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The United States on July 14, 1809

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President
Madison
James Madison DR · since Mar 4, 1809
Senate
27 R · 6 F
33 senators · 11th Congress
House
79 R · 33 F
116 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
1809-07-14/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
1809-07-14/congress11th Congress
Senate · 27 R · 6 F
Chauncey Goodrich (Federalist, CT)James Hillhouse (Federalist, CT)James Asheton Bayard Sr. (Federalist, DE)Timothy Pickering (Federalist, MA)James Lloyd (Federalist, MA)Francis Malbone (Federalist, RI)Charles Tait (Republican, GA)William Harris Crawford (Republican, GA)Buckner Thruston (Republican, KY)John Pope (Republican, KY)Philip Reed (Republican, MD)Samuel Smith (Republican, MD)James Turner (Republican, NC)Jesse Franklin (Republican, NC)Nicholas Gilman (Republican, NH)Nahum Parker (Republican, NH)John Condit (Republican, NJ)John Lambert (Republican, NJ)John Smith (Republican, NY)Obadiah German (Republican, NY)Stanley Griswold (Republican, OH)Return Jonathan Meigs Jr. (Republican, OH)Andrew Gregg (Republican, PA)Michael Leib (Republican, PA)Elisha Mathewson (Republican, RI)Thomas Sumter (Republican, SC)John Gaillard (Republican, SC)Jenkin Whiteside (Republican, TN)Joseph Anderson (Republican, TN)William Branch Giles (Republican, VA)Richard Brent (Republican, VA)Stephen Row Bradley (Republican, VT)Jonathan Robinson (Republican, VT)
House · 79 R · 33 F · 3 O · 1 DR
Jonathan Jennings (?, IN-AL)Joseph Bradley Varnum (Democratic Republican, MA-4)George Poindexter (?, MS-AL)William Denning (?, NY-AL)Samuel Whittlesey Dana (Federalist, CT-AL)Nicholas Van Dyke (Federalist, DE-AL)Joseph Allen (Federalist, MA-10)Edward St. Loe Livermore (Federalist, MA-3)Benjamin Pickman Jr. (Federalist, MA-2)William Stedman (Federalist, MA-11)Josiah Quincy (Federalist, MA-1)William Ely (Federalist, MA-5)Samuel Taggart (Federalist, MA-6)Laban Wheaton (Federalist, MA-9)Ezekiel Whitman (Federalist, MA-15)John Campbell (Federalist, MD-1)Philip Barton Key (Federalist, MD-3)Charles Goldsborough (Federalist, MD-8)John Stanly (Federalist, NC-4)Archibald McBryde (Federalist, NC-7)Joseph Pearson (Federalist, NC-10)Daniel Blaisdell (Federalist, NH-AL)Barent Gardenier (Federalist, NY-5)Herman Knickerbocker (Federalist, NY-6)Vincent Mathews (Federalist, NY-14)Killian Killian Van Rensselaer (Federalist, NY-7)James Emott (Federalist, NY-4)Thomas Ruggles Gold (Federalist, NY-11)Richard Jackson Jr. (Federalist, RI-AL)Jacob Swoope (Federalist, VA-4)James Breckinridge (Federalist, VA-5)Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist, VA-7)Daniel Sheffey (Federalist, VA-6)James Stephenson (Federalist, VA-2)William Chamberlain (Federalist, VT-3)Jonathan Hatch Hubbard (Federalist, VT-2)Martin Chittenden (Federalist, VT-4)Dennis Smelt (Republican, GA-AL)Henry Crist (Republican, KY-3)Benjamin Howard (Republican, KY-5)Matthew Lyon (Republican, KY-1)Samuel McKee (Republican, KY-2)Joseph Desha (Republican, KY-6)Richard Mentor Johnson (Republican, KY-4)Orchard Cook (Republican, MA-16)Gideon Gardner (Republican, MA-8)Ezekiel Bacon (Republican, MA-12)Richard Cutts (Republican, MA-14)Barzillai Gannett (Republican, MA-17)Ebenezer Seaver (Republican, MA-13)Charles Turner Jr. (Republican, MA-7)John Brown (Republican, MD-7)Roger Nelson (Republican, MD-4)Archibald Van Horne (Republican, MD-2)John Montgomery (Republican, MD-6)Alexander McKim (Republican, MD-5)James Holland (Republican, NC-11)Thomas Kenan (Republican, NC-5)James Cochran (Republican, NC-9)Meshack Franklin (Republican, NC-12)William Kennedy (Republican, NC-3)Richard Stanford (Republican, NC-8)Nathaniel Macon (Republican, NC-6)Lemuel Sawyer (Republican, NC-1)Willis Alston (Republican, NC-2)James Cox (Republican, NJ-AL)Gurdon Saltonstall Mumford (Republican, NY-2)John Nicholson (Republican, NY-10)John Thompson (Republican, NY-8)Thomas Sammons (Republican, NY-9)Uri Tracy (Republican, NY-13)Jonathan Fisk (Republican, NY-3)Peter Buell Porter (Republican, NY-15)Ebenezer Sage (Republican, NY-1)Erastus Root (Republican, NY-12)Jeremiah Morrow (Republican, OH-1)Daniel Hiester (Republican, PA-3)John Porter (Republican, PA-1)Samuel Smith (Republican, PA-11)John Smilie (Republican, PA-9)George Smith (Republican, PA-5)Robert Brown (Republican, PA-2)John Rea (Republican, PA-7)Robert Whitehill (Republican, PA-4)William Crawford (Republican, PA-6)William Findley (Republican, PA-8)Aaron Lyle (Republican, PA-10)John Taylor (Republican, SC-4)Lemuel James Alston (Republican, SC-8)Joseph Calhoun (Republican, SC-6)Robert Marion (Republican, SC-1)Robert Witherspoon (Republican, SC-3)William Butler (Republican, SC-2)Richard Winn (Republican, SC-5)Thomas Moore (Republican, SC-7)Pleasant Moorman Miller (Republican, TN-2)Robert Weakley (Republican, TN-3)John Rhea (Republican, TN-1)David Shepherd Garland (Republican, VA-21)Walter Jones (Republican, VA-8)John Love (Republican, VA-9)William McKinley (Republican, VA-1)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)Thomas Gholson Jr. (Republican, VA-17)John Wayles Eppes (Republican, VA-16)Peterson Goodwyn (Republican, VA-18)William Armisted Burwell (Republican, VA-13)Burwell Bassett (Republican, VA-12)Thomas Newton Jr. (Republican, VA-20)John Randolph (Republican, VA-15)John Roane (Republican, VA-11)Samuel Shaw (Republican, VT-1)
1809-07-14/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
1809-07-14/weekWithin a week · Jul 7, 1809 – Jul 21, 1809
Nothing recorded within a week of this date.

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