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The United States on March 13, 1817

Who held every office, how Congress and the Court were made up, and what happened within a week. Diff this day against today →

President
Monroe
James Monroe DR · since Mar 4, 1817
Senate
19 R · 10 F
29 senators · 15th Congress
House
—
0 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
1817-03-13/executiveThe administration
President James Monroe DR
since Mar 4, 1817
Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins DR
Attorney General Richard Rush
since Feb 10, 1814
Postmaster General Return J. Meigs Jr. DR
since Mar 17, 1814
Secretary of the Treasury William H. Crawford DR
since Oct 22, 1816
Secretary of State Richard Rush (acting)
since Mar 10, 1817
1817-03-13/congress15th Congress
Senate · 19 R · 10 F
David Daggett (Federalist, CT)Samuel Whittlesey Dana (Federalist, CT)Outerbridge Horsey (Federalist, DE)Eli Porter Ashmun (Federalist, MA)Robert Henry Goldsborough (Federalist, MD)Alexander Contee Hanson (Federalist, MD)Jeremiah Mason (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)Eligius Fromentin (Republican, LA)Nathaniel Macon (Republican, NC)Montfort Stokes (Republican, NC)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)John Gaillard (Republican, SC)William Smith (Republican, SC)George Washington Campbell (Republican, TN)James Barbour (Republican, VA)Dudley Chase (Republican, VT)
House ·
1817-03-13/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
1817-03-13/weekWithin a week · Mar 6, 1817 – Mar 20, 1817
Ruling Johnson v. Pannel's Heirs
Mar 6, 1817 · 15 U.S. 206
Ruling The London Packet. Merino
Mar 10, 1817 · 15 U.S. 371
Ruling The Argo
Mar 11, 1817 · 15 U.S. 287
Ruling Morgan's Heirs v. Morgan Et. Al
Mar 11, 1817 · 15 U.S. 290
Ruling Shipp v. Miller's Heirs
Mar 11, 1817 · 15 U.S. 316
Ruling Hunter v. Bryant
Mar 12, 1817 · 15 U.S. 32
Ruling Colson v. Thompson
Mar 12, 1817 · 15 U.S. 336
Ruling Patterson v. United States
Mar 13, 1817 · 15 U.S. 221
Ruling Liter v. Green
Mar 13, 1817 · 15 U.S. 306
Ruling The Anna Maria
Mar 13, 1817 · 15 U.S. 327
Ruling Inglee v. Coolidge
Mar 13, 1817 · 15 U.S. 363
Ruling J. C. F. Chirac v. The Lessee of A. F. Chirac Et. Al
Mar 14, 1817 · 15 U.S. 259
Ruling Colson v. Lewis
Mar 14, 1817 · 15 U.S. 377
Ruling Laidlaw v. Organ
Mar 15, 1817 · 15 U.S. 178
Ruling United States v. Tenbroek
Mar 15, 1817 · 15 U.S. 248
Ruling The George
Mar 15, 1817 · 15 U.S. 278
Ruling The Eleanor. Donnell
Mar 15, 1817 · 15 U.S. 345
Ruling Lenox v. Roberts
Mar 15, 1817 · 15 U.S. 373
Ruling Leeds v. The Marine Insurance Company of Alexandria
Mar 15, 1817 · 15 U.S. 380
Ruling Raborg v. Peyton
Mar 15, 1817 · 15 U.S. 385
Ruling The Union Bank of Georgetown v. Laird
Mar 15, 1817 · 15 U.S. 390
Ruling United States v. Barker
Mar 15, 1817 · 15 U.S. 395
Ruling Thelusson v. Smith
Mar 15, 1817 · 15 U.S. 396
Ruling The Fortuna -- Krause
Mar 17, 1817 · 15 U.S. 161

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.