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The United States on March 15, 1813

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, 1813
Senate
18 R · 4 F
23 senators · 13th Congress
House
—
0 representatives
Supreme Court
5 JR · 2 F
7 justices by appointing party
Union
18 states
12 amendments in force
Public debt
$56M
as of Jan 1, 1813
1813-03-15/executiveThe administration
President James Madison DR
since Mar 4, 1813
Vice President Elbridge Gerry DR
Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin DR
since May 14, 1801
Postmaster General Gideon Granger DR
since Nov 28, 1801
Secretary of State James Monroe DR
since Apr 2, 1811
Attorney General William Pinkney DR
since Dec 11, 1811
Secretary of War John Armstrong Jr. DR
since Jan 13, 1813
Secretary of the Navy William Jones DR
since Jan 19, 1813
1813-03-15/congress13th Congress
Senate · 18 R · 4 F · 1 DR
Joseph Bradley Varnum (Democratic Republican, MA)Samuel Whittlesey Dana (Federalist, CT)Outerbridge Horsey (Federalist, DE)James Lloyd (Federalist, MA)William Hunter (Federalist, RI)William Harris Crawford (Republican, GA)George Mortimer Bibb (Republican, KY)Thomas Posey (Republican, LA)Samuel Smith (Republican, MD)James Turner (Republican, NC)Nicholas Gilman (Republican, NH)John Lambert (Republican, NJ)John Condit (Republican, NJ)Obadiah German (Republican, NY)Thomas Worthington (Republican, OH)Michael Leib (Republican, PA)Jeremiah Brown Howell (Republican, RI)John Taylor (Republican, SC)Joseph Anderson (Republican, TN)George Washington Campbell (Republican, TN)Richard Brent (Republican, VA)William Branch Giles (Republican, VA)Jonathan Robinson (Republican, VT)
House ·
1813-03-15/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
1813-03-15/weekWithin a week · Mar 8, 1813 – Mar 22, 1813
Ruling Stark v. The Chesapeake Insurance Company
Mar 8, 1813 · 11 U.S. 420
Ruling Williams v. Armroyd
Mar 8, 1813 · 11 U.S. 423
Ruling Smith and Buchanan v. The Delaware Insurance Company
Mar 9, 1813 · 11 U.S. 434
Ruling Holker v. Parker
Mar 10, 1813 · 11 U.S. 436
Ruling Barnitz's Lessee v. Casey
Mar 11, 1813 · 11 U.S. 456
Ruling Blackwell v. Patton & Erwin's Lessee
Mar 11, 1813 · 11 U.S. 471
Ruling Mills v. Duryee
Mar 11, 1813 · 11 U.S. 481
Ruling The Maryland Insurance Company. v. Wood
Mar 13, 1813 · 11 U.S. 402
Ruling Oliver v. The Maryland Insurance Company
Mar 13, 1813 · 11 U.S. 487
Ruling Fairfax's Devisee v. Hunter's Lessee
Mar 15, 1813 · 11 U.S. 603
Ruling Riggs v. Lindsay
Mar 15, 1813 · 11 U.S. 500
Ruling McIntire v. Wood
Mar 15, 1813 · 11 U.S. 504
Ruling Livingston & Gilchrist v. The Maryland Insurance Company
Mar 15, 1813 · 11 U.S. 506
Ruling Barton v. Petit and Bayard
Mar 16, 1813 · 11 U.S. 288
Ruling Brig Caroline v. United States
Mar 16, 1813 · 11 U.S. 496
Ruling Young v. Grundy
Mar 16, 1813 · 11 U.S. 548
Ruling Palmer v. Allen
Mar 16, 1813 · 11 U.S. 550
Ruling Young and Al v. Black
Mar 16, 1813 · 11 U.S. 565
Ruling The Schooner Anne v. United States
Mar 16, 1813 · 11 U.S. 570
Ruling United States v. January and Patterson
Mar 16, 1813 · 11 U.S. 572
Ruling United States v. Patterson
Mar 16, 1813 · 11 U.S. 575
Ruling Livingston v. Dorgenois
Mar 17, 1813 · 11 U.S. 577
Ruling Otis v. Bacon
Mar 17, 1813 · 11 U.S. 589
Ruling Thornton v. Carson
Mar 17, 1813 · 11 U.S. 596
Ruling Wallen v. Williams
Mar 17, 1813 · 11 U.S. 602

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.