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The United States on March 4, 1805

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, 1805
Senate
19 R · 6 F
25 senators · 9th Congress
House
—
0 representatives
Supreme Court
3 n · 2 F · 1 JR
6 justices by appointing party
Union
17 states
12 amendments in force
Public debt
$82M
as of Jan 1, 1805
1805-03-04/executiveThe administration
President Thomas Jefferson DR
since Mar 4, 1805
Vice President George Clinton DR
Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith DR
since Jan 1, 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
Attorney General Robert Smith DR (acting)
since Mar 2, 1805
1805-03-04/congress9th Congress
Senate · 19 R · 6 F
Uriah Tracy (Federalist, CT)James Hillhouse (Federalist, CT)Samuel White (Federalist, DE)James Asheton Bayard Sr. (Federalist, DE)John Quincy Adams (Federalist, MA)William Plumer (Federalist, NH)James Jackson (Republican, GA)John Breckinridge (Republican, KY)Robert Wright (Republican, MD)Samuel Smith (Republican, MD)David Stone (Republican, NC)John Condit (Republican, NJ)John Smith (Republican, NY)Samuel Latham Mitchill (Republican, NY)Thomas Worthington (Republican, OH)John Smith (Republican, OH)George Logan (Republican, PA)Samuel Maclay (Republican, PA)Benjamin Howland (Republican, RI)John Gaillard (Republican, SC)Joseph Anderson (Republican, TN)Andrew Moore (Republican, VA)William Branch Giles (Republican, VA)Stephen Row Bradley (Republican, VT)Israel Smith (Republican, VT)
House ·
1805-03-04/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
John Marshall F
Chief Justice · appointed by John Adams · since Jan 31, 1801
William Johnson, Jr. JR
Associate Justice · appointed by Thomas Jefferson · since Mar 26, 1804
1805-03-04/weekWithin a week · Feb 25, 1805 – Mar 11, 1805
Thomas Jefferson takes office · Mar 4, 1805
Ruling Telfair Executors of Rae & Sommerville v. Stead's Executors
Feb 25, 1805 · 6 U.S. 407
Ruling Graves and Barnewall v. Boston Marine Insurance Company
Feb 25, 1805 · 6 U.S. 419
Ruling Hepburn and Dundas v. Ellzey
Feb 25, 1805 · 6 U.S. 445
Ruling Huidekoper's Lessee v. Douglass
Feb 27, 1805 · 7 U.S. 1
Ruling United States v. Hooe
Feb 27, 1805 · 7 U.S. 73
Ruling Peyton v. Brooke
Feb 27, 1805 · 7 U.S. 92
Ruling Lambert's Lessee v. Paine
Mar 1, 1805 · 7 U.S. 97
Ruling Hodgson v. Butts
Mar 2, 1805 · 7 U.S. 140
Ruling United States v. More
Mar 2, 1805 · 7 U.S. 159
Ruling Faw v. Roberdeau's Executor
Mar 2, 1805 · 7 U.S. 174
Ruling Winchester v. Hackley
Mar 4, 1805 · 6 U.S. 342
Ruling Levy v. Gadsby
Mar 4, 1805 · 7 U.S. 180
Ruling Ray v. Law
Mar 5, 1805 · 7 U.S. 179
Ruling The Marine Insurance Company of Alexandria v. Wilson
Mar 5, 1805 · 7 U.S. 187
Ruling McIlvaine v. Coxe's Lessee
Mar 6, 1805 · 6 U.S. 280
Ruling Wilson v. Codman's Executor
Mar 6, 1805 · 7 U.S. 193
Ruling Hallet and Bowne v. Jenks
Mar 6, 1805 · 7 U.S. 210
Ruling Milligan v. Milledge & Wife
Mar 6, 1805 · 7 U.S. 220
Ruling Cooke v. Graham's Administrator
Mar 6, 1805 · 7 U.S. 229

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.