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The United States on March 9, 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
Adams
John Adams F · since Mar 4, 1797
Senate
16 F · 8 R
24 senators · 5th Congress
House
—
0 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
1797-03-09/executiveThe administration
President John Adams F
since Mar 4, 1797
Vice President Thomas Jefferson DR
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
1797-03-09/congress5th Congress
Senate · 16 F · 8 R
Uriah Tracy (Federalist, CT)James Hillhouse (Federalist, CT)John Vining (Federalist, DE)James Gunn (Federalist, GA)Humphrey Marshall (Federalist, KY)Theodore Sedgwick (Federalist, MA)Benjamin Goodhue (Federalist, MA)John Henry (Federalist, MD)John Eager Howard (Federalist, MD)Samuel Livermore (Federalist, NH)Richard Stockton (Federalist, NJ)John Laurance (Federalist, NY)William Bingham (Federalist, PA)William Bradford (Federalist, RI)Jacob Read (Federalist, SC)Elijah Paine (Federalist, VT)Josiah Tattnall (Republican, GA)John Brown (Republican, KY)Alexander Martin (Republican, NC)Timothy Bloodworth (Republican, NC)John Langdon (Republican, NH)John Hunter (Republican, SC)William Blount (Republican, TN)Henry Tazewell (Republican, VA)
House ·
1797-03-09/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
1797-03-09/weekWithin a week · Mar 2, 1797 – Mar 16, 1797
John Adams takes office · Mar 4, 1797

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.