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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1845 | - 4 Mar 1845—4 Mar 1849: Polk/Dallas admin
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| 2 | 1846 | - 25 Apr 1846—2 Feb 1848: Mexican-American War
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| 3 | 1849 | - 4 Mar 1849—9 Jul 1850: Taylor/Fillmore admin
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| 4 | 1850 | - 9 Jul 1850—3 Mar 1853: Fillmore/(vacant) admin
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| 5 | 1853 | - 4 Mar 1853—4 Mar 1857: Pierce/King and (vacant) admin
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| 6 | 1857 | - 1857—1859: Influenza (world wide, one of disease's greatest epidemics)
- 4 Mar 1857—4 Mar 1861: Buchanan/Breckenridge admin
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| 7 | 1860 | - 1860—8 Apr 1865: Civil War
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| 8 | 1861 | - 4 Feb 1861—4 Feb 1861: Confederate States of America formed
- 23 Feb 1861—23 Feb 1861: Texas 7th state to secede from the Union
- 4 Mar 1861—15 Apr 1865: Lincoln/Hamlin and Johnson admin
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| 9 | 1862 | - 1862—1862: Sabine Pass: Yellow Fever epidemic
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| 10 | 1863 | - 1863—10 May 1869: Construction of First Transcontinental Railroad
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| 11 | 1865 | - 1865—1877: Reconstruction Period
- 4 Apr 1865—4 Mar 1869: Johnson/(vacant) admin
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| 12 | 1868 | - 1 Jun 1868—1 Jun 1868: Texas constitutional convention meets in Austin
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| 13 | 1869 | - 4 Mar 1869—4 Mar 1877: Grant/Colfax and Wilson admin
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| 14 | 1877 | - 4 Mar 1877—4 Mar 1881: Hayes/Wheeler admin
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Abt 1848 - Aft 1878 (~ 31 years)