Events from the year 1877 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) (until January 11), William Read Miller (Democratic) (starting January 11) • Governor of California: William Irwin (Democratic) • Governor of Colorado: John Long Routt (Republican) • Governor of Connecticut: Charles R. Ingersoll (Democratic) (until January 3), Richard D. Hubbard (Democratic) (starting January 3) • Governor of Delaware: John P. Cochran (Democratic) • Governor of Florida: Marcellus Stearns (Republican) (until January 2), George Franklin Drew (Democratic) (starting January 2) • Governor of Georgia: James Milton Smith (Democratic) (until January 12), Alfred H. Colquitt (Democratic) (starting January 12) • Governor of Illinois: John Lourie Beveridge (Republican) (until January 8), Shelby Moore Cullom (Republican) (starting January 8) • Governor of Indiana: Thomas A. Hendricks (Democratic) (until January 8), James D. Williams (Democratic) (starting January 8) • Governor of Iowa: Samuel J. Kirkwood (Republican) (until February 1), Joshua G. Newbold (Republican) (starting February 1) • Governor of Kansas: Thomas A. Osborn (Republican) (until January 8), George T. Anthony (Republican) (starting January 8) • Governor of Kentucky: James B. McCreary (Democratic) • Governor of Louisiana: • * until January 8: William Pitt Kellogg (Republican) • * January 8-April 24: Stephen B. Packard (Republican) • * starting April 24: Francis T. Nicholls (Democratic) • Governor of Maine: Seldon Connor (Republican) • Governor of Maryland: John Lee Carroll (Democratic) • Governor of Massachusetts: Alexander H. Rice (Republican) • Governor of Michigan: John J. Bagley (Republican) (until January 3), Charles Croswell (Republican) (starting January 3) • Governor of Minnesota: John S. Pillsbury (Republican) • Governor of Mississippi: John M. Stone (Democratic) • Governor of Missouri: Charles Henry Hardin (Democratic) (until January 8), John Smith Phelps (Democratic) (starting January 8) • Governor of Nebraska: Silas Garber (Republican) • Governor of Nevada: Lewis R. Bradley (Democratic) • Governor of New Hampshire: Person C. Cheney (Republican) (until June 7), Benjamin F. Prescott (Republican) (starting June 7) • Governor of New Jersey: Joseph D. Bedle (Democratic) • Governor of New York: Lucius Robinson (Democratic) (starting January 1) • Governor of North Carolina: Curtis Hooks Brogden (Republican) (until January 1), Zebulon Baird Vance (Democratic) (starting January 1) • Governor of Ohio: Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) (until March 2), Thomas L. Young (Republican) (starting March 2) • Governor of Oregon: La Fayette Grover (Democratic) (until February 1), Stephen F. Chadwick (Democratic) (starting February 1) • Governor of Pennsylvania: John F. Hartranft (Republican) • Governor of Rhode Island: Henry Lippitt (Republican) (until May 29), Charles C. Van Zandt (Republican) (starting May 29) • Governor of South Carolina: Wade Hampton III (Democratic) • Governor of Tennessee: James D. Porter (Democratic) • Governor of Texas: Richard B. Hubbard (Democratic) • Governor of Vermont: Horace Fairbanks (Republican) • Governor of Virginia: James L. Kemper (Democratic) • Governor of West Virginia: John J. Jacob (Democratic)/(Independent) (until March 4), Henry M. Mathews (Democratic) (starting March 4) • Governor of Wisconsin: Harrison Ludington (Republican)

Lieutenant governors

• Lieutenant Governor of California: James A. Johnson (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Lafayette Head (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: George G. Sill (Republican) (starting January 3), Francis Loomis (Democratic) (starting January 3) • Lieutenant Governor of Florida: vacant (until month and day unknown), Noble A. Hull (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: Archibald A. Glenn (Democratic) (until January 8), Andrew Shuman (Republican) (starting January 8) • Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: Leonidas Sexton (Republican) (until January 13), Isaac P. Gray (Democratic) (starting January 13) • Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: Joshua G. Newbold (Republican (until February 1), vacant (starting February 1) • Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: Melville J. Salter (Republican) (until January 8), Lyman U. Humphrey (Republican) (starting January 8) • Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: John C. Underwood (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Caesar Antoine (Republican) (until April 24), Louis A. Wiltz (Democratic) (starting April 24) • Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Horatio G. Knight (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Henry H. Holt (Republican) (until month and day unknown), Alonzo Sessions (Republican) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: James Wakefield (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: John M. Stone (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Norman Jay Coleman (Democratic) (until January 8), Henry Clay Brockmeyer (Democratic) (starting January 8) • Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: Othman A. Abbott (Republican) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Jewett W. Adams (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of New York: William Dorsheimer (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: vacant (until January 1), Thomas J. Jarvis (Democratic) (starting January 1) • Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: Thomas Lowry Young (Republican) (until March 2), H. W. Curtiss (Republican) (starting March 2) • Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: John Latta (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Henry Tillinghast Sisson (political party unknown) (until month and day unknown), Albert Howard (Republican) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: William Dunlap Simpson (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: Thomas H. Paine (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), Hugh M. McAdoo (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of Texas: vacant • Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Redfield Proctor (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: Henry Wirtz Thomas (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Charles D. Parker (Democratic)

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