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The United States on July 16, 1812

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President
Madison
James Madison DR · since Mar 4, 1809
Senate
28 R · 6 F
36 senators · 12th Congress
House
89 R · 27 F
120 representatives
Supreme Court
5 JR · 2 F
7 justices by appointing party
Union
18 states
12 amendments in force
Public debt
$45M
as of Jan 1, 1812
1812-07-16/executiveThe administration
President James Madison DR
since Mar 4, 1809
Vice President vacant
Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin DR
since May 14, 1801
Postmaster General Gideon Granger DR
since Nov 28, 1801
Secretary of War William Eustis DR
since Mar 7, 1809
Secretary of State James Monroe DR
since Apr 2, 1811
Attorney General William Pinkney DR
since Dec 11, 1811
1812-07-16/congress12th Congress
Senate · 28 R · 6 F · 1 DR · 1 U
Jean Noel Destréhan (Unknown, LA)Joseph Bradley Varnum (Democratic Republican, MA)Chauncey Goodrich (Federalist, CT)Samuel Whittlesey Dana (Federalist, CT)Outerbridge Horsey (Federalist, DE)James Asheton Bayard Sr. (Federalist, DE)James Lloyd (Federalist, MA)William Hunter (Federalist, RI)Charles Tait (Republican, GA)William Harris Crawford (Republican, GA)John Pope (Republican, KY)George Mortimer Bibb (Republican, KY)Allan Bowie Magruder (Republican, LA)Philip Reed (Republican, MD)Samuel Smith (Republican, MD)Jesse Franklin (Republican, NC)James Turner (Republican, NC)Charles Cutts (Republican, NH)Nicholas Gilman (Republican, NH)John Lambert (Republican, NJ)John Condit (Republican, NJ)John Smith (Republican, NY)Obadiah German (Republican, NY)Alexander Campbell (Republican, OH)Thomas Worthington (Republican, OH)Andrew Gregg (Republican, PA)Michael Leib (Republican, PA)Jeremiah Brown Howell (Republican, RI)John Gaillard (Republican, SC)John Taylor (Republican, SC)Joseph Anderson (Republican, TN)George Washington Campbell (Republican, TN)Richard Brent (Republican, VA)William Branch Giles (Republican, VA)Stephen Row Bradley (Republican, VT)Jonathan Robinson (Republican, VT)
House · 89 R · 27 F · 4 O
Shadrack Bond (?, IL-AL)Jonathan Jennings (?, IN-AL)Edward Hempstead (?, MO-AL)George Poindexter (?, MS-AL)Epaphroditus Champion (Federalist, CT-AL)Henry Moore Ridgely (Federalist, DE-AL)Josiah Quincy (Federalist, MA-1)Leonard White (Federalist, MA-3)Abijah Bigelow (Federalist, MA-11)William Ely (Federalist, MA-5)William Reed (Federalist, MA-2)Elijah Brigham (Federalist, MA-10)Samuel Taggart (Federalist, MA-6)Laban Wheaton (Federalist, MA-9)Philip Barton Key (Federalist, MD-3)Charles Goldsborough (Federalist, MD-8)Philip Stuart (Federalist, MD-1)Archibald McBryde (Federalist, NC-7)Joseph Pearson (Federalist, NC-10)Harmanus Bleecker (Federalist, NY-7)James Emott (Federalist, NY-4)Asa Fitch (Federalist, NY-6)Thomas Ruggles Gold (Federalist, NY-11)James Milnor (Federalist, PA-1)Richard Jackson Jr. (Federalist, RI-AL)John Baker (Federalist, VA-2)Thomas Wilson (Federalist, VA-1)James Breckinridge (Federalist, VA-5)Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist, VA-7)Daniel Sheffey (Federalist, VA-6)Martin Chittenden (Federalist, VT-4)Howell Cobb (Republican, GA-AL)Samuel McKee (Republican, KY-2)Stephen Ormsby (Republican, KY-3)Joseph Desha (Republican, KY-6)Anthony New (Republican, KY-1)Richard Mentor Johnson (Republican, KY-4)Henry Clay (Republican, KY-5)Thomas Bolling Robertson (Republican, LA-1)Ezekiel Bacon (Republican, MA-12)Francis Carr (Republican, MA-17)Richard Cutts (Republican, MA-14)Barzillai Gannett (Republican, MA-AL)Isaiah Lewis Green (Republican, MA-8)Ebenezer Seaver (Republican, MA-13)Peleg Tallman (Republican, MA-16)Charles Turner Jr. (Republican, MA-7)William Widgery (Republican, MA-15)William Merchant Richardson (Republican, MA-4)John Montgomery (Republican, MD-AL)Alexander McKim (Republican, MD-5)Stevenson Archer (Republican, MD-6)Samuel Ringgold (Republican, MD-4)Robert Wright (Republican, MD-7)Joseph Kent (Republican, MD-2)William Blackledge (Republican, NC-4)Thomas Blount (Republican, NC-3)James Cochran (Republican, NC-9)Meshack Franklin (Republican, NC-12)Richard Stanford (Republican, NC-8)Nathaniel Macon (Republican, NC-6)Israel Pickens (Republican, NC-11)Lemuel Sawyer (Republican, NC-1)Willis Alston (Republican, NC-2)William Rufus de Vane King (Republican, NC-5)Josiah Bartlett Jr. (Republican, NH-AL)Adam Boyd (Republican, NJ-AL)Thomas Burrage Cooke (Republican, NY-5)Arunah Metcalf (Republican, NY-12)Samuel Latham Mitchill (Republican, NY-2)Benjamin Pond (Republican, NY-8)Thomas Sammons (Republican, NY-9)Silas Stow (Republican, NY-10)Uri Tracy (Republican, NY-13)Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. (Republican, NY-3)Daniel Avery (Republican, NY-14)Peter Buell Porter (Republican, NY-15)Ebenezer Sage (Republican, NY-1)Jeremiah Morrow (Republican, OH-1)Joseph Lefever (Republican, PA-3)William Rodman (Republican, PA-2)John Smilie (Republican, PA-9)George Smith (Republican, PA-5)Abner Lacock (Republican, PA-11)Robert Whitehill (Republican, PA-4)William Crawford (Republican, PA-6)William Findley (Republican, PA-8)Aaron Lyle (Republican, PA-10)William Piper (Republican, PA-7)William Butler (Republican, SC-2)David Rogerson Williams (Republican, SC-3)Richard Winn (Republican, SC-5)Langdon Cheves (Republican, SC-1)Thomas Moore (Republican, SC-7)Elias Earle (Republican, SC-8)William Lowndes (Republican, SC-4)John Caldwell Calhoun (Republican, SC-6)John Sevier (Republican, TN-2)John Rhea (Republican, TN-1)Felix Grundy (Republican, TN-3)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)Aylett Hawes (Republican, VA-9)John Pratt Hungerford (Republican, VA-8)Peterson Goodwyn (Republican, VA-18)William Armisted Burwell (Republican, VA-13)James Pleasants (Republican, VA-16)Hugh Nelson (Republican, VA-21)Burwell Bassett (Republican, VA-12)William McCoy (Republican, VA-4)Thomas Newton Jr. (Republican, VA-20)John Randolph (Republican, VA-15)John Roane (Republican, VA-11)Samuel Shaw (Republican, VT-1)James Fisk (Republican, VT-3)William Strong (Republican, VT-2)
1812-07-16/supreme-courtThe bench
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
Gabriel Duvall JR
Associate Justice · appointed by James Madison · since Nov 18, 1811
Joseph Story JR
Associate Justice · appointed by James Madison · since Nov 18, 1811
1812-07-16/weekWithin a week · Jul 9, 1812 – Jul 23, 1812
Nothing recorded within a week of this date.

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