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The United States on March 1, 1803

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
18 R · 14 F
32 senators · 7th Congress
House
61 R · 30 F
93 representatives
Supreme Court
3 n · 3 F
6 justices by appointing party
Union
17 states
11 amendments in force
Public debt
$77M
as of Jan 1, 1803
1803-03-01/executiveThe administration
President Thomas Jefferson DR
since Mar 4, 1801
Vice President Aaron Burr Jr. DR
Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith DR
since Jan 1, 1801
Attorney General Levi Lincoln Sr. DR
since Mar 5, 1801
Secretary of War Henry Dearborn DR
since Mar 5, 1801
Secretary of State James Madison DR
since May 2, 1801
Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin DR
since May 14, 1801
Postmaster General Gideon Granger DR
since Nov 28, 1801
1803-03-01/congress7th Congress
Senate · 18 R · 14 F
James Hillhouse (Federalist, CT)Uriah Tracy (Federalist, CT)William Hill Wells (Federalist, DE)Samuel White (Federalist, DE)Jonathan Mason (Federalist, MA)Dwight Foster (Federalist, MA)John Eager Howard (Federalist, MD)William Plumer (Federalist, NH)Simeon Olcott (Federalist, NH)Jonathan Dayton (Federalist, NJ)Aaron Ogden (Federalist, NJ)Gouverneur Morris (Federalist, NY)James Ross (Federalist, PA)Nathaniel Chipman (Federalist, VT)Abraham Baldwin (Republican, GA)James Jackson (Republican, GA)John Brown (Republican, KY)John Breckinridge (Republican, KY)Robert Wright (Republican, MD)Jesse Franklin (Republican, NC)David Stone (Republican, NC)De Witt Clinton (Republican, NY)George Logan (Republican, PA)Theodore Foster (Republican, RI)Christopher Ellery (Republican, RI)Pierce Butler (Republican, SC)Thomas Sumter (Republican, SC)Joseph Anderson (Republican, TN)William Cocke (Republican, TN)Stevens Thomson Mason (Republican, VA)Wilson Cary Nicholas (Republican, VA)Stephen Row Bradley (Republican, VT)
House · 61 R · 30 F · 1 O · 1 DR
Joseph Bradley Varnum (Democratic Republican, MA-9)Thomas Marston Greene (?, MS-AL)Elias Perkins (Federalist, CT-AL)James Asheton Bayard Sr. (Federalist, DE-AL)Silas Lee (Federalist, MA-12)Ebenezer Mattoon (Federalist, MA-3)Nathan Read (Federalist, MA-10)William Shepard (Federalist, MA-2)Manasseh Cutler (Federalist, MA-11)Lemuel Williams (Federalist, MA-5)Peleg Wadsworth (Federalist, MA-13)John Dennis (Federalist, MD-8)Thomas Plater (Federalist, MD-3)John Campbell (Federalist, MD-1)William Barry Grove (Federalist, NC-7)Archibald Henderson (Federalist, NC-2)William Henry Hill (Federalist, NC-6)John Stanly (Federalist, NC-10)Abiel Foster (Federalist, NH-AL)John Bird (Federalist, NY-AL)Thomas Morris (Federalist, NY-10)Benjamin Walker (Federalist, NY-9)Killian Killian Van Rensselaer (Federalist, NY-8)Paul Fearing (Federalist, OH-AL)Thomas Boude (Federalist, PA-7)Henry Woods (Federalist, PA-10)Joseph Hemphill (Federalist, PA-3)John Rutledge Jr. (Federalist, SC-2)Thomas Lowndes (Federalist, SC-1)Benjamin Huger (Federalist, SC-3)John Stratton (Federalist, VA-12)Lewis Richard Morris (Federalist, VT-2)Benjamin Taliaferro (Republican, GA-AL)Thomas Terry Davis (Republican, KY-1)John Fowler (Republican, KY-2)John Bacon (Republican, MA-1)Levi Lincoln (Republican, MA-4)Josiah Smith (Republican, MA-6)Phanuel Bishop (Republican, MA-7)Richard Cutts (Republican, MA-14)William Eustis (Republican, MA-8)Richard, Jr. Sprigg (Republican, MD-2)Daniel Hiester (Republican, MD-4)John Archer (Republican, MD-6)Joseph Hopper Nicholson (Republican, MD-7)Samuel Smith (Republican, MD-5)Charles Johnson (Republican, NC-8)Robert Williams (Republican, NC-3)James Holland (Republican, NC-1)Richard Stanford (Republican, NC-4)Nathaniel Macon (Republican, NC-5)Willis Alston (Republican, NC-9)James Mott (Republican, NJ-AL)Lucas Conrad Elmendorf (Republican, NY-4)John Peter Van Ness (Republican, NY-6)Theodorus Bailey (Republican, NY-5)John Smith (Republican, NY-1)David Thomas (Republican, NY-7)Philip Van Cortlandt (Republican, NY-3)Samuel Latham Mitchill (Republican, NY-2)William Jones (Republican, PA-1)John Stewart (Republican, PA-8)Isaac Van Horne (Republican, PA-4)John Andre Hanna (Republican, PA-6)Andrew Gregg (Republican, PA-9)William Hoge (Republican, PA-12)Michael Leib (Republican, PA-2)John Smilie (Republican, PA-11)Joseph Hiester (Republican, PA-5)Thomas Tillinghast (Republican, RI-AL)William Butler (Republican, SC-5)Thomas Moore (Republican, SC-6)Richard Winn (Republican, SC-4)William Dickson (Republican, TN-1)Samuel Jordan Cabell (Republican, VA-14)George Jackson (Republican, VA-3)Thomas Claiborne (Republican, VA-8)John Johns Trigg (Republican, VA-5)Philip Rootes Thompson (Republican, VA-18)Abram Trigg (Republican, VA-4)Richard Brent (Republican, VA-17)William Branch Giles (Republican, VA-9)Edwin Gray (Republican, VA-10)John Dawson (Republican, VA-15)John Smith (Republican, VA-1)Matthew Clay (Republican, VA-6)John Clopton (Republican, VA-13)David Holmes (Republican, VA-2)Anthony New (Republican, VA-16)Thomas Newton Jr. (Republican, VA-11)John Randolph (Republican, VA-7)John Taliaferro (Republican, VA-19)Israel Smith (Republican, VT-1)
1803-03-01/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
1803-03-01/weekWithin a week · Feb 22, 1803 – Mar 8, 1803
Ruling Hooe and Co. v. Groverman
Feb 23, 1803 · 5 U.S. 214
Ruling United States v. Simms
Feb 23, 1803 · 5 U.S. 252
Ruling Marbury v. Madison
Feb 24, 1803 · 5 U.S. 137
Ruling Fenwick v. Sears's Administrators
Feb 25, 1803 · 5 U.S. 259
Ruling United States v. R. T. Hooe
Feb 25, 1803 · 5 U.S. 318
Ruling Wilson v. Lenox and Maitland
Feb 26, 1803 · 5 U.S. 194
Ruling Thompson v. Jameson
Feb 26, 1803 · 5 U.S. 282
Ruling Mandeville and Jameson v. Riddle
Feb 26, 1803 · 5 U.S. 290
Ruling Hamilton v. Russell
Feb 28, 1803 · 5 U.S. 309
Ruling Hepburn and Dundas v. Colin Auld
Feb 28, 1803 · 5 U.S. 321
Ruling Lindo v. Gardner
Feb 28, 1803 · 5 U.S. 343
State Ohio
Mar 1, 1803 · OH
Ruling Gabriel Wood v. Owings
Mar 1, 1803 · 5 U.S. 239
Ruling Marine Insurance Company v. Young
Mar 1, 1803 · 5 U.S. 332
Ruling Stuart v. Laird
Mar 2, 1803 · 5 U.S. 299
Ruling Hodgson v. Dexter
Mar 2, 1803 · 5 U.S. 345

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