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The United States on April 25, 1809

Who held every office, how Congress and the Court were made up, and what happened within a week. Diff this day against today →

President
Madison
James Madison DR · since Mar 4, 1809
Senate
20 R · 4 F
24 senators · 11th 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
$57M
as of Jan 1, 1809
1809-04-25/executiveThe administration
President James Madison DR
since Mar 4, 1809
Vice President George Clinton DR
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
Secretary of State Robert Smith DR
since Mar 6, 1809
Secretary of War William Eustis DR
since Mar 7, 1809
1809-04-25/congress11th Congress
Senate · 20 R · 4 F
Chauncey Goodrich (Federalist, CT)James Asheton Bayard Sr. (Federalist, DE)Timothy Pickering (Federalist, MA)James Lloyd (Federalist, MA)John Milledge (Republican, GA)William Harris Crawford (Republican, GA)Buckner Thruston (Republican, KY)John Pope (Republican, KY)Philip Reed (Republican, MD)James Turner (Republican, NC)Jesse Franklin (Republican, NC)Nicholas Gilman (Republican, NH)Nahum Parker (Republican, NH)Aaron Kitchell (Republican, NJ)John Smith (Republican, NY)Edward Tiffin (Republican, OH)Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. (Republican, OH)Andrew Gregg (Republican, PA)Elisha Mathewson (Republican, RI)Thomas Sumter (Republican, SC)John Gaillard (Republican, SC)Daniel Smith (Republican, TN)William Branch Giles (Republican, VA)Stephen Row Bradley (Republican, VT)
House ·
1809-04-25/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
1809-04-25/weekWithin a week · Apr 18, 1809 – May 2, 1809
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.