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The United States on February 23, 1797

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 Mar 4, 1793
Senate
21 F · 11 R
32 senators · 4th Congress
House
56 R · 33 F
91 representatives
Supreme Court
6 n
6 justices by appointing party
Union
16 states
11 amendments in force
Public debt
$82M
as of Jan 1, 1797
1797-02-23/executiveThe administration
President George Washington np
since Mar 4, 1793
Vice President John Adams F
Secretary of the Treasury Oliver Wolcott F
since Feb 3, 1795
Postmaster General Joseph Habersham I
since Feb 25, 1795
Secretary of State Timothy Pickering F
since Aug 20, 1795
Attorney General Charles Lee F
since Dec 10, 1795
Secretary of War James McHenry F
since Jan 27, 1796
1797-02-23/congress4th Congress
Senate · 21 F · 11 R
Uriah Tracy (Federalist, CT)James Hillhouse (Federalist, CT)John Vining (Federalist, DE)Henry Latimer (Federalist, DE)James Gunn (Federalist, GA)Humphrey Marshall (Federalist, KY)Benjamin Goodhue (Federalist, MA)Theodore Sedgwick (Federalist, MA)John Henry (Federalist, MD)John Eager Howard (Federalist, MD)Samuel Livermore (Federalist, NH)John Rutherfurd (Federalist, NJ)Richard Stockton (Federalist, NJ)John Laurance (Federalist, NY)James Ross (Federalist, PA)William Bingham (Federalist, PA)Theodore Foster (Federalist, RI)William Bradford (Federalist, RI)Jacob Read (Federalist, SC)Elijah Paine (Federalist, VT)Isaac Tichenor (Federalist, VT)Josiah Tattnall (Republican, GA)John Brown (Republican, KY)Alexander Martin (Republican, NC)Timothy Bloodworth (Republican, NC)John Langdon (Republican, NH)Aaron Burr (Republican, NY)John Hunter (Republican, SC)William Cocke (Republican, TN)William Blount (Republican, TN)Stevens Thomson Mason (Republican, VA)Henry Tazewell (Republican, VA)
House · 56 R · 33 F · 1 O · 1 DR
Joseph Bradley Varnum (Democratic Republican, MA-9)James White (?, TN-AL)Samuel Whittlesey Dana (Federalist, CT-AL)Fisher Ames (Federalist, MA-8)George Leonard (Federalist, MA-7)Theophilus Bradbury (Federalist, MA-11)Nathaniel Freeman Jr. (Federalist, MA-5)Samuel Lyman (Federalist, MA-3)John Reed (Federalist, MA-6)Samuel Sewall (Federalist, MA-10)George Thatcher (Federalist, MA-14)Dwight Foster (Federalist, MA-4)Peleg Wadsworth (Federalist, MA-13)Jeremiah Crabb (Federalist, MD-3)William Vans Murray (Federalist, MD-8)George Dent (Federalist, MD-1)William Hindman (Federalist, MD-7)William Francis Strudwick (Federalist, NC-4)William Barry Grove (Federalist, NC-7)Thomas Henderson (Federalist, NJ-AL)Ezekiel Gilbert (Federalist, NY-6)John Evert Van Alen (Federalist, NY-7)John Williams (Federalist, NY-9)William Cooper (Federalist, NY-10)Henry Glen (Federalist, NY-8)George Ege (Federalist, PA-5)Thomas Hartley (Federalist, PA-8)John Wilkes Kittera (Federalist, PA-7)Richard Thomas (Federalist, PA-3)Benjamin Bourne (Federalist, RI-AL)William Loughton Smith (Federalist, SC-1)Robert Goodloe Harper (Federalist, SC-5)George Hancock (Federalist, VA-5)Josiah Parker (Federalist, VA-11)Daniel Buck (Federalist, VT-2)John Patten (Republican, DE-AL)Abraham Baldwin (Republican, GA-AL)Christopher Greenup (Republican, KY-1)Alexander Dalrymple Orr (Republican, KY-2)Henry Dearborn (Republican, MA-12)William Lyman (Republican, MA-2)Thomson Joseph Skinner (Republican, MA-1)Gabriel Duvall (Republican, MD-2)Thomas Sprigg (Republican, MD-4)Gabriel Christie (Republican, MD-6)Samuel Smith (Republican, MD-5)Nathan Bryan (Republican, NC-10)Dempsey Burges (Republican, NC-8)Matthew Locke (Republican, NC-2)James Gillespie (Republican, NC-6)Jesse Franklin (Republican, NC-3)James Holland (Republican, NC-1)Thomas Blount (Republican, NC-9)Nathaniel Macon (Republican, NC-5)John Samuel Sherburne (Republican, NH-AL)John Hathorn (Republican, NY-4)Jonathan Nicoll Havens (Republican, NY-2)Theodorus Bailey (Republican, NY-5)Philip Van Cortlandt (Republican, NY-3)Edward Livingston (Republican, NY-1)Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg (Republican, PA-2)John Richards (Republican, PA-4)John Swanwick (Republican, PA-1)Albert Gallatin (Republican, PA-12)Samuel Maclay (Republican, PA-6)Andrew Gregg (Republican, PA-9)David Bard (Republican, PA-10)William Findley (Republican, PA-11)Samuel Earle (Republican, SC-6)Lemuel Benton (Republican, SC-3)Wade Hampton (Republican, SC-2)Richard Winn (Republican, SC-4)Andrew Jackson (Republican, TN-1)Isaac Coles (Republican, VA-6)John Heath (Republican, VA-19)John Page (Republican, VA-12)Francis Preston (Republican, VA-4)Robert Rutherford (Republican, VA-1)Carter Bassett Harrison (Republican, VA-10)John Nicholas (Republican, VA-18)Samuel Jordan Cabell (Republican, VA-14)George Jackson (Republican, VA-3)Thomas Claiborne (Republican, VA-8)Abraham Bedford Venable (Republican, VA-7)Andrew Moore (Republican, VA-2)James Madison (Republican, VA-15)Richard Brent (Republican, VA-17)William Branch Giles (Republican, VA-9)John Clopton (Republican, VA-13)Anthony New (Republican, VA-16)Israel Smith (Republican, VT-1)
1797-02-23/supreme-courtThe bench
William Cushing
Associate Justice · appointed by George Washington · since Sep 27, 1789
James Wilson
Associate Justice · appointed by George Washington · since Sep 29, 1789
James Iredell
Associate Justice · appointed by George Washington · since Feb 10, 1790
William Paterson
Associate Justice · appointed by George Washington · since Mar 4, 1793
Samuel Chase
Associate Justice · appointed by George Washington · since Jan 27, 1796
Oliver Ellsworth
Chief Justice · appointed by George Washington · since Mar 4, 1796
1797-02-23/weekWithin a week · Feb 16, 1797 – Mar 2, 1797
Nothing recorded within a week of this date.

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.