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The United States on April 28, 1807

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
17 R · 5 F
22 senators · 10th Congress
House
—
0 representatives
Supreme Court
3 JR · 2 n · 2 F
7 justices by appointing party
Union
17 states
12 amendments in force
Public debt
$69M
as of Jan 1, 1807
1807-04-28/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 Caesar Augustus Rodney DR
since Jan 20, 1807
1807-04-28/congress10th Congress
Senate · 17 R · 5 F
James Hillhouse (Federalist, CT)Samuel White (Federalist, DE)James Asheton Bayard Sr. (Federalist, DE)John Quincy Adams (Federalist, MA)Timothy Pickering (Federalist, MA)Buckner Thruston (Republican, KY)Samuel Smith (Republican, MD)James Turner (Republican, NC)Nicholas Gilman (Republican, NH)John Condit (Republican, NJ)Aaron Kitchell (Republican, NJ)Samuel Latham Mitchill (Republican, NY)John Smith (Republican, OH)Samuel Maclay (Republican, PA)Benjamin Howland (Republican, RI)James Fenner (Republican, RI)Thomas Sumter (Republican, SC)Joseph Anderson (Republican, TN)Daniel Smith (Republican, TN)Andrew Moore (Republican, VA)William Branch Giles (Republican, VA)Israel Smith (Republican, VT)
House ·
1807-04-28/supreme-courtThe bench
William Cushing
Associate Justice · appointed by George Washington · since Sep 27, 1789
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
Henry Brockholst Livingston JR
Associate Justice · appointed by Thomas Jefferson · since Jan 16, 1807
Thomas Todd JR
Associate Justice · appointed by Thomas Jefferson · since Mar 3, 1807
1807-04-28/weekWithin a week · Apr 21, 1807 – May 5, 1807
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.