1877 to 1891 (died 1891) October 29 – Harriet Powers, African American folk artist (died 1910) November 3 – John Leary, politician, 37th Mayor of Seattle (died 1905) November 20 – Lewis Waterman, inventor and businessman (died 1901) November 28 – John Wesley Hyatt, inventor and industrial chemist (died 1920) December 10 – Edward Eggleston, novelist and historian (died 1902) December 15 – George B. Post, architect (died 1913) December 26 Morgan Bulkeley, U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1905 to 1911 (died 1922) George Dewey, U.S. Admiral of the Navy (died 1917) Deaths June 29 – Nathaniel Macon, U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1815 to 1828 (born 1757) September 28 – David Barton, U.S. Senator from Missouri from 1821 to 1831 (born 1783) October 1 – Robert Clark, politician (born 1777) October 9 – Oliver H. Prince, U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1828 to 1829 (born 1787) November 7 – Elijah P. Lovejoy, abolitionist (born 1809) November 11 – Thomas Green Fessenden, poet (born 1771) December 20 – Francis Neale, Jesuit, President of Georgetown College (born 1756) Date unknown – Mary Dixon Kies, first American recipient of a U.S. patent (born 1752) See also Timeline of United States history (1820–1859) References External links 1830s in the United States United States United States Years of the 19th century in the United States