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March 11 – George Wolf, politician (born 1777)March 23 – William Maclure, geologist (born 1763 in Scotland; died in Mexico)April 7 – Thaddeus Betts, U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1839 to 1840 (born 1789)August 10 – Seymour Brunson, early Mormon convert (born 1798)August 27 – William Kneass, second … See more
• January 1 – Patrick Walsh, Irish-born U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1894 to 1895 (died 1899)
• January 29 – Henry H. Rogers, financier (died 1909)
• February 4 – Hiram Stevens Maxim, firearms inventor (died 1916) See more• Media related to 1840 in the United States at Wikimedia Commons See more
• January 13–14 – The steamship Lexington burns and sinks in icy waters, 4 miles off the coast of Long Island; 139 die, only 4 survive.
• January 19 – Captain Charles Wilkes circumnavigates Antarctica, claiming what becomes known as Wilkes Land for … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license Images of 1840 United States
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https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States...WebApr 11, 2011 · United States presidential election of 1840, American presidential election held in 1840, in which Whig candidate William Henry …
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