1825 in the United States
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This page contains events in the United States other than the ones already listed in the article on 1825.
Events
- February 9 - After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams President of the United States.
- June 11 - The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.
- November 26 - At Union College in Schenectady, New York a group of college students form Kappa Alpha as the first college social fraternity (it was the first to combine aspects of secret Greek-letter societies, literary societies and formalized student social groups).
- The city of Vicksburg, MS was incorporated
