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The United States on February 19, 1815

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President
Madison
James Madison DR · since Mar 4, 1813
Senate
24 R · 10 F
36 senators · 13th Congress
House
93 R · 49 F
147 representatives
Supreme Court
5 JR · 2 F
7 justices by appointing party
Union
18 states
12 amendments in force
Public debt
$100M
as of Jan 1, 1815
1815-02-19/executiveThe administration
President James Madison DR
since Mar 4, 1813
Vice President vacant
Attorney General Richard Rush
since Feb 10, 1814
Postmaster General Return J. Meigs Jr. DR
since Mar 17, 1814
Secretary of War James Monroe DR
since Sep 27, 1814
Secretary of State James Monroe DR
since Oct 1, 1814
Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas DR
since Oct 6, 1814
1815-02-19/congress13th Congress
Senate · 24 R · 10 F · 1 DR · 1 U
Joseph Bradley Varnum (Democratic Republican, MA)Francis Locke (Unknown, NC)Samuel Whittlesey Dana (Federalist, CT)David Daggett (Federalist, CT)Outerbridge Horsey (Federalist, DE)William Hill Wells (Federalist, DE)Christopher Gore (Federalist, MA)Robert Henry Goldsborough (Federalist, MD)Thomas Weston Thompson (Federalist, NH)Jeremiah Mason (Federalist, NH)Rufus King (Federalist, NY)William Hunter (Federalist, RI)Charles Tait (Republican, GA)William Wyatt Bibb (Republican, GA)George Walker (Republican, KY)Jesse Bledsoe (Republican, KY)James Brown (Republican, LA)Eligius Fromentin (Republican, LA)Samuel Smith (Republican, MD)James Turner (Republican, NC)John Lambert (Republican, NJ)John Condit (Republican, NJ)Obadiah German (Republican, NY)Joseph Kerr (Republican, OH)Jeremiah Morrow (Republican, OH)Jonathan Roberts (Republican, PA)Abner Lacock (Republican, PA)Jeremiah Brown Howell (Republican, RI)John Taylor (Republican, SC)John Gaillard (Republican, SC)Joseph Anderson (Republican, TN)Jesse Wharton (Republican, TN)Richard Brent (Republican, VA)William Branch Giles (Republican, VA)Jonathan Robinson (Republican, VT)Dudley Chase (Republican, VT)
House · 93 R · 49 F · 5 O
Shadrack Bond (?, IL-AL)Jonathan Jennings (?, IN-AL)Edward Hempstead (?, MO-AL)William Lattimore (?, MS-AL)Duncan McArthur (?, OH-AL)Epaphroditus Champion (Federalist, CT-AL)Thomas Cooper (Federalist, DE-AL)Abijah Bigelow (Federalist, MA-11)Samuel Davis (Federalist, MA-16)Daniel Dewey (Federalist, MA-12)William Ely (Federalist, MA-5)William Reed (Federalist, MA-2)George Bradbury (Federalist, MA-15)Elijah Brigham (Federalist, MA-10)Cyrus King (Federalist, MA-14)Timothy Pickering (Federalist, MA-3)Samuel Taggart (Federalist, MA-6)Artemas Ward Jr. (Federalist, MA-1)Laban Wheaton (Federalist, MA-9)Nathaniel Ruggles (Federalist, MA-13)John Wilson (Federalist, MA-18)William Baylies (Federalist, MA-7)John Reed (Federalist, MA-8)Charles Goldsborough (Federalist, MD-8)Alexander Contee Hanson (Federalist, MD-3)Philip Stuart (Federalist, MD-1)Joseph Pearson (Federalist, NC-10)William Gaston (Federalist, NC-4)John Culpepper (Federalist, NC-7)Samuel Smith (Federalist, NH-AL)James Schureman (Federalist, NJ-2)Egbert Benson (Federalist, NY-2)John Myer Bowers (Federalist, NY-15)Alexander Boyd (Federalist, NY-13)James Geddes (Federalist, NY-19)Samuel Miles Hopkins (Federalist, NY-21)Jacob Markell (Federalist, NY-14)Morris Smith Miller (Federalist, NY-16)Samuel Sherwood (Federalist, NY-8)Zebulon Rudd Shipherd (Federalist, NY-12)Thomas Peabody Grosvenor (Federalist, NY-5)Moss Kent (Federalist, NY-18)John Lovett (Federalist, NY-9)Hosea Moffitt (Federalist, NY-10)William Stephens Smith (Federalist, NY-17)Thomas Jackson Oakley (Federalist, NY-4)Samuel Henderson (Federalist, PA-2)Richard Jackson Jr. (Federalist, RI-AL)Thomas Monteagle Bayly (Federalist, VA-13)Hugh Caperton (Federalist, VA-7)Francis White (Federalist, VA-2)James Breckinridge (Federalist, VA-5)Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist, VA-8)Daniel Sheffey (Federalist, VA-6)William Barnett (Republican, GA-AL)William Pope Duval (Republican, KY-10)Joseph H. Hawkins (Republican, KY-2)Samuel Hopkins (Republican, KY-5)Samuel McKee (Republican, KY-7)Stephen Ormsby (Republican, KY-8)Solomon P. Sharp (Republican, KY-6)Joseph Desha (Republican, KY-4)Thomas Montgomery (Republican, KY-9)James Clark (Republican, KY-1)Richard Mentor Johnson (Republican, KY-3)Thomas Bolling Robertson (Republican, LA-1)Samuel Dana (Republican, MA-4)Levi Hubbard (Republican, MA-20)Abiel Wood (Republican, MA-17)James Parker (Republican, MA-19)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)Peter Forney (Republican, NC-11)Meshack Franklin (Republican, NC-13)William Kennedy (Republican, NC-3)William Hardy Murfree (Republican, NC-1)Richard Stanford (Republican, NC-8)Bartlett Yancey (Republican, NC-9)Nathaniel Macon (Republican, NC-6)Israel Pickens (Republican, NC-12)Willis Alston (Republican, NC-2)William Rufus de Vane King (Republican, NC-5)Thomas Bines (Republican, NJ-3)Thomas Ward (Republican, NJ-1)Peter Denoyelles (Republican, NY-3)Abraham Joseph Hasbrouck (Republican, NY-7)John Lefferts (Republican, NY-1)Daniel Avery (Republican, NY-20)Jonathan Fisk (Republican, NY-6)John W. Taylor (Republican, NY-11)Reasin Beall (Republican, OH-6)John Alexander (Republican, OH-2)James Caldwell (Republican, OH-4)James Kilbourne (Republican, OH-5)John McLean (Republican, OH-1)William Creighton Jr. (Republican, OH-3)Robert Brown (Republican, PA-6)John Conard (Republican, PA-1)Edward Crouch (Republican, PA-3)John M. Hyneman (Republican, PA-7)John Rea (Republican, PA-5)Isaac Smith (Republican, PA-10)Adamson Tannehill (Republican, PA-14)Robert Whitehill (Republican, PA-AL)David Bard (Republican, PA-9)William Findley (Republican, PA-11)Hugh Glasgow (Republican, PA-4)Isaac Griffin (Republican, PA-13)Aaron Lyle (Republican, PA-12)William Piper (Republican, PA-8)Thomas Wilson (Republican, PA-15)Langdon Cheves (Republican, SC-1)David Reid Evans (Republican, SC-5)Samuel Farrow (Republican, SC-8)Theodore Gourdin (Republican, SC-3)John Kershaw (Republican, SC-9)John Joel Chappell (Republican, SC-4)Elias Earle (Republican, SC-7)William Lowndes (Republican, SC-2)John Caldwell Calhoun (Republican, SC-6)John Henry Bowen (Republican, TN-4)Thomas K. Harris (Republican, TN-3)Parry Wayne Humphreys (Republican, TN-6)John Sevier (Republican, TN-2)Newton Cannon (Republican, TN-5)John Rhea (Republican, TN-1)John Dawson (Republican, VA-11)John Smith (Republican, VA-3)John Clopton (Republican, VA-23)Thomas Gholson Jr. (Republican, VA-18)Aylett Hawes (Republican, VA-10)John Pratt Hungerford (Republican, VA-9)John George Jackson (Republican, VA-1)John Kerr (Republican, VA-15)John Wayles Eppes (Republican, VA-16)Peterson Goodwyn (Republican, VA-19)William Armisted Burwell (Republican, VA-14)James Johnson (Republican, VA-20)James Pleasants (Republican, VA-17)Hugh Nelson (Republican, VA-22)William McCoy (Republican, VA-4)Thomas Newton Jr. (Republican, VA-21)John Roane (Republican, VA-12)Ezra Butler (Republican, VT-AL)
1815-02-19/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
1815-02-19/weekWithin a week · Feb 12, 1815 – Feb 26, 1815
Ruling Meigs and Al v. McClung's Lessee
Feb 13, 1815 · 13 U.S. 11
Ruling Simms v. Guthrie and Al
Feb 14, 1815 · 13 U.S. 19
Ruling Taber v. Perrott and Le
Feb 15, 1815 · 13 U.S. 39
Ruling Speake v. United States
Feb 16, 1815 · 13 U.S. 28
Ruling Terrett v. Taylor
Feb 17, 1815 · 13 U.S. 43
Ruling The Brig Short Staple and Cargo v. United States
Feb 17, 1815 · 13 U.S. 55
Ruling Parker v. Rule's Lessee
Feb 18, 1815 · 13 U.S. 64
Ruling Brig Struggle (Thomas Leigh) v. United States
Feb 18, 1815 · 13 U.S. 71
Ruling Randolph v. Donaldson
Feb 21, 1815 · 13 U.S. 76
Ruling Polk's Lessee v. Wendal & Al
Feb 21, 1815 · 13 U.S. 87
Ruling The Ship Richmond v. United States
Feb 22, 1815 · 13 U.S. 102
Ruling Arnold v. United States
Feb 23, 1815 · 13 U.S. 104
Ruling The St. Lawrence
Feb 25, 1815 · 13 U.S. 120
Ruling Drummond's Administrators v. Magruder & Co's. Trustees
Feb 25, 1815 · 13 U.S. 122
Ruling The Mary
Feb 25, 1815 · 13 U.S. 126

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