1881 in the United States

Decades:	1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s;
See also:	; History of the United States (1865–1918); Timeline of United States history (1860–1899); List of years in the United States;

Events from the year 1881 in the United States. For the second time in history (after 1841), the country had three different presidents in one calendar year: Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, and Chester A. Arthur.