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The United States on February 21, 1798

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
21 F · 11 R
32 senators · 5th Congress
House
47 R · 42 F
90 representatives
Supreme Court
6 n
6 justices by appointing party
Union
16 states
11 amendments in force
Public debt
$79M
as of Jan 1, 1798
1798-02-21/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
1798-02-21/congress5th Congress
Senate · 21 F · 11 R
Uriah Tracy (Federalist, CT)James Hillhouse (Federalist, CT)Joshua Clayton (Federalist, DE)Henry Latimer (Federalist, DE)James Gunn (Federalist, GA)Humphrey Marshall (Federalist, KY)Theodore Sedgwick (Federalist, MA)Benjamin Goodhue (Federalist, MA)John Eager Howard (Federalist, MD)James Lloyd (Federalist, MD)Samuel Livermore (Federalist, NH)Richard Stockton (Federalist, NJ)John Rutherfurd (Federalist, NJ)John Laurance (Federalist, NY)John Sloss Hobart (Federalist, NY)William Bingham (Federalist, PA)James Ross (Federalist, PA)Ray Greene (Federalist, RI)Jacob Read (Federalist, SC)Elijah Paine (Federalist, VT)Nathaniel Chipman (Federalist, VT)Josiah Tattnall (Republican, GA)John Brown (Republican, KY)Alexander Martin (Republican, NC)Timothy Bloodworth (Republican, NC)John Langdon (Republican, NH)Theodore Foster (Republican, RI)John Hunter (Republican, SC)Joseph Anderson (Republican, TN)Daniel Smith (Republican, TN)Henry Tazewell (Republican, VA)Stevens Thomson Mason (Republican, VA)
House · 47 R · 42 F · 1 DR
Joseph Bradley Varnum (Democratic Republican, MA-9)John Allen (Federalist, CT-AL)James Asheton Bayard Sr. (Federalist, DE-AL)Theophilus Bradbury (Federalist, MA-11)Stephen Bullock (Federalist, MA-7)Isaac Parker (Federalist, MA-12)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)William Shepard (Federalist, MA-2)Peleg Wadsworth (Federalist, MA-13)Harrison Gray Otis (Federalist, MA-8)William Matthews (Federalist, MD-6)William Craik (Federalist, MD-3)George Dent (Federalist, MD-1)William Hindman (Federalist, MD-7)John Dennis (Federalist, MD-8)George Baer Jr. (Federalist, MD-4)William Barry Grove (Federalist, NC-7)Jeremiah Smith (Federalist, NH-AL)Thomas Sinnickson (Federalist, NJ-AL)David Brooks (Federalist, NY-5)James Cochran (Federalist, NY-10)Hezekiah Lord Hosmer (Federalist, NY-6)John Evert Van Alen (Federalist, NY-7)John Williams (Federalist, NY-9)Henry Glen (Federalist, NY-8)John Chapman (Federalist, PA-4)George Ege (Federalist, PA-5)Thomas Hartley (Federalist, PA-8)John Wilkes Kittera (Federalist, PA-7)Richard Thomas (Federalist, PA-3)Thomas Tillinghast (Federalist, RI-AL)William Loughton Smith (Federalist, SC-1)John Rutledge Jr. (Federalist, SC-2)Robert Goodloe Harper (Federalist, SC-5)James Machir (Federalist, VA-3)Daniel Morgan (Federalist, VA-1)Thomas Evans (Federalist, VA-12)Josiah Parker (Federalist, VA-11)Lewis Richard Morris (Federalist, VT-2)Abraham Baldwin (Republican, GA-AL)Thomas Terry Davis (Republican, KY-1)John Fowler (Republican, KY-2)Nathaniel Freeman Jr. (Republican, MA-5)Thomson Joseph Skinner (Republican, MA-1)Richard, Jr. Sprigg (Republican, MD-2)Samuel Smith (Republican, MD-5)Nathan Bryan (Republican, NC-10)Dempsey Burges (Republican, NC-8)Matthew Locke (Republican, NC-2)Joseph McDowell (Republican, NC-1)Robert Williams (Republican, NC-3)James Gillespie (Republican, NC-6)Thomas Blount (Republican, NC-9)Richard Stanford (Republican, NC-4)Nathaniel Macon (Republican, NC-5)Jonathan Nicoll Havens (Republican, NY-2)Lucas Conrad Elmendorf (Republican, NY-4)Philip Van Cortlandt (Republican, NY-3)Edward Livingston (Republican, NY-1)Blair McClenachan (Republican, PA-2)John Swanwick (Republican, PA-1)Albert Gallatin (Republican, PA-12)John Andre Hanna (Republican, PA-6)Andrew Gregg (Republican, PA-9)David Bard (Republican, PA-10)William Findley (Republican, PA-11)Lemuel Benton (Republican, SC-3)William Smith (Republican, SC-6)Thomas Sumter (Republican, SC-4)William Charles Cole Claiborne (Republican, TN-1)William Branch Giles (Republican, VA-9)Carter Bassett Harrison (Republican, VA-10)John Nicholas (Republican, VA-18)Samuel Jordan Cabell (Republican, VA-14)Thomas Claiborne (Republican, VA-8)John Johns Trigg (Republican, VA-5)Abraham Bedford Venable (Republican, VA-7)Abram Trigg (Republican, VA-4)Richard Brent (Republican, VA-17)Walter Jones (Republican, VA-19)John Dawson (Republican, VA-15)Matthew Clay (Republican, VA-6)John Clopton (Republican, VA-13)David Holmes (Republican, VA-2)Anthony New (Republican, VA-16)Matthew Lyon (Republican, VT-1)
1798-02-21/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
1798-02-21/weekWithin a week · Feb 14, 1798 – Feb 28, 1798
Ruling Emory v. Grenough
Feb 14, 1798 · 3 U.S. 369
Ruling Hollingsworth v. Virginia
Feb 14, 1798 · 3 U.S. 378
Ruling Bingham v. Cabot
Feb 14, 1798 · 3 U.S. 382

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.