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The United States on April 28, 1799

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
15 F · 5 R
20 senators · 6th Congress
House
—
0 representatives
Supreme Court
5 n · 1 F
6 justices by appointing party
Union
16 states
11 amendments in force
Public debt
$78M
as of Jan 1, 1799
1799-04-28/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
Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert F
since Jun 18, 1798
1799-04-28/congress6th Congress
Senate · 15 F · 5 R
Uriah Tracy (Federalist, CT)James Hillhouse (Federalist, CT)Henry Latimer (Federalist, DE)James Gunn (Federalist, GA)Humphrey Marshall (Federalist, KY)Benjamin Goodhue (Federalist, MA)John Eager Howard (Federalist, MD)James Lloyd (Federalist, MD)John Laurance (Federalist, NY)James Watson (Federalist, NY)William Bingham (Federalist, PA)James Ross (Federalist, PA)Jacob Read (Federalist, SC)Elijah Paine (Federalist, VT)Nathaniel Chipman (Federalist, VT)Timothy Bloodworth (Republican, NC)John Langdon (Republican, NH)Theodore Foster (Republican, RI)Daniel Smith (Republican, TN)Stevens Thomson Mason (Republican, VA)
House ·
1799-04-28/supreme-courtThe bench
William Cushing
Associate Justice · appointed by George Washington · since Sep 27, 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
Bushrod Washington F
Associate Justice · appointed by John Adams · since Dec 20, 1798
1799-04-28/weekWithin a week · Apr 21, 1799 – May 5, 1799
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.