Events from the year 1882 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

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Governors

• Governor of Alabama: Rufus W. Cobb (Democratic) (until December 1), Edward A. O'Neal (Democratic) (starting December 1) • Governor of Arkansas: Thomas James Churchill (Democratic) • Governor of California: George Clement Perkins (Republican) • Governor of Colorado: Frederick Walker Pitkin (Republican) • Governor of Connecticut: Hobart B. Bigelow (Republican) • Governor of Delaware: John W. Hall (Democratic) • Governor of Florida: William D. Bloxham (Democratic) • Governor of Georgia: Alfred H. Colquitt (Democratic) (until November 4), Alexander H. Stephens (Democratic) (starting November 4) • Governor of Illinois: Shelby Moore Cullom (Republican) • Governor of Indiana: Albert G. Porter (Republican) • Governor of Iowa: John H. Gear (Republican) (until January 12), Buren R. Sherman (Republican) (starting January 12) • Governor of Kansas: John P. St. John (Republican) • Governor of Kentucky: Luke P. Blackburn (Democratic) • Governor of Louisiana: Samuel D. McEnery (Democratic) • Governor of Maine: Harris M. Plaisted (Democratic) • Governor of Maryland: William T. Hamilton (Democratic) • Governor of Massachusetts: John Davis Long (Republican) • Governor of Michigan: David Jerome (Republican) • Governor of Minnesota: John S. Pillsbury (Republican) (until January 10), Lucius F. Hubbard (Republican) (starting January 10) • Governor of Mississippi: John M. Stone (Democratic) (until January 29), Robert Lowry (Democratic) (starting January 29) • Governor of Missouri: Thomas Theodore Crittenden (Democratic) • Governor of Nebraska: Albinus Nance (Republican) • Governor of Nevada: John Henry Kinkead (Republican) • Governor of New Hampshire: Charles H. Bell (Republican) • Governor of New Jersey: George C. Ludlow (Democratic) • Governor of New York: Alonzo B. Cornell (Republican) (until end of December 31) • Governor of North Carolina: Thomas Jordan Jarvis (Democratic) • Governor of Ohio: Charles Foster (Republican) • Governor of Oregon: W. W. Thayer (Democratic) (until September 13), Z. F. Moody (Republican) (starting September 13) • Governor of Pennsylvania: Henry M. Hoyt (Republican) • Governor of Rhode Island: Alfred H. Littlefield (Republican) • Governor of South Carolina: Johnson Hagood (Democratic) (until December 1), Hugh Smith Thompson (Democratic) (starting December 1) • Governor of Tennessee: Alvin Hawkins (Republican) • Governor of Texas: Oran M. Roberts (Democratic) • Governor of Vermont: Roswell Farnham (Republican) (until October 5), John L. Barstow (Republican) (starting October 5) • Governor of Virginia: Frederick W. M. Holliday (Democratic) (until January 1), William E. Cameron (Re-adjuster) (starting January 1) • Governor of West Virginia: Jacob B. Jackson (Democratic) • Governor of Wisconsin: William E. Smith (Republican) (until January 2), Jeremiah McLain Rusk (Republican) (starting January 2)

Lieutenant governors

• Lieutenant Governor of California: John Mansfield (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Horace Austin Warner Tabor (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: William H. Bulkeley (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Florida: Livingston W. Bethel (no political party) • Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: John Marshall Hamilton (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: Thomas Hanna (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: Frank T. Campbell (Republican) (until January 12), Orlando H. Manning (Republican) (starting January 12) • Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: David Wesley Finney (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: James E. Cantrill (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: George L. Walton (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), vacant (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Byron Weston (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Moreau S. Crosby (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: Charles A. Gilman (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: William H. Sims (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), G. D. Shands (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Robert Alexander Campbell (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: Edmund C. Carns (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Jewett W. Adams (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of New York: George Gilbert Hoskins (Republican) (until end of December 31) • Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: vacant (until month and day unknown), James L. Robinson (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: Andrew Hickenlooper (Republican) (until January 9), Rees G. Richards (Republican) (starting January 9) • Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: Charles Warren Stone (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Henry Fay (political party unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: John D. Kennedy (Democratic) (until December 1), John Calhoun Sheppard (Democratic) (starting December 1) • Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: George H. Morgan (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Texas: Leonidas J. Storey (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: John L. Barstow (Republican) (until October 5), Samuel E. Pingree (Republican) (starting October 5) • Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: James A. Walker (Democratic) (until January 1), John F. Lewis (Republican) (starting January 1) • Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: James M. Bingham (Republican) (until January 2), Sam S. Fifield (Republican) (starting January 2)

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