Events from the year 1886 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

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Governors

• Governor of Alabama: Edward A. O'Neal (Democratic) (until December 1), Thomas Seay (Democratic) (starting December 1) • Governor of Arkansas: Simon Pollard Hughes, Jr. (Democratic) • Governor of California: George Stoneman (Republican) • Governor of Colorado: Benjamin Harrison Eaton (Republican) • Governor of Connecticut: Henry B. Harrison (Republican) • Governor of Delaware: Charles C. Stockley (Democratic) • Governor of Florida: Edward A. Perry (Democratic) • Governor of Georgia: Henry D. McDaniel (Democratic) (until November 9), John B. Gordon (Democratic) (starting November 9) • Governor of Illinois: Richard J. Oglesby (Republican) • Governor of Indiana: Isaac P. Gray (Democratic) • Governor of Iowa: Buren R. Sherman (Republican) (until January 14), William Larrabee (Republican) (starting January 14) • Governor of Kansas: John A. Martin (Republican) • Governor of Kentucky: J. Proctor Knott (Democratic) • Governor of Louisiana: Samuel D. McEnery (Democratic) • Governor of Maine: Frederick Robie (Republican) • Governor of Maryland: Henry Lloyd (Democratic) • Governor of Massachusetts: George D. Robinson (Republican) • Governor of Michigan: Russell Alger (Republican) • Governor of Minnesota: Lucius F. Hubbard (Republican) • Governor of Mississippi: Robert Lowry (Democratic) • Governor of Missouri: John S. Marmaduke (Democratic) • Governor of Nebraska: James W. Dawes (Republican) • Governor of Nevada: Jewett W. Adams (Democratic) • Governor of New Hampshire: Moody Currier (Republican) • Governor of New Jersey: Leon Abbett (Democratic) • Governor of New York: David B. Hill (Democratic) • Governor of North Carolina: Alfred Moore Scales (Democratic) • Governor of Ohio: George Hoadly (Democratic) (until January 11), Joseph B. Foraker (Republican) (starting January 11) • Governor of Oregon: Z. F. Moody (Republican) • Governor of Pennsylvania: Robert E. Pattison (Democratic) • Governor of Rhode Island: George P. Wetmore (Republican) • Governor of South Carolina: • * until July 10: Hugh Smith Thompson (Democratic) • * July 10-November 30: John Calhoun Sheppard (Democratic) • * starting November 30: John Peter Richardson III (Democratic) • Governor of Tennessee: William B. Bate (Democratic) • Governor of Texas: John Ireland (Democratic) • Governor of Vermont: Samuel E. Pingree (Republican) (until October 7), Ebenezer J. Ormsbee (Republican) (starting October 7) • Governor of Virginia: William E. Cameron (Re-adjuster) (until January 1), Fitzhugh Lee (Democratic) (starting January 1) • Governor of West Virginia: Emanuel Willis Wilson (Democratic) • Governor of Wisconsin: Jeremiah McLain Rusk (Republican)

Lieutenant governors

• Lieutenant Governor of California: John Daggett (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Peter W. Breene (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Lorrin A. Cooke (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Florida: Milton H. Mabry (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: John Smith (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: Mahlon Dickerson Manson (Democratic) (until August 3), vacant (starting August 3) • Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: vacant (until January 14), John A. T. Hull (Republican) (starting January 14) • Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: Alexander P. Riddle (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: James R. Hindman (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Clay Knobloch (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Oliver Ames (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: Archibald Buttars (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: Charles A. Gilman (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: G. D. Shands (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Albert P. Morehouse (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: Hibbard H. Shedd (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Charles E. Laughton (Republican) • Lieutenant Governor of New York: Edward F. Jones (Democratic) (starting January 1) • Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: Charles M. Stedman (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: John George Warwick (Democratic) (starting January 11) Robert P. Kennedy (Republican) (starting January 11) • Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: Chauncey Forward Black (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Lucius B. Darling (political party unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: • * until July 10: John Calhoun Sheppard (Democratic) • * July 10-November 30: vacant • * starting November 30: William L. Mauldin (Democratic) • Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: Cabell R. Berry (Democratic) (until month and day unknown), Z. W. Ewing (Democratic) (starting month and day unknown) • Lieutenant Governor of Texas: Barnett Gibbs (Democratic) (until January 18), Thomas B. Wheeler (Democratic) (starting January 18) • Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Ebenezer J. Ormsbee (Republican) (until October 7), Levi K. Fuller (Republican) (starting October 7) • Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: John F. Lewis (Republican) (until January 1), John Edward "Parson" Massey (Democratic) (starting January 1) • Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Sam S. Fifield (Republican) (until January 3), George W. Ryland (Republican) (starting January 3)

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