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The United States on August 3, 1789

Who held every office, how Congress and the Court were made up, and what happened within a week. Diff this day against today →

President
Washington
George Washington np · since Apr 30, 1789
Senate
14 PA · 6 AA
24 senators · 1st Congress
House
29 O · 11 F
49 representatives
Supreme Court
—
0 justices by appointing party
Union
11 states
0 amendments in force
Troops abroad
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1789-08-03/executiveThe administration
President George Washington np
since Apr 30, 1789
Vice President John Adams F
Postmaster General Ebenezer Hazard
since Jan 28, 1782
Secretary of War Henry Knox
since Mar 8, 1785
1789-08-03/congress1st Congress
Senate · 14 PA · 6 AA · 2 DR · 2 F
Oliver Ellsworth (Pro-Administration, CT)William Samuel Johnson (Pro-Administration, CT)George Read (Pro-Administration, DE)Richard Bassett (Anti-Administration, DE)William Few (Anti-Administration, GA)Tristram Dalton (Pro-Administration, MA)Caleb Strong (Pro-Administration, MA)Charles Carroll (Pro-Administration, MD)John Henry (Pro-Administration, MD)Samuel Johnston (Pro-Administration, NC)Benjamin Hawkins (Pro-Administration, NC)Paine Wingate (Anti-Administration, NH)John Langdon (Democratic Republican, NH)Jonathan Elmer (Pro-Administration, NJ)William Paterson (Pro-Administration, NJ)Philip John Schuyler (Pro-Administration, NY)William Maclay (Anti-Administration, PA)Robert Morris (Pro-Administration, PA)Pierce Butler (Democratic Republican, SC)Ralph Izard (Pro-Administration, SC)William Grayson (Anti-Administration, VA)Richard Henry Lee (Anti-Administration, VA)James Gunn (Federalist, GA)Rufus King (Federalist, NY)
House · 29 O · 11 F · 6 R · 2 DR · 1 PA
Benjamin Huntington (?, CT-AL)John Vining (Pro-Administration, DE-AL)George Mathews (?, GA-3)Abraham Baldwin (Democratic Republican, GA-2)Jonathan Grout (?, MA-8)George Partridge (?, MA-5)Elbridge Gerry (?, MA-3)Daniel Carroll (?, MD-6)Benjamin Contee (?, MD-3)George Gale (?, MD-5)William Smith (?, MD-4)Michael Jenifer Stone (?, MD-1)Joshua Seney (?, MD-2)John Baptista Ashe (?, NC-1)John Steele (?, NC-4)Timothy Bloodworth (?, NC-3)Elias Boudinot (?, NJ-AL)William Floyd (?, NY-1)Jeremiah Van Rensselaer (?, NY-6)Peter Silvester (?, NY-5)John Laurance (?, NY-2)George Clymer (?, PA-AL)Aedanus Burke (?, SC-2)Daniel Huger (?, SC-3)Thomas Tudor Tucker (?, SC-5)Thomas Sumter (?, SC-4)Theodorick Bland (?, VA-9)Alexander White (?, VA-1)Samuel Griffin (?, VA-10)Richard Bland Lee (?, VA-4)John Brown (?, VA-AL)Andrew Moore (Democratic Republican, VA-3)Fisher Ames (Federalist, MA-1)George Leonard (Federalist, MA-7)Benjamin Goodhue (Federalist, MA-2)Theodore Sedgwick (Federalist, MA-4)George Thatcher (Federalist, MA-6)Hugh Williamson (Federalist, NC-2)Samuel Livermore (Federalist, NH-AL)Egbert Benson (Federalist, NY-3)Benjamin Bourne (Federalist, RI-1)William Loughton Smith (Federalist, SC-1)Josiah Parker (Federalist, VA-8)James Jackson (Republican, GA-1)John Sevier (Republican, NC-5)John Hathorn (Republican, NY-4)Isaac Coles (Republican, VA-6)John Page (Republican, VA-7)James Madison (Republican, VA-5)
1789-08-03/supreme-courtThe bench
1789-08-03/weekWithin a week · Jul 27, 1789 – Aug 10, 1789
Agency + United States Department of State
Jul 27, 1789 · executive_department
Law An Act for establishing an Executive Department, to be denominated the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Jul 27, 1789 · Ch. 4, Sess. 1, 1st Cong.
Law An Act to regulate the Collection of the Duties imposed by law on the tonnage of ships or vessels, and on goods, wares and merchandises imported into the United States.
Jul 31, 1789 · Ch. 5, Sess. 1, 1st Cong.
Law An Act for settling the Accounts between the United States and individual States.
Aug 5, 1789 · Ch. 6, Sess. 1, 1st Cong.
Law An Act to establish an Executive Department, to be denominated the Department of War.
Aug 7, 1789 · Ch. 7, Sess. 1, 1st Cong.
Law An Act to provide for the Government of the Territory North-west of the river Ohio.
Aug 7, 1789 · Ch. 8, Sess. 1, 1st Cong.
Law An Act for the establishment and support of Lighthouses, Beacons, Buoys, and Public Piers.
Aug 7, 1789 · Ch. 9, Sess. 1, 1st Cong.

Each office is shown as it stood at the end of the day. Cabinet records come from Wikidata and have gaps for some historical offices.