← a year earlier · day before · day after · a year later →

The United States on March 2, 1815

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

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

1815-03-02/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 State James Monroe DR

since Oct 1, 1814

Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas DR

since Oct 6, 1814

1815-03-02/congress13th Congress

Senate · 24 R · 10 F · 1 DR · 1 U

House · 93 R · 49 F · 5 O

1815-03-02/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

1815-03-02/weekWithin a week · Feb 23, 1815 – Mar 9, 1815

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

Ruling Doe v. McFarland

Feb 27, 1815 · 13 U.S. 151

Ruling Clark's Executors v. Van Riemsdyk

Feb 28, 1815 · 13 U.S. 153

Ruling Finley v. Williams

Feb 28, 1815 · 13 U.S. 164

Ruling McIver's Lessee v. Walker

Mar 1, 1815 · 13 U.S. 173

Ruling Owens v. Hanney

Mar 1, 1815 · 13 U.S. 180

Ruling United States v. The Cargo of the Ship Fanny

Mar 1, 1815 · 13 U.S. 181

Ruling The Frances

Mar 2, 1815 · 13 U.S. 183

Ruling Thirty Hogsheads of Sugar v. Boyle

Mar 4, 1815 · 13 U.S. 191

Ruling Evans v. Jordan and Morehead

Mar 4, 1815 · 13 U.S. 199

Ruling Cargo of the Ship Hazard v. Campbell

Mar 6, 1815 · 13 U.S. 205

Ruling Ship Societe

Mar 6, 1815 · 13 U.S. 209

Ruling United States v. Giles

Mar 7, 1815 · 13 U.S. 212

Ruling United States v. Job L. Barber

Mar 7, 1815 · 13 U.S. 243

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.