Events from the year 1893 in the United States .
Benjamin Harrison (R -Indiana ) (until March 4)Grover Cleveland (D -New York ) (starting March 4)Levi P. Morton (R -New York ) (until March 4)Adlai E. Stevenson I (D -Illinois ) (starting March 4)
Governors and lieutenant governors
Governor of Alabama : Thomas G. Jones (Democratic )Governor of Arkansas : James Philip Eagle (Democratic ) (until January 10), William Meade Fishback (Democratic ) (starting January 10)Governor of California : Henry Markham (Republican )Governor of Colorado : John Long Routt (Republican ) (until January 10), Davis Hanson Waite (People's) (starting January 10)Governor of Connecticut : Morgan G. Bulkeley (Republican ) (until January 4), Luzon B. Morris (Democratic ) (starting January 4)Governor of Delaware : Robert J. Reynolds (Democratic )Governor of Florida : Francis P. Fleming (Democratic ) (until January 3), Henry L. Mitchell (Democratic ) (starting January 3)Governor of Georgia : William J. Northen (Democratic )Governor of Idaho : N. B. Willey (Republican ) (until January 2), William J. McConnell (Republican ) (starting January 2)Governor of Illinois : Joseph W. Fifer (Republican ) (until January 10), John Peter Altgeld (Democratic ) (starting January 10)Governor of Indiana : Ira Joy Chase (Republican ) (until January 9), Claude Matthews (Democratic ) (starting January 9)Governor of Iowa : Horace Boies (Democratic )Governor of Kansas : Lyman U. Humphrey (Republican ) (until January 8), Lorenzo D. Lewelling (Populist ) (starting January 8)Governor of Kentucky : John Y. Brown (Democratic )Governor of Louisiana : Murphy James Foster, Sr. (Democratic )Governor of Maine : Edwin C. Burleigh (Republican ) (until January 4), Henry B. Cleaves (Republican ) (starting January 4)Governor of Maryland : Frank Brown (Democratic )Governor of Massachusetts : William E. Russell (Democratic )Governor of Michigan : Edwin B. Winans (Democratic ) (until January 1), John T. Rich (Republican ) (starting January 1)Governor of Minnesota : William R. Merriam (Republican ) (until January 9), Knute Nelson (Republican ) (starting January 9)Governor of Mississippi : John M. Stone (Democratic )Governor of Missouri : David R. Francis (Democratic ) (until January 9), William Joel Stone (Democratic ) (starting January 9)Governor of Montana : Joseph Toole (Democratic ) (until January 1), John E. Rickards (Republican ) (starting January 1)Governor of Nebraska : James E. Boyd (Democratic ) (until January 13), Lorenzo Crounse (Republican ) (starting January 13)Governor of Nevada : Roswell K. Colcord (Republican )Governor of New Hampshire : Hiram A. Tuttle (Republican ) (until January 5), John Butler Smith (Republican ) (starting January 5)Governor of New Jersey : Leon Abbett (Democratic ) (until January 17), George Theodore Werts (Democratic ) (starting January 17)Governor of New York : Roswell P. Flower (Democratic )Governor of North Carolina : Thomas Michael Holt (Democratic ) (until January 18), Elias Carr (Democratic ) (starting January 18)Governor of North Dakota : Andrew H. Burke (Republican ) (until January 3), Eli C. D. Shortridge (Democratic )/(Independent ) (starting January 3)Governor of Ohio : William McKinley (Republican )Governor of Oregon : Sylvester Pennoyer (Democratic )Governor of Pennsylvania : Robert E. Pattison (Democratic )Governor of Rhode Island : D. Russell Brown (Republican )Governor of South Carolina : Benjamin Ryan Tillman (Democratic )Governor of South Dakota : Arthur C. Mellette (Republican ) (until January 3), Charles H. Sheldon (Republican ) (starting January 3)Governor of Tennessee : John P. Buchanan (Democratic ) (until January 16), Peter Turney (Democratic ) (starting January 16)Governor of Texas : James Stephen Hogg (Democratic )Governor of Vermont : Levi K. Fuller (Republican )Governor of Virginia : Philip W. McKinney (Democratic )Governor of Washington : Elisha Peyre Ferry (Republican ) (until January 4), John McGraw (Republican ) (starting January 4)Governor of West Virginia : Aretas B. Fleming (Democratic ) (until March 4), William A. MacCorkle (Democratic ) (starting March 4)Governor of Wisconsin : George W. Peck (Democratic )Governor of Wyoming : Amos W. Barber (Republican ) (until January 2), John E. Osborne (Democratic ) (starting January 2)
Lieutenant governors
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Lieutenant Governor of California : John B. Reddick (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Colorado : William Story (Republican ) (until January 10), David Hopkinson Nichols (Democratic ) (starting January 10)Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut : Samuel E. Merwin (Republican ) (until January 4), Ernest Cady (Democratic ) (starting January 4)Lieutenant Governor of Idaho : John S. Gray (Republican ) (until January 2), F. B. Willis (Republican ) (starting January 2)Lieutenant Governor of Illinois : Lyman Ray (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Joseph B. Gill (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)Lieutenant Governor of Indiana : Francis M. Griffith (Republican ) (until January 9), Mortimer Nye (Democratic ) (starting January 9)Lieutenant Governor of Iowa : Samuel L. Bestow (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Kansas : Andrew J. Felt (Republican ) (until January 8), Percy Daniels (Populist) (starting January 8)Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky : Mitchell Cary Alford (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana : Charles Parlange (Democratic ) (until month and day unknown), Hiram R. Lott (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts : William H. Haile (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Roger Wolcott (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)Lieutenant Governor of Michigan : John Strong (Democratic ) (until January 1), J. Wight Giddings (Republican ) (starting January 1)Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota : Gideon S. Ives (Republican ) (until January 3), David M. Clough (Republican ) (starting January 3)Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi : M. M. Evans (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Missouri : Stephen Hugh Claycomb (Democratic ) (until January 9), John B. O'Meara (Democratic ) (starting January 9)Lieutenant Governor of Montana : John E. Rickards (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Alexander Campbell Botkin (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska : Thomas J. Majors (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Nevada : Joseph Poujade (political party unknown)Lieutenant Governor of New York : William F. Sheehan (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina : vacant (until January 18), Rufus A. Doughton (Democratic ) (starting January 18)Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota : Roger Allin (Republican ) (until January 3), Elmer D. Wallace (Democratic ) (starting January 3)Lieutenant Governor of Ohio : Andrew L. Harris (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania : Louis Arthur Watres (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island : Melville Bull (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina : Eugene B. Gary (Democratic ) (until December 22), Washington H. Timmerman (Democratic ) (starting December 22)Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota : George H. Hoffman (Republican ) (until January 3), Charles N. Herreid (Republican ) (starting January 3)Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : William C. Dismukes (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Texas : George Cassety Pendleton (Democratic ) (until January 17), Martin McNulty Crane (Democratic ) (starting January 17)Lieutenant Governor of Vermont : F. Stewart Stranahan (Republican )Lieutenant Governor of Virginia : James Hoge Tyler (Democratic )Lieutenant Governor of Washington : Charles E. Laughton (Republican ) (until January 9), F. H. Luce (Republican ) (starting January 9)Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin : Charles Jonas (Democratic )
March 4: Grover Cleveland , formerly the 22nd U.S. president, becomes the 24th president Adlai Stevenson I becomes the 23rd U.S. vice president 1893 beer bottle , found in Arizona with a prohibition booklet wrapped around it. July 1 – U.S. President Grover Cleveland has a secret operation to remove cancer in his mouth .
July 6 – The small town of Pomeroy, Iowa is nearly destroyed by a tornado; 71 people are killed and 200 injured.
July 12 – Frederick Jackson Turner gives a lecture titled "The Significance of the Frontier in American History " before the American Historical Association in Chicago .[2]
July 22 – Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful ", after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak , near Colorado Springs .
August 27 – The Sea Islands Hurricane hits Savannah , Charleston , and the Sea Islands , killing 1,000–2,000.
September 9 – First Lady Frances Cleveland gives birth in the White House to daughter Esther Cleveland .
September 11–27 – The World Parliament of Religions opens in Chicago.
September 11 – Standing ovation to Hindu monk Swami Vivekanda for his address in Response to the welcome at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.
September 19 – Swami Vivekananda delivers an inspiring speech on his paper at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.
September 21 – Brothers Charles and Frank Duryea drive the first gasoline-powered motorcar in America on public roads in Springfield , Massachusetts .
September 23 – The Baháʼí Faith is first publicly mentioned in the United States at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.
December 8 – The National Education Association releases the final report from the Committee of Ten at a conference at Columbia University, recommending standardization of the high school curriculum.[3]
January 11 – Anthony M. Rud , writer (died 1942 )
January 12 – Edward Selzer , film producer (died 1970 )
January 18 – Thomas E. Martin , U.S. Senator from Iowa from 1955 to 1961 (died 1971 )
January 23 – Frank Carlson , U.S. Senator from Kansas from 1950 to 1969 (died 1987 )
February 10 – Jimmy Durante , actor, singer and comedian (died 1980 )
March 14 – Arthur C. Davis , admiral (died 1965)
March 27 – Lloyd Spencer , U.S. Senator from Arkansas from 1941 to 1943 (died 1981 )
April 20
April 23 – Allen Dulles , Central Intelligence Agency director (died 1969 )
April 29 – Harold Urey , chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in 1934 (died 1981 )
May 23 – Ulysses S. Grant IV , geologist and paleontologist (died 1977 )
June 14 – Siggie Nordstrom , model, actress, entertainer, socialite and singer (died 1980 )
June 24
June 26 – Big Bill Broonzy , blues singer and composer (died 1958 )
July 12 – John Gould Moyer , naval officer, 31st Governor of American Samoa (died 1976 )
July 18
August 14 – Carl Benton Reid , actor (died 1973 )
August 17 – Mae West , film actress (died 1980 )
August 20 – Robert Humphreys , U.S. Senator from Kentucky in 1956 (died 1977 )
August 22 – Dorothy Parker , writer (died 1967 )
August 30 – Huey Long , U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1932 to 1935 (died 1935 )
August 31 – Raymond E. Baldwin , U.S. Senator from Connecticut from 1946 to 1949 (died 1986 )
September 6 – John W. Bricker , U.S. Senator from Ohio from 1947 to 1959 (died 1986 )
September 12 – Frederick William Franz , President of Jehovah's Witnesses (died 1992 )
September 13 – Larry Shields , musician (died 1953)
September 24 – Blind Lemon Jefferson , blues and gospel singer-songwriter (died 1929 )
September 30 – Lansdale Sasscer , U.S. Congressman from Maryland (died 1964 )October 2 – Lester Dragstedt , surgeon (died 1975 )
October 14
October 23 – Gummo Marx , vaudevillian and theatrical agent (died 1977 )
November 10 – John P. Marquand , novelist (died 1960 )
November 24 – Fern Andra , actress (died 1974 )
December 1 – Henry J. Cadbury , Quaker biblical scholar (died 1974 )
December 3 – Walter Stuart Diehl , naval officer and aeronautical engineer (died 1976 )
Unknown – Edward Joseph Renehan Sr. , banker (died 1953 )
Rutherford B. Hayes January 11 – Benjamin Butler , major general of the Union Army during the American Civil War , and for his leader in the impeachment of Andrew Johnson (born 1818 )
January 17 – Rutherford B. Hayes , 19th president of the U.S. from 1877 to 1881 (born 1822 )
January 23 – Phillips Brooks , Episcopal clergyman (born 1835 )
January 27 – James G. Blaine , U.S. Senator from Maine from 1876 to 1881 and Secretary of State in 1881 and from 1889 to 1892 (born 1830 )
February 1 – Joseph P. Comegys , U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1856 to 1857 (born 1813 )
February 10 – Henry Churchill de Mille , American dramatist and playwright (born 1853 )
February 19 – George E. Spencer , U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1868 to 1879 (born 1836 )
February 20 – P. G. T. Beauregard , Southern military officer, politician, inventor, writer, civil servant, and the first prominent general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War (born 1818 )
March 2 – Richard M. Bishop , 34th Governor of Ohio from 1878 to 1880 (born 1812 )
March 18 – David H. Armstrong , Canadian-born U.S. Senator from Missouri from 1877 to 1879 (born 1812)
March 21 – Mary Foot Seymour , American businesswoman and journalist (born 1846 )
March 22 – Eli Saulsbury , U.S. Senator from Delaware from 1871 to 1889 (born 1817 )
March 28 – Edmund Kirby Smith , career United States Army officer who served with the Confederates during the American Civil War (born 1824 )
April 4 – David Meriwether , U.S. Senator from Kentucky in 1852 (born 1800 )
June 7 – Edwin Booth , actor (born 1833 )
June 21 – Leland Stanford , U.S. Senator from California from 1885 to 1893 (born 1824 )
July 2 – Georgiana Drew , comic actress (born 1856 )
July 17 – Frederick A. Johnson , politician and banker. (born 1833 )
July 19 – Charles Colcock Jones, Jr. , Georgia politician, attorney, historian and folklorist (born 1831 )
August 10 – Robert Cornelius , pioneer of photography (born 1809 )
August 20 – Brother Azarias , educator (born 1847 )
September 29 – Willis Benson Machen , U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1872 to 1873 (born 1810 )
October 18 – Lucy Stone , social reformer (born 1818 )
November 11 – Charles H. Bell , U.S. Senator from New Hampshire in 1879 (born 1823 )
November 22 – James Calder , 5th president of the Pennsylvania State University (born 1826 )
December 2 – Pauline Cushman , actress and Union spy (born 1833 )
December 7 – David Jewett Waller Sr. , Presbyterian minister and businessman (born 1815 )
December 16 – James Black , temperance movement leader (born 1823 ) 
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