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The United States on March 9, 1801

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

President
Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson DR · since Mar 4, 1801
Senate
13 F · 9 R
22 senators · 7th Congress
House
—
0 representatives
Supreme Court
3 n · 3 F
6 justices by appointing party
Union
16 states
11 amendments in force
Public debt
$83M
as of Jan 1, 1801
1801-03-09/executiveThe administration
President Thomas Jefferson DR
since Mar 4, 1801
Vice President Aaron Burr Jr. DR
Postmaster General Joseph Habersham I
since Feb 25, 1795
Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Stoddert F
since Jun 18, 1798
Secretary of the Treasury Samuel Dexter F
since Jan 1, 1801
Secretary of State Levi Lincoln Sr. DR (acting)
since Mar 5, 1801
Attorney General Levi Lincoln Sr. DR
since Mar 5, 1801
Secretary of War Henry Dearborn DR
since Mar 5, 1801
1801-03-09/congress7th Congress
Senate · 13 F · 9 R
James Hillhouse (Federalist, CT)Henry Latimer (Federalist, DE)William Hill Wells (Federalist, DE)Jonathan Mason (Federalist, MA)Dwight Foster (Federalist, MA)John Eager Howard (Federalist, MD)Samuel Livermore (Federalist, NH)James Schureman (Federalist, NJ)Jonathan Dayton (Federalist, NJ)Gouverneur Morris (Federalist, NY)James Ross (Federalist, PA)Ray Greene (Federalist, RI)Nathaniel Chipman (Federalist, VT)Abraham Baldwin (Republican, GA)John Brown (Republican, KY)Jesse Franklin (Republican, NC)John Armstrong Jr. (Republican, NY)Theodore Foster (Republican, RI)Joseph Anderson (Republican, TN)William Cocke (Republican, TN)Stevens Thomson Mason (Republican, VA)Wilson Cary Nicholas (Republican, VA)
House ·
1801-03-09/supreme-courtThe bench
William Cushing
Associate Justice · appointed by George Washington · since Sep 27, 1789
William Paterson
Associate Justice · appointed by George Washington · since Mar 4, 1793
Samuel Chase
Associate Justice · appointed by George Washington · since Jan 27, 1796
Bushrod Washington F
Associate Justice · appointed by John Adams · since Dec 20, 1798
Alfred Moore F
Associate Justice · appointed by John Adams · since Dec 10, 1799
John Marshall F
Chief Justice · appointed by John Adams · since Jan 31, 1801
1801-03-09/weekWithin a week · Mar 2, 1801 – Mar 16, 1801
Thomas Jefferson takes office · Mar 4, 1801

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.