1905 in the United States

Events from the year 1905 in the United States. == Incumbents == === Federal government === President: Theodore Roosevelt (R-New York) Vice President: vacant (until March 4) Charles W. Fairbanks (R-Indiana) (starting March 4) Chief Justice: Melville Fuller (Illinois) Speaker of the House of Representatives: Joseph Gurney Cannon (R-Illinois) Congress: 58th (until March 4), 59th (starting March 4) ==== State governments ==== == Events == === January–June === January 6 – The Senate confirms the nomination of William D. Crum, an African-American, to the office of collector of customs at Charleston, South Carolina after Crum's nomination by President Theodore Roosevelt.

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