On November 2, Warren G. Harding of Ohio is elected the twenty-ninth President of the U.S.

On November 3, William McKinley of Ohio becomes the twenty-fifth President of the United States.

On November 2, John A. Garfield of Ohio is elected the twentieth President of the U.S. but is assassinated the following year. Vice President Governor Chester A. Arthur, the former Governor of New York, becomes the twenty-first President.

Oberlin College, which opens on September 2, becomes the first U.S. institution of higher education to admit women.