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The United States on March 5, 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
15 R · 7 F
22 senators · 8th Congress
House
1 R
1 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
1803-03-05/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
1803-03-05/congress8th Congress
Senate · 15 R · 7 F
Uriah Tracy (Federalist, CT)James Hillhouse (Federalist, CT)William Hill Wells (Federalist, DE)Dwight Foster (Federalist, MA)Simeon Olcott (Federalist, NH)William Plumer (Federalist, NH)Jonathan Dayton (Federalist, NJ)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)Christopher Ellery (Republican, RI)Thomas Sumter (Republican, SC)Pierce Butler (Republican, SC)William Cocke (Republican, TN)Wilson Cary Nicholas (Republican, VA)Stephen Row Bradley (Republican, VT)
House · 1 R
Nathaniel Alexander (Republican, NC-10)
1803-03-05/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
1803-03-05/weekWithin a week · Feb 26, 1803 – Mar 12, 1803
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

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.