Events from the year 1850 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

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Governors

• Governor of Alabama: Henry W. Collier (Democratic) • Governor of Arkansas: John Selden Roane (Democratic) • Governor of California: Peter Hardeman Burnett (Democratic) (starting September 9) • Governor of Connecticut: Joseph Trumbull (Whig) (until May 4), Thomas H. Seymour (Democratic) (starting May 4) • Governor of Delaware: William Tharp (Democratic) • Governor of Florida: Thomas Brown (Whig) • Governor of Georgia: George W. Towns (Democratic) • Governor of Illinois: Augustus C. French (Democratic) • Governor of Indiana: Joseph A. Wright (Democratic) • Governor of Iowa: Ansel Briggs (Democratic) (until December 4), Stephen P. Hempstead (Democratic) (starting December 4) • Governor of Kentucky: John J. Crittenden (Whig) (until July 13), John L. Helm (Democratic) (starting July 13) • Governor of Louisiana: Isaac Johnson (Democratic) (until January 28), Joseph Marshall Walker (Democratic) (starting January 28) • Governor of Maine: John W. Dana (Democratic) (until May 8), John Hubbard (Democratic) (starting May 8) • Governor of Maryland: Philip F. Thomas (Democratic) • Governor of Massachusetts: George N. Briggs (Democratic) • Governor of Michigan: Epaphroditus Ransom (Democratic) (until January 7), John S. Barry (Democratic) (starting January 7) • Governor of Mississippi: Joseph W. Matthews (Democratic) (until January 10), John A. Quitman (Democratic) (starting January 10) • Governor of Missouri: Austin Augustus King (Democratic) • Governor of New Hampshire: Samuel Dinsmoor, Jr. (Democratic) • Governor of New Jersey: Daniel Haines (Democratic) • Governor of New York: Hamilton Fish (Whig) (until end of December 31) • Governor of North Carolina: Charles Manly (Whig) • Governor of Ohio: Seabury Ford (Whig) (until December 12), Reuben Wood (Democratic) (starting December 12) • Governor of Pennsylvania: William F. Johnston (Whig) • Governor of Rhode Island: Henry B. Anthony (Whig) • Governor of South Carolina: Whitemarsh B. Seabrook (Democratic) (until December 13), John Hugh Means (Democratic) (starting December 13) • Governor of Tennessee: William Trousdale (Democratic) • Governor of Texas: Peter Hansborough Bell (Democratic) • Governor of Vermont: Carlos Coolidge (Whig) (until October 11), Charles K. Williams (Whig) (starting October 11) • Governor of Virginia: John B. Floyd (Democratic) • Governor of Wisconsin: Nelson Dewey (Democratic)

Lieutenant governors

• Lieutenant Governor of California: John McDougall (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Thomas Backus (Democratic) (until May 4), Charles H. Pond (Democratic) (starting May 4) • Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: William McMurtry (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: James H. Lane (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: John LaRue Helm (Whig) (until July 31), vacant (starting July 31) • Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Trasimond Landry (Whig) (until January 28), Jean Baptiste Plauche (Whig) (starting January 28) • Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: John Reed, Jr. (political party unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: William M. Fenton (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Thomas Lawson Price (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of New York: George W. Patterson (Whig) (until end of December 31) • Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Thomas Whipple (political party unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: William Henry Gist (Democratic) (until December 13), Joshua John Ward (Democratic) (starting December 13) • Lieutenant Governor of Texas: John Alexander Greer (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Robert Pierpoint (Whig) (until October 11), Julius Converse (Whig) (starting October 11) • Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: John E. Holmes (Democratic) (until January 7), Samuel W. Beall (Democratic) (starting January 7)

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