1882 in the United States

Events from the year 1882 in the United States. == Incumbents == === Federal government === President: Chester A. Arthur (R-New York) Vice President: vacant Chief Justice: Morrison Waite (Ohio) Speaker of the House of Representatives: J. Warren Keifer (R-Ohio) Congress: 47th ==== State governments ==== == Events == === January–March === January 2 The Standard Oil Trust (monopoly) is secretly created to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates.

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