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The United States on March 1, 1808

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
28 R · 6 F
34 senators · 10th Congress
House
97 R · 18 F
118 representatives
Supreme Court
3 JR · 2 n · 2 F
7 justices by appointing party
Union
17 states
12 amendments in force
Public debt
$65M
as of Jan 1, 1808
1808-03-01/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
1808-03-01/congress10th Congress
Senate · 28 R · 6 F
James Hillhouse (Federalist, CT)Chauncey Goodrich (Federalist, CT)Samuel White (Federalist, DE)James Asheton Bayard Sr. (Federalist, DE)John Quincy Adams (Federalist, MA)Timothy Pickering (Federalist, MA)John Milledge (Republican, GA)William Harris Crawford (Republican, GA)Buckner Thruston (Republican, KY)John Pope (Republican, KY)Samuel Smith (Republican, MD)Philip Reed (Republican, MD)James Turner (Republican, NC)Jesse Franklin (Republican, NC)Nicholas Gilman (Republican, NH)Nahum Parker (Republican, NH)John Condit (Republican, NJ)Aaron Kitchell (Republican, NJ)Samuel Latham Mitchill (Republican, NY)John Smith (Republican, NY)John Smith (Republican, OH)Edward Tiffin (Republican, OH)Samuel Maclay (Republican, PA)Andrew Gregg (Republican, PA)Benjamin Howland (Republican, RI)Elisha Mathewson (Republican, RI)Thomas Sumter (Republican, SC)John Gaillard (Republican, SC)Joseph Anderson (Republican, TN)Daniel Smith (Republican, TN)Andrew Moore (Republican, VA)William Branch Giles (Republican, VA)Jonathan Robinson (Republican, VT)Stephen Row Bradley (Republican, VT)
House · 97 R · 18 F · 2 O · 1 DR
Benjamin Parke (?, IN-AL)Joseph Bradley Varnum (Democratic Republican, MA-4)George Poindexter (?, MS-AL)Epaphroditus Champion (Federalist, CT-AL)James Madison Broom (Federalist, DE-AL)Edward St. Loe Livermore (Federalist, MA-3)William Stedman (Federalist, MA-11)Jabez Upham (Federalist, MA-10)Josiah Quincy (Federalist, MA-1)William Ely (Federalist, MA-5)Samuel Taggart (Federalist, MA-6)John Campbell (Federalist, MD-1)Philip Barton Key (Federalist, MD-3)Charles Goldsborough (Federalist, MD-8)John Culpepper (Federalist, NC-7)Barent Gardenier (Federalist, NY-7)Killian Killian Van Rensselaer (Federalist, NY-9)James Kelly (Federalist, PA-6)Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist, VA-7)James Elliott (Federalist, VT-2)Martin Chittenden (Federalist, VT-4)Dennis Smelt (Republican, GA-AL)John Boyle (Republican, KY-2)Benjamin Howard (Republican, KY-5)Matthew Lyon (Republican, KY-1)Joseph Desha (Republican, KY-6)John Rowan (Republican, KY-3)Richard Mentor Johnson (Republican, KY-4)Joseph Barker (Republican, MA-7)Barnabas Bidwell (Republican, MA-AL)Jacob Crowninshield (Republican, MA-2)Josiah Dean (Republican, MA-9)Daniel Ilsley (Republican, MA-15)Orchard Cook (Republican, MA-16)Ezekiel Bacon (Republican, MA-12)Richard Cutts (Republican, MA-14)Isaiah Lewis Green (Republican, MA-8)Ebenezer Seaver (Republican, MA-13)John Chandler (Republican, MA-17)William McCreery (Republican, MD-5)Roger Nelson (Republican, MD-4)Archibald Van Horne (Republican, MD-2)John Montgomery (Republican, MD-6)Edward Lloyd (Republican, MD-7)Evan Shelby Alexander (Republican, NC-10)Marmaduke Williams (Republican, NC-9)James Holland (Republican, NC-11)Thomas Kenan (Republican, NC-5)William Blackledge (Republican, NC-4)Thomas Blount (Republican, NC-3)Meshack Franklin (Republican, NC-12)Richard Stanford (Republican, NC-8)Nathaniel Macon (Republican, NC-6)Lemuel Sawyer (Republican, NC-1)Willis Alston (Republican, NC-2)Peter Carleton (Republican, NH-AL)Ezra Darby (Republican, NJ-AL)John Blake Jr. (Republican, NY-5)George Clinton (Republican, NY-2)John Harris (Republican, NY-17)Reuben Humphrey (Republican, NY-16)William Kirkpatrick (Republican, NY-15)Josiah Masters (Republican, NY-10)Samuel Riker (Republican, NY-1)John Russell (Republican, NY-14)Peter Swart (Republican, NY-13)David Thomas (Republican, NY-12)James Isaac Van Alen (Republican, NY-8)Philip Van Cortlandt (Republican, NY-4)Daniel Crommelin Verplanck (Republican, NY-6)Gurdon Saltonstall Mumford (Republican, NY-3)John Thompson (Republican, NY-11)Jeremiah Morrow (Republican, OH-1)Joseph Clay (Republican, PA-1)John Hiester (Republican, PA-3)William Hoge (Republican, PA-10)Daniel Montgomery Jr. (Republican, PA-5)John Pugh (Republican, PA-2)Samuel Smith (Republican, PA-11)John Smilie (Republican, PA-9)John Rea (Republican, PA-7)Robert Whitehill (Republican, PA-4)William Findley (Republican, PA-8)Nehemiah Knight (Republican, RI-AL)Lemuel James Alston (Republican, SC-8)Joseph Calhoun (Republican, SC-6)Robert Marion (Republican, SC-1)John Taylor (Republican, SC-4)William Butler (Republican, SC-2)David Rogerson Williams (Republican, SC-3)Richard Winn (Republican, SC-5)Thomas Moore (Republican, SC-7)Jesse Wharton (Republican, TN-3)George Washington Campbell (Republican, TN-2)John Rhea (Republican, TN-1)John Claiborne (Republican, VA-17)James Mercer Garnett (Republican, VA-11)John Morrow (Republican, VA-2)Abram Trigg (Republican, VA-6)Alexander Wilson (Republican, VA-5)Walter Jones (Republican, VA-8)John Love (Republican, VA-9)Wilson Cary Nicholas (Republican, VA-21)Edwin Gray (Republican, VA-19)John Dawson (Republican, VA-10)John Smith (Republican, VA-3)Matthew Clay (Republican, VA-14)John Clopton (Republican, VA-22)John George Jackson (Republican, VA-1)John Wayles Eppes (Republican, VA-16)Peterson Goodwyn (Republican, VA-18)William Armisted Burwell (Republican, VA-13)David Holmes (Republican, VA-4)Burwell Bassett (Republican, VA-12)Thomas Newton Jr. (Republican, VA-20)John Randolph (Republican, VA-15)James Witherell (Republican, VT-1)James Fisk (Republican, VT-3)
1808-03-01/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
1808-03-01/weekWithin a week · Feb 23, 1808 – Mar 8, 1808
Ruling Marshall v. The Delaware Insurance Company
Feb 23, 1808 · 8 U.S. 202
Ruling McIlvaine v. Coxe's Lessee
Feb 23, 1808 · 8 U.S. 209
Ruling Pawling v. United States
Feb 27, 1808 · 8 U.S. 219
Ruling Grant v. Naylor
Feb 29, 1808 · 8 U.S. 224
Ruling Hudson v. Guestier
Mar 2, 1808 · 8 U.S. 293
Ruling Alexander v. Harris
Mar 2, 1808 · 8 U.S. 299
Ruling Rose v. Himely
Mar 2, 1808 · 8 U.S. 241
Ruling Chappedelaine v. Dechenaux
Mar 4, 1808 · 8 U.S. 306
Ruling The Mayor and Commonalty of Alexandria v. Patten
Mar 7, 1808 · 8 U.S. 317
Ruling Mountz v. Hodgson and Thompson
Mar 8, 1808 · 8 U.S. 324
Ruling Blaine v. The Ship Charles Carter
Mar 8, 1808 · 8 U.S. 328
Ruling United States v. Gurney and Other
Mar 8, 1808 · 8 U.S. 333

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.