Treasury bill approved | July 4, 1840 |
| Death of President Harrison | April 4, 1841 |
| The Ashburton treaty | August 9, 1842 |
| Veto of National Bank bill | August 16, 1842 |
| Second bank bill vetoed | September 9, 1842 |
| Abolition convention at Buffalo | August 30, 1843 |
| Whitman's party reaches the Columbia | September 5, 1843 |
| Whig convention at Baltimore | May 1, 1844 |
| Democratic convention at Baltimore | May 27, 1844 |
| Commonwealth of Florida admitted | March 3, 1845 |
| Polk's message on Oregon | December 2, 1845 |
| Commonwealth of Texas admitted | December 29, 1845 |
| Mexicans cross the Nueces | April 23, 1846 |
| Arista notifies Taylor of beginning of hostilities | April 24, 1846 |
| Battle of Palo Alto | May 8, 1846 |
| Congress declares war begun by Mexico | May 12, 13, 1846 |
| Treaty with Great Britain as to Oregon | June 15, 1846 |
| Kearny takes Santa Fé | August 18, 1846 |
| Battle of Monterey | September 21-23, 1846 |
| Commonwealth of Iowa admitted | December 28, 1846 |
| Battle of Buena Vista | February 22, 23, 1847 |
| Capture of Vera Cruz | March 27-29, 1847 |
| Battle of Cerro Gordo | April 18, 1847 |
| Battle of Chapultepec | September 12, 13, 1847 |
| Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo | February 2, 1848 |
| Democratic convention at Baltimore | May 22, 1848 |
| Special message on Oregon | May 29, 1848 |
| Commonwealth of Wisconsin admitted | May 29, 1848 |
| Abolition convention at Rochester | June 2, 1848 |
| Whig convention at Philadelphia | June 7, 1848 |
| Special message on California and New Mexico | July 6, 1848 |
| Free-soil convention at Buffalo | August 9, 1848 |
| Territory of Oregon organized | August 14, 1848 |
| California convention at Monterey | September 1, 1849 |
| Clay proposes his compromise | January 29, 1850 |
| Calhoun's last speech | March 4, 1850 |
| Webster's speech on the Constitution | March 7, 1850 |
| Death of Calhoun | March 31, 1850 |
| Clayton-Bulwer treaty | April 19, 1850 |
| Clay reports on the compromise | May 8, 1850 |
| Death of President Taylor | July 9, 1850 |
| Commonwealth of California admitted | September 9, 1850 |
| President's message on the fugitive slave law | February 21, 1851 |
| The "Jerry rescue" | October, 1851 |
| Democratic convention at Baltimore | June 1, 1852 |
| Whig convention at Baltimore | June 16, 1852 |
| Death of Clay | June 29, 1852 |
| Free-soil Democratic convention at Pittsburg | August 11, 1852 |
| Death of Webster | October 23, 1852 |
| The Gadsden treaty | December 30, 1853 |
| Douglas reports on Nebraska | January 4, 1854 |
| Kansas-Nebraska bill approved | May 30, 1854 |
| Salt Creek Valley convention | June 10, 1854 |
| The Ostend manifesto | October 18, 1854 |
| Congressional election in Kansas | November 29, 1854 |
| Territorial election in Kansas | March 30, 1855 |
| Kansas legislature meets at Pawnee | July 2, 1855 |
| Robinson's speech at Lawrence | July 4, 1855 |
| Convention at Lawrence, Kansas | August 14, 1855 |
| Convention at Big Springs, Kansas | September 5, 1855 |
| Convention at Topeka, Kansas | September 19, 1855 |
| Convention at Topeka, Kansas | October 23, 1855 |
| Popular vote on the Topeka constitution | December 15, 1855 |
| Robinson elected governor of Kansas | January 5, 1856 |
| President's proclamation on Kansas | February 11, 1856 |
| Kansas Free-state legislature meets | March 4, 1856 |
| Philadelphia convention of the "American party" | February 22, 1856 |
| Congressional committee begins sessions at Kansas City | April 14, 1856 |
| Sumner's speech on the "Crime against Kansas" | May 19, 20, 1856 |
| The sack of Lawrence | May 21, 1856 |
| Brooks's attack on Sumner | May 22, 1856 |
| Massacre at Dutch Henry's Crossing | May 24, 1856 |
| Affair at Black Jack | June 2, 1856 |
| Democratic national convention at Cincinnati | June 2, 1856 |
| Republican national convention at Philadelphia | June 17, 1856 |
| Assault on Sheriff Jones | June 23, 1856 |
| House Committee reports on Kansas | July 1, 1856 |
| Dispersal of Free-state legislature at Topeka | July 4, 1856 |
| Oliver makes minority report on Kansas | July 11, 1856 |
| Treaty at Lawrence | August 17, 1856 |
| Woodson's proclamation in Kansas | August 25, 1856 |
| Destruction of Ossawattomie | August 29, 1856 |
| Whig convention at Baltimore | September 17, 1856 |
| Free-state legislature dispersed at Topeka | January 6, 1857 |
| Territorial legislature meets at Lecompton | January 12, 1857 |
| Dred Scott decision | March 6, 1857 |
| Election of Lecompton constitutional convention | June 15, 1857 |
| Meeting of Free-state convention at Topeka | July 15, 1857 |
| Convention at Lecompton, Kansas | September 7, 1857 |
| Free-state election in Kansas | October 5, 1857 |
| Convention at Lecompton, Kansas | October 19, 1857 |
| Mass-meeting at Lawrence, Kansas | December 2, 1857 |
| Kansas legislature meets at Lecompton | December 7, 1857 |
| Pro-slavery vote on the Lecompton constitution | December 21, 1857 |
| Free-state vote on the Lecompton constitution | January 4, 1858 |
| Buchanan's message on Kansas | February 2, 1858 |
| Commonwealth of Minnesota admitted | May 11, 1858 |
| Vote in Kansas on the English bill propositions | August 2, 1858 |
| Commonwealth of Oregon admitted | February 14, 1859 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
This bibliography must not be taken as containing the material used in the preparation of this volume, but as a list of good books recommended to the general reader, which treat of, or touch upon, the subjects considered. Only a few of the books in this list have been consulted by the author in the preparation of this work. As indicated in the preface, the author has endeavored, in all cases, to go back to original matter, which is usually disconnected and fragmentary, and practically inaccessible to the general reader.