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The United States on February 18, 1817

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President
Madison
James Madison DR · since Mar 4, 1813
Senate
24 R · 13 F
38 senators · 14th Congress
House
102 R · 43 F
149 representatives
Supreme Court
5 JR · 2 F
7 justices by appointing party
Union
19 states
12 amendments in force
Public debt
$123M
as of Jan 1, 1817
1817-02-18/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 William H. Crawford DR
since Oct 22, 1816
1817-02-18/congress14th Congress
Senate · 24 R · 13 F · 1 DR
Joseph Bradley Varnum (Democratic Republican, MA)David Daggett (Federalist, CT)Samuel Whittlesey Dana (Federalist, CT)William Hill Wells (Federalist, DE)Outerbridge Horsey (Federalist, DE)Martin D. Hardin (Federalist, KY)Eli Porter Ashmun (Federalist, MA)Robert Henry Goldsborough (Federalist, MD)Alexander Contee Hanson (Federalist, MD)Jeremiah Mason (Federalist, NH)Thomas Weston Thompson (Federalist, NH)Rufus King (Federalist, NY)William Hunter (Federalist, RI)Isaac Tichenor (Federalist, VT)Charles Tait (Republican, GA)George Michael Troup (Republican, GA)Waller Taylor (Republican, IN)James Noble (Republican, IN)Isham Talbot (Republican, KY)James Brown (Republican, LA)Eligius Fromentin (Republican, LA)Montfort Stokes (Republican, NC)Nathaniel Macon (Republican, NC)John Condit (Republican, NJ)James Jefferson Wilson (Republican, NJ)Nathan Sanford (Republican, NY)Jeremiah Morrow (Republican, OH)Benjamin Ruggles (Republican, OH)Abner Lacock (Republican, PA)Jonathan Roberts (Republican, PA)Jeremiah Brown Howell (Republican, RI)John Gaillard (Republican, SC)William Smith (Republican, SC)John Williams (Republican, TN)George Washington Campbell (Republican, TN)James Barbour (Republican, VA)Armistead Thomson Mason (Republican, VA)Dudley Chase (Republican, VT)
House · 102 R · 43 F · 4 O
Benjamin Stephenson (?, IL-AL)Jonathan Jennings (?, IN-AL)Rufus Easton (?, MO-AL)William Lattimore (?, MS-AL)Epaphroditus Champion (Federalist, CT-AL)Thomas Cooper (Federalist, DE-AL)George Bradbury (Federalist, MA-15)Elijah Brigham (Federalist, MA-11)Benjamin Brown (Federalist, MA-16)James Carr (Federalist, MA-17)John Whitefield Hulbert (Federalist, MA-7)Cyrus King (Federalist, MA-14)Timothy Pickering (Federalist, MA-2)Asahel Stearns (Federalist, MA-4)Samuel Taggart (Federalist, MA-6)Artemas Ward Jr. (Federalist, MA-1)Laban Wheaton (Federalist, MA-10)Thomas Rice (Federalist, MA-18)Nathaniel Ruggles (Federalist, MA-13)Solomon Strong (Federalist, MA-12)Elijah Hunt Mills (Federalist, MA-5)Jeremiah Nelson (Federalist, MA-3)William Baylies (Federalist, MA-8)John Reed (Federalist, MA-9)George Baer Jr. (Federalist, MD-4)Charles Goldsborough (Federalist, MD-8)John Carlyle Herbert (Federalist, MD-2)Philip Stuart (Federalist, MD-1)George Peter (Federalist, MD-3)William Gaston (Federalist, NC-4)John Culpepper (Federalist, NC-7)Charles Humphrey Atherton (Federalist, NH-AL)Daniel Cady (Federalist, NY-14)Thomas Ruggles Gold (Federalist, NY-16)Thomas Peabody Grosvenor (Federalist, NY-5)Moss Kent (Federalist, NY-18)John Lovett (Federalist, NY-9)Hosea Moffitt (Federalist, NY-10)Thomas Smith (Federalist, PA-1)John Woods (Federalist, PA-14)John Linscom Boss Jr. (Federalist, RI-AL)Benjamin Huger (Federalist, SC-3)James Breckinridge (Federalist, VA-5)Joseph Lewis Jr. (Federalist, VA-8)Daniel Sheffey (Federalist, VA-6)Magnus Tate (Federalist, VA-2)Daniel Chipman (Federalist, VT-AL)Bolling Hall (Republican, GA-AL)William Hendricks (Republican, IN-1)Thomas Fletcher (Republican, KY-1)Samuel McKee (Republican, KY-7)Stephen Ormsby (Republican, KY-8)Solomon P. Sharp (Republican, KY-6)Micah Taul (Republican, KY-9)Joseph Desha (Republican, KY-4)Alney McLean (Republican, KY-5)Benjamin Hardin (Republican, KY-10)Richard Mentor Johnson (Republican, KY-3)Henry Clay (Republican, KY-2)Thomas Bolling Robertson (Republican, LA-1)Samuel Shepard Conner (Republican, MA-19)Albion Keith Parris (Republican, MA-20)Nicholas Ruxton Moore (Republican, MD-AL)Stevenson Archer (Republican, MD-6)William Pinkney (Republican, MD-5)Robert Wright (Republican, MD-7)James West Clark (Republican, NC-3)Samuel Dickens (Republican, NC-8)William Carter Love (Republican, NC-10)William Hardy Murfree (Republican, NC-1)Bartlett Yancey (Republican, NC-9)Joseph Hunter Bryan (Republican, NC-2)Daniel Munroe Forney (Republican, NC-11)Israel Pickens (Republican, NC-12)Lewis Williams (Republican, NC-13)Weldon Nathaniel Edwards (Republican, NC-6)Charles Hooks (Republican, NC-5)Ezra Baker (Republican, NJ-AL)Asa Adgate (Republican, NY-12)Daniel Avery (Republican, NY-20)Samuel Rossiter Betts (Republican, NY-7)James Birdsall (Republican, NY-15)Micah Brooks (Republican, NY-21)Henry Crocheron (Republican, NY-1)Jonathan Fisk (Republican, NY-AL)Abraham Henry Schenck (Republican, NY-4)Jonathan Ward (Republican, NY-3)Westel Willoughby Jr. (Republican, NY-17)John Barentse Yates (Republican, NY-13)William Irving (Republican, NY-2)James Whitney Wilkin (Republican, NY-6)Erastus Root (Republican, NY-8)John W. Taylor (Republican, NY-11)Victory Birdseye (Republican, NY-19)John Alexander (Republican, OH-2)James Caldwell (Republican, OH-4)David Clendenin (Republican, OH-6)James Kilbourne (Republican, OH-5)John McLean (Republican, OH-1)William Creighton Jr. (Republican, OH-3)David Bard (Republican, PA-AL)Thomas Burnside (Republican, PA-9)William Crawford (Republican, PA-5)William Findley (Republican, PA-11)Hugh Glasgow (Republican, PA-4)Isaac Griffin (Republican, PA-13)John Hahn (Republican, PA-2)Jared Irwin (Republican, PA-10)Aaron Lyle (Republican, PA-12)William Piper (Republican, PA-8)Thomas Wilson (Republican, PA-15)John Ross (Republican, PA-6)John Whiteside (Republican, PA-3)Joseph Hiester (Republican, PA-7)John Joel Chappell (Republican, SC-4)William Mayrant (Republican, SC-9)Thomas Moore (Republican, SC-8)John Taylor (Republican, SC-7)William Woodward (Republican, SC-5)Henry Middleton (Republican, SC-1)William Lowndes (Republican, SC-2)John Caldwell Calhoun (Republican, SC-6)Bennett H. Henderson (Republican, TN-4)Samuel Powell (Republican, TN-1)John Sevier (Republican, TN-AL)Isaac Thomas (Republican, TN-3)William Grainger Blount (Republican, TN-2)Newton Cannon (Republican, TN-5)James B. Reynolds (Republican, TN-6)Matthew Clay (Republican, VA-AL)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)Peterson Goodwyn (Republican, VA-19)Henry St. George Tucker (Republican, VA-3)William Armisted Burwell (Republican, VA-14)James Johnson (Republican, VA-20)James Pleasants (Republican, VA-17)Ballard Smith (Republican, VA-7)Hugh Nelson (Republican, VA-22)Burwell Bassett (Republican, VA-13)Philip Pendleton Barbour (Republican, VA-11)William McCoy (Republican, VA-4)Thomas Newton Jr. (Republican, VA-21)John Randolph (Republican, VA-16)William Henry Roane (Republican, VA-12)
1817-02-18/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
1817-02-18/weekWithin a week · Feb 11, 1817 – Feb 25, 1817
Ruling Slocum v. Mayberry
Feb 12, 1817 · 15 U.S. 1
Ruling The Mary
Feb 14, 1817 · 15 U.S. 123
Ruling The Ariadne. -- Goddard
Feb 14, 1817 · 15 U.S. 143
Ruling Beverly v. Brooke
Feb 19, 1817 · 15 U.S. 100
Ruling Otis v. Walter
Feb 21, 1817 · 15 U.S. 18
Ruling Coolidge Et. al. v. Payson Et. Al
Feb 21, 1817 · 15 U.S. 66
Ruling McCoul v. Lekamp's Administratrix
Feb 24, 1817 · 15 U.S. 111

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