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| 1828 |
| | | Andrew Jackson, elected president of the USA, introduces the era known as Jacksonian democracy | |
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| 1834 |
| | | The opponents of US president Andrew Jackson, mockingly called King Andrew, become known as the Whig party | |
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| 1836 |
| | | The inhabitants of the Mexican province of Texas declare their independence as a new republic | |
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| 1836 |
| | | Martin van Buren, previously vice-president to Andrew Jackson, wins the US presidential election on the Democratic ticket | |
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| 1840 |
| | | William Henry Harrison wins the US presidential election as the Whig candidate, but dies 30 days after taking office | |
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| 1841 |
| | | On the sudden death of US president William Henry Harrison, from pneumonia, he is succeeded in the office by his vice-president John Tyler | |
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| 1844 |
| | | James Polk pledges in his presidential campaign to include the self-proclaimed republic of Texas in the USA | |
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| 1844 |
| | | Democratic candidate James Polk is elected president of the USA, defeating the Whig Henry Clay | |
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| 1846 |
| | | The Oregon Treaty establishes the border between Canada and the USA along the 49th parallel to the Pacific | |
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| 1848 |
| | | In a three-cornered US presidential election Whig candidate Zachary Taylor defeats Democrat Lewis Cass and the Free-Soil party's Martin van Buren | |
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