30. april – Enabling Act (1802) gir fullmakt til opprettelsen av Ohio skilt ut fra Nordvestterritoriet og setter presedens for etablering av fremtidige stater ved utskillelse fra de vestlige territoriene.
Valg til representantenes hus: 142 representanter blir valgt, 36 flere enn ved den 7. Kongressen, etter omfordelinger som følge av folketellingen i USA i 1800.
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Elizabeth G. McPherson. The Southern States and the Reporting of Senate Debates, 1789-1802. The Journal of Southern History, bind 12, nr 2 (May, 1946), pp. 223-246
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Sidney Forman. Why the United States Military Academy was Established in 1802. Military Affairs, bind 29, nr 1 (Spring, 1965), pp. 16-28
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Howard A. Ohline. Georgetown, South Carolina: Racial Anxieties and Militant Behavior, 1802. The South Carolina Historical Magazine, bind 73, nr 3 (Jul., 1972), pp. 130-140
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