The 1840 United States presidential election was the 14th quadrennial presidential election, held from Friday, October 30 to Wednesday, December 2, 1840. Economic recovery from the Panic of 1837 was incomplete, and Whig nominee William Henry Harrison defeated incumbent President Martin Van Buren of the Democratic Party. The election marked the ...

This database details those persons enumerated in the 1840 United States Federal Census, the Sixth Census of the United States. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to the actual images of the 1840 Federal Census, copied from the National Archives and Records Administration microfilm, M704, 580 rolls.

Lisztomania or Liszt fever was the intense fan frenzy directed toward Hungarian composer Franz Liszt during his performances. This frenzy first occurred in Berlin in 1841 and the term was later coined by Heinrich Heine in a feuilleton he wrote on April 25, 1844, discussing the 1844 Parisian concert season. Lisztomania was characterized by intense levels of hysteria demonstrated by …

The period from 1820 to 1840 was a time of important political developments. ... destroyed the Second Bank of the United States, and denied the right of a state to nullify the federal tariff. Rise of Democratic Politics ... the North contained 50 percent more people than the South. It was more urbanized and attracted many more European ...

-After 1837, many farmers, due to declining income from decreased demand, could not pay their mortgages and lost their land.-By 1842, nine states defaulted on their debts, mostly incurred to finance ambitious infrastructure projects.

Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790 : North Carolina - North, S. N. D. (Simon Newton Dexter), 1849-1924 [Type written book, indexed.] 1790 North Carolina census [hand written book] ... 1840. Reel 0354 - 1840 North Carolina - Ashe, Anson, Bertie, and Buncombe Counties)

Although antislavery northerners began passing abolition laws beginning with the 1777 state constitution of Vermont, northern slavery did not recede quickly. By 1810, a generation after the Revolution, over one fourth of all northern African Americans were still enslaved. But by 1840 slavery had almost completely disappeared.

Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Records, 1840-1915. Vital records are a cornerstone of family history research. Find marriage details for your Bay State ancestors in these Massachusetts marriage records, 1841–1915. Massachusetts, U.S., Death Records, 1841-1915. Vital records are a cornerstone of family history research.

The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain, and many of the technological innovations were of British origin. Due to its cold damp climate, Britain was ideal for raising sheep which gave it a long history of producing textiles such as wool, linen, cotton etc. ... Along with the first stock exchanges in the 1770s and 1790s in Britain and ...