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The United States on March 16, 1819

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 · 9 F
28 senators · 16th Congress
House
—
0 representatives
Supreme Court
5 JR · 2 F
7 justices by appointing party
Union
21 states
12 amendments in force
Public debt
$96M
as of Jan 1, 1819
1819-03-16/executiveThe administration
President James Monroe DR
since Mar 4, 1817
Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins DR
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 John Quincy Adams W
since Sep 22, 1817
Attorney General William Wirt DR
since Nov 13, 1817
Secretary of War John C. Calhoun DR
since Dec 8, 1817
1819-03-16/congress16th Congress
Senate · 19 R · 9 F
Samuel Whittlesey Dana (Federalist, CT)Outerbridge Horsey (Federalist, DE)Nicholas Van Dyke (Federalist, DE)Harrison Gray Otis (Federalist, MA)Prentiss Mellen (Federalist, MA)Alexander Contee Hanson (Federalist, MD)William Hunter (Federalist, RI)James Burrill Jr. (Federalist, RI)Isaac Tichenor (Federalist, VT)Jesse Burgess Thomas (Republican, IL)Ninian Edwards (Republican, IL)James Noble (Republican, IN)Henry Johnson (Republican, LA)Walter Leake (Republican, MS)Thomas Hill Williams (Republican, MS)Montfort Stokes (Republican, NC)David Lawrence Morril (Republican, NH)James Jefferson Wilson (Republican, NJ)Mahlon Dickerson (Republican, NJ)Nathan Sanford (Republican, NY)Benjamin Ruggles (Republican, OH)Jonathan Roberts (Republican, PA)William Smith (Republican, SC)John Williams (Republican, TN)John Henry Eaton (Republican, TN)James Barbour (Republican, VA)John Wayles Eppes (Republican, VA)William Adams Palmer (Republican, VT)
House ·
1819-03-16/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
1819-03-16/weekWithin a week · Mar 9, 1819 – Mar 23, 1819
Ruling Miller (For the Use of the United States) v. Nicholls
Mar 9, 1819 · 17 U.S. 311
Ruling The General Smith -- Hollins
Mar 10, 1819 · 17 U.S. 438
Ruling Orr v. Hodgson
Mar 10, 1819 · 17 U.S. 453
Ruling McIver's Lessee v. Walker
Mar 11, 1819 · 17 U.S. 444
Ruling McArthur v. Browder
Mar 12, 1819 · 17 U.S. 488
Ruling The Neustra Senora de la Caridad -- Bages
Mar 12, 1819 · 17 U.S. 497
Ruling Wheaton v. Sexton's Lessee
Mar 12, 1819 · 17 U.S. 503
Ruling Sergeant's Lessee v. Biddle
Mar 12, 1819 · 17 U.S. 508
Ruling Boyd's Lessee v. Graves
Mar 12, 1819 · 17 U.S. 513

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.