List of events
Events from the year 1903 in the United States .
Incumbents [ edit ] David B. Henderson (R -Iowa ) (until March 4) Joseph Gurney Cannon (R -Illinois ) (starting November 9) Governors and lieutenant governors Governors [ edit ] Governor of Alabama : William D. Jelks (Democratic ) Governor of Arkansas : Jeff Davis (Democratic ) Governor of California : Henry Gage (Republican ) (until January 6), George Pardee (Republican ) (starting January 6) Governor of Colorado : James Bradley Orman (Democratic ) (until January 13), James Hamilton Peabody (Republican ) (starting January 13) Governor of Connecticut : George P. McLean (Republican ) (until January 7), Abiram Chamberlain (Republican ) (starting January 7) Governor of Delaware : John Hunn (Republican ) Governor of Florida : William Sherman Jennings (Democratic ) Governor of Georgia : Joseph M. Terrell (Democratic ) Governor of Idaho : Frank W. Hunt (Democratic ) (until January 5), John T. Morrison (Republican ) (starting January 5) Governor of Illinois : Richard Yates, Jr. (Republican ) Governor of Indiana : Winfield T. Durbin (Republican ) Governor of Iowa : Albert B. Cummins (Republican ) Governor of Kansas : William E. Stanley (Republican ) (until January 12), Willis J. Bailey (Republican ) (starting January 12) Governor of Kentucky : J. C. W. Beckham (Democratic ) Governor of Louisiana : William Wright Heard (Democratic ) Governor of Maine : John Fremont Hill (Republican ) Governor of Maryland : John Walter Smith (Democratic ) Governor of Massachusetts : Winthrop Murray Crane (Republican ) (until January 8), John L. Bates (Republican ) (starting January 8) Governor of Michigan : Aaron T. Bliss (Republican ) Governor of Minnesota : Samuel Rinnah Van Sant (Republican ) Governor of Mississippi : Andrew H. Longino (Democratic ) Governor of Missouri : Alexander Monroe Dockery (Democratic ) Governor of Montana : Joseph Toole (Democratic ) Governor of Nebraska : Ezra P. Savage (Republican ) (until January 8), John H. Mickey (Republican ) (starting January 8) Governor of Nevada : Reinhold Sadler (Silver ) (until January 5), John Sparks (Silver ) (starting January 5) Governor of New Hampshire : Chester B. Jordan (Republican ) (until January 1), Nahum J. Bachelder (Republican ) (starting January 1) Governor of New Jersey : Franklin Murphy (Republican ) Governor of New York : Benjamin Barker Odell, Jr. (Republican ) Governor of North Carolina : Charles Brantley Aycock (Democratic ) Governor of North Dakota : Frank White (Republican ) Governor of Ohio : George K. Nash (Republican ) Governor of Oregon : T. T. Geer (Republican ) (until January 15), George Chamberlain (Democratic ) (starting January 15) Governor of Pennsylvania : William A. Stone (Republican ) (until January 20), Samuel W. Pennypacker (Republican ) (starting January 20) Governor of Rhode Island : Charles D. Kimball (Republican ) (until January 3), Lucius F. C. Garvin (Democratic ) (starting January 3) Governor of South Carolina : Miles Benjamin McSweeney (Democratic ) (until January 20), Duncan Clinch Heyward (Democratic ) (starting January 20) Governor of South Dakota : Charles N. Herreid (Republican ) Governor of Tennessee : Benton McMillin (Democratic ) (until January 19), James B. Frazier (Democratic ) (starting January 19) Governor of Texas : Joseph D. Sayers (Democratic ) (until January 20), S. W. T. Lanham (Democratic ) (starting January 20) Governor of Utah : Heber Manning Wells (Republican ) Governor of Vermont : John G. McCullough (Republican ) Governor of Virginia : Andrew Jackson Montague (Democratic ) Governor of Washington : Henry McBride (Republican ) Governor of West Virginia : Albert B. White (Republican ) Governor of Wisconsin : Robert M. La Follette, Sr. (Republican ) Governor of Wyoming : DeForest Richards (Republican ) (until April 28), Fenimore Chatterton (Republican ) (starting April 28) Lieutenant governors [ edit ] Lieutenant Governor of Alabama : vacant (until month and day unknown), Russell M. Cunningham (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown) Lieutenant Governor of California : Jacob H. Neff (Republican ) (until January 6), Alden Anderson (Republican ) (starting January 6) Lieutenant Governor of Colorado : David C. Coates (Democratic ) (until January 13), Warren A. Haggott (Republican ) (starting January 13) Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut : Edwin O. Keeler (Republican ) (until January 7), Henry Roberts (Republican ) (starting January 7) Lieutenant Governor of Delaware : Philip L. Cannon (Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Idaho : Thomas F. Terrell (Democratic ) (until January 5), James M. Stevens (Republican ) (starting January 5) Lieutenant Governor of Illinois : William Northcott (Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Indiana : Newton W. Gilbert (Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Iowa : John Herriott (Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Kansas : Harry E. Richter (Republican ) (until January 12), David J. Hanna (Republican ) (starting January 12) Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky : vacant (until month and day unknown), William P. Thorne (political party unknown) (starting month and day unknown) Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana : Albert Estopinal (Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts : John L. Bates (Republican ) (until January 8), Curtis Guild, Jr. (Republican ) (starting January 8) Lieutenant Governor of Michigan : Orrin W. Robinson (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Alexander Maitland (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown) Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota : Lyndon A. Smith (Republican ) (until January 5), Ray W. Jones (Republican ) (starting January 5) Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi : James T. Harrison (Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of Missouri : John Adams Lee (Democratic ) (until April 25), Thomas Lewis Rubey (Democratic ) (starting April 25) Lieutenant Governor of Montana : Frank G. Higgins (political party unknown) Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska : vacant (until January 8), Edmund G. McGilton (Republican ) (starting January 8) Lieutenant Governor of Nevada : James R. Judge (political party unknown) (until January 5), Lemuel Allen (political party unknown) (starting January 5) Lieutenant Governor of New York : Frank W. Higgins (Republican ) (starting January 1) Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina : Wilfred D. Turner (Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota : David Bartlett (Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Ohio : Harry L. Gordon (Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania : John P. S. Gobin (Republican ) (until January 20), William M. Brown (Republican ) (starting January 20) Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island : George L. Shepley (Republican ) (until January 3), Adelard Archambault (Democratic ) (starting January 3) Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina : James H. Tillman (Democratic ) (until January 20), John Sloan (Democratic ) (starting January 20) Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota : George W. Snow (Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : Newton H. White (Democratic ) (until month and day unknown), E. T. Seay (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown) Lieutenant Governor of Texas : James Browning (Democratic ) (until January 20), George D. Neal (Democratic ) (starting January 20) Lieutenant Governor of Vermont : Zed S. Stanton (Republican ) Lieutenant Governor of Virginia : Joseph Edward Willard (Democratic ) Lieutenant Governor of Washington : vacant Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin : vacant (until January 5), James O. Davidson (Republican ) (starting January 5)
January–March [ edit ] January 19 – The first west-east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east-west broadcast having been made in December 1901). January 21 – Section of Militia Affairs within the Adjutant General 's office. February 11 – The Oxnard Strike of 1903 becomes the first time in U.S. history that a labor union is formed from members of different races. February 14 February 15 – Morris and Rose Mitchom introduce the first teddy bear in America. February 23 – Cuba leases Guantanamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity". March 2 – In New York City, the Martha Washington Hotel , the first hotel exclusively for women, opens. March 14 – The Hay–Herrán Treaty , granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal , is ratified by the United States Senate . The Colombian Senate later rejects the treaty. March 30 – Queensboro Bridge opens. April–June [ edit ] July–September [ edit ] October–December [ edit ] December 17: Wright Flyer . October – Frank Nelson Cole proves that 267 -1 is composite by factoring it as 193,707,721 * 761,838,257,287 after trying for every Sunday over three years. October 1 – The first modern World Series pits the National League 's Pittsburgh against Boston of the American League . November 2 November 4 – With the encouragement of the United States, Panama proclaims itself independent from Colombia . November 13 – The United States recognizes the independence of Panama . November 18 – The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama , giving the U.S. exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone . November 23 – Colorado Governor James Hamilton Peabody sends the state militia into the town of Cripple Creek to break up a miners' strike. December 17 – Orville Wright flies an aircraft with a petrol engine at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina , in the first documented, successful, controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight. December 19 – Williamsburg Bridge opens. December 30 – A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago kills 600. Undated [ edit ] The Lincoln–Lee Legion is established to promote the temperance movement and signing of alcohol abstinence pledges by children. The first box of Crayola crayons is made and sold for 5 cents. It contains 8 colors; brown, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet and black. Coca-Cola removes cocaine as a key ingredient from their formula; up to this time, it has contained approximately nine milligrams of cocaine per glass. Ongoing [ edit ] January 1 – Dwight Taylor , screenwriter and author (died 1986 ) January 27 – Otto P. Weyland , general (died 1979 ) March 7 – J. Allen Frear, Jr. , United States Senator from Delaware from 1949 till 1961. (died 1993 ) April 19 – Eliot Ness , American Prohibition agent (died 1957 ) May 3 – Bing Crosby , early crooner, singer of the hit, "White Christmas". (died 1977) June 22 – John Dillinger , gangster in the Depression-era United States (died 1934 ) August 7 – Joseph H. Bottum , United States Senator from South Dakota from 1962 till 1963. (died 1984 ) October 6 – Brien McMahon , United States Senator from Connecticut from 1945 till 1952. (died 1952 ) January 4 January 28 – John B. Allen , U.S. Senator from Washington from 1889 to 1893 (born 1845 ) February 11 – Rachel Crane Mather , educator (born 1823 ) February 26 – Richard Jordan Gatling , inventor (born 1818 ) March 11 – Lou Graham , wealthy business woman and madame from Germany (born 1857 in Germany) March 16 – Roy Bean , justice of the peace (born 1825 )[3] March 20 – Charles Godfrey Leland , humorist, folklorist and poet (born 1824 ) March 29 – Gustavus Franklin Swift , businessman (born 1839 ) April 22 – Alexander Ramsey , 2nd Governor of Minnesota from 1860 to 1863 and U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 1863 to 1875 (born 1815 ) April 28 – Josiah Willard Gibbs , physical chemist (born 1839 ) April 29 – Stuart Robson , stage actor and comedian (born 1836 ) May 29 – Bruce Price , architect (born 1845 ) July 2 – Ed Delahanty , baseball player (born 1867 ) July 3 – Harriet Lane , acting First Lady of the United States during James Buchanan 's presidency (born 1830 ) July 27 – Frederick J. Kimball , civil engineer (born 1844 ) August 1 – Calamity Jane , frontierswoman (born 1852 ) August 28 – Frederick Law Olmsted , landscape architect, journalist, social critic and public administrator (born 1822 ) September 23 – Charles B. Farwell , U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1887 to 1891 (born 1823 ) September 28 – Edward Merritt Hughes , naval officer (b. 1850 ) October 6 – Wilson S. Bissell , politician, United States Postmaster General (born 1847 ) October 20 – Thomas Vincent Welch , politician (born 1850 ) November 3 – Eliza Hendricks , Second Lady of the United States as wife of Thomas A. Hendricks (born 1823 ) November 20 – Tom Horn , gunfighter and outlaw (born 1860 ) December 13 – Alexander McDonald , U.S. Senator from Arkansas from 1868 to 1871 (born 1832 ) December 23 – Middleton P. Barrow , U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1882 to 1883 (born 1839 ) See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] Further reading [ edit ] External links [ edit ]