Events from the year 1875 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

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Governors

• Governor of Alabama: George S. Houston (Democratic) • Governor of Arkansas: Augustus Hill Garland (Democratic) • Governor of California: • * until February 27: Newton Booth (Republican) • * February 27-December 9: Romualdo Pacheco (Republican) • * starting December 9: William Irwin (Democratic) • Governor of Connecticut: Charles R. Ingersoll (Democratic) • Governor of Delaware: James Ponder (Democratic) (until January 19), John P. Cochran (Democratic) (starting January 19) • Governor of Florida: Marcellus Stearns (Republican) • Governor of Georgia: James M. Smith (Democratic) • Governor of Illinois: John Lourie Beveridge (Republican) • Governor of Indiana: Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic) • Governor of Iowa: Cyrus C. Carpenter (Republican) • Governor of Kansas: Thomas A. Osborn (Republican) • Governor of Kentucky: Preston H. Leslie (Democratic) (until August 31), James B. McCreary (Democratic) (starting August 31) • Governor of Louisiana: William Pitt Kellogg (Republican) • Governor of Maine: Nelson Dingley Jr. (Republican) • Governor of Maryland: James B. Groome (Democratic) • Governor of Massachusetts: Thomas Talbot (Republican) (until January 7), William Gaston (Democratic) (starting January 7) • Governor of Michigan: John J. Bagley (Republican) • Governor of Minnesota: Cushman K. Davis (Republican) • Governor of Mississippi: Adelbert Ames (Republican) • Governor of Missouri: Silas Woodson (Democratic) (until January 12), Charles Henry Hardin (Democratic) (starting January 12) • Governor of Nebraska: Robert Wilkinson Furnas (Republican) (until January 11), Silas Garber (Republican) (starting January 11) • Governor of Nevada: Lewis R. Bradley (Democratic) • Governor of New Hampshire: James A. Weston (Democratic) (until June 10), Person C. Cheney (Republican) (starting June 10) • Governor of New Jersey: Joel Parker (Democratic) (until January 19), Joseph D. Bedle (Democratic) (starting January 19) • Governor of New York: Samuel J. Tilden (Democratic) (starting January 1) • Governor of North Carolina: Curtis Hooks Brogden (Republican) • Governor of Ohio: William Allen (Democratic) • Governor of Oregon: La Fayette Grover (Democratic) • Governor of Pennsylvania: John F. Hartranft (Republican) • Governor of Rhode Island: Henry Howard (Republican) (until May 25), Henry Lippitt (Republican) (starting May 25) • Governor of South Carolina: Daniel Henry Chamberlain (Republican) • Governor of Tennessee: John C. Brown (Democratic) (until January 18), James D. Porter (Democratic) (starting January 18) • Governor of Texas: Richard Coke (Democratic) • Governor of Vermont: Asahel Peck (Republican) • Governor of Virginia: James L. Kemper (Democratic) • Governor of West Virginia: John J. Jacob (Democratic)/(Independent) • Governor of Wisconsin: William Robert Taylor (Democratic)

Lieutenant governors

• Lieutenant Governor of Alabama: Robert F. Ligon (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of California: • * until February 27: Romualdo Pacheco (Republican) • * February 27-December 9: William Irwin (Democratic) • * starting December 9: James A. Johnson (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: George G. Sill (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Florida: vacant • Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: John Early (Republican) (until January 8), Archibald A. Glenn (Democratic) (starting January 8) • Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: Leonidas Sexton (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: Joseph Dysart (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: Elias Sleeper Stover (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Melville J. Salter (Republican) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: John G. Carlisle (Democratic) (until August 31), John C. Underwood (Democratic) (starting August 31) • Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Caesar Antoine (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Thomas Talbot (Republican) (until January 7), Horatio G. Knight (Republican) (starting January 7) • Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Henry H. Holt (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: Alphonso Barto (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: Alexander K. Davis (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Charles Phillip Johnson (Liberal Republican) (until January 12), Norman Jay Coleman (Democratic) (starting January 12) • Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Pressly C. Hyman (political party unknown) (until month and day unknown), Jewett W. Adams (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of New York: William Dorsheimer (Democratic) (starting January 1) • Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: vacant • Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: Alphonso Hart (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: John Latta (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Charles C. Van Zandt (Republican) (until May 25), Henry Tillinghast Sisson (political party unknown) (starting May 25) • Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: Richard Howell Gleaves (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: A. T. Lacey (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), Thomas H. Paine (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of Texas: Richard B. Hubbard (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Lyman G. Hinckley (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: Robert E. Withers (Democratic) (until March 1), Henry Wirtz Thomas (Republican) (starting March 1) • Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Charles D. Parker (Democratic)

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