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The United States on March 21, 1821

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 5, 1821
Senate
30 R · 3 F
35 senators · 17th Congress
House
—
0 representatives
Supreme Court
5 JR · 2 F
7 justices by appointing party
Union
23 states
12 amendments in force
Public debt
$90M
as of Jan 1, 1821
1821-03-21/executiveThe administration
President James Monroe DR
since Mar 5, 1821
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
1821-03-21/congress17th Congress
Senate · 30 R · 3 F · 1 A · 1 DR
Elijah Hunt Mills (Adams, MA)John Holmes (Democratic Republican, ME)Nicholas Van Dyke (Federalist, DE)Harrison Gray Otis (Federalist, MA)Rufus King (Federalist, NY)John Williams Walker (Republican, AL)William Rufus de Vane King (Republican, AL)James Lanman (Republican, CT)Elijah Boardman (Republican, CT)Freeman Walker (Republican, GA)John Elliott (Republican, GA)Jesse Burgess Thomas (Republican, IL)Ninian Edwards (Republican, IL)Waller Taylor (Republican, IN)Richard Mentor Johnson (Republican, KY)Isham Talbot (Republican, KY)Henry Johnson (Republican, LA)James Brown (Republican, LA)Edward Lloyd (Republican, MD)John Chandler (Republican, ME)Thomas Hill Williams (Republican, MS)David Holmes (Republican, MS)Montfort Stokes (Republican, NC)Nathaniel Macon (Republican, NC)David Lawrence Morril (Republican, NH)John Fabyan Parrott (Republican, NH)Mahlon Dickerson (Republican, NJ)Samuel Lewis Southard (Republican, NJ)William Allen Trimble (Republican, OH)Walter Lowrie (Republican, PA)William Smith (Republican, SC)John Gaillard (Republican, SC)John Williams (Republican, TN)James Pleasants (Republican, VA)William Adams Palmer (Republican, VT)
House ·
1821-03-21/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
1821-03-21/weekWithin a week · Mar 14, 1821 – Mar 28, 1821
Ruling United States v. Six Packages of Goods
Mar 14, 1821 · 19 U.S. 520
Ruling Brashier v. Gratz
Mar 14, 1821 · 19 U.S. 528
Ruling Goszler v. Corporation of Georgetown
Mar 16, 1821 · 19 U.S. 593
Ruling Kerr v. Watts
Mar 16, 1821 · 19 U.S. 550
Ruling Leeds v. The Marine Insurance Company
Mar 16, 1821 · 19 U.S. 565
Ruling The Union Bank v. Hyde
Mar 16, 1821 · 19 U.S. 572
Ruling Clark v. Graham
Mar 16, 1821 · 19 U.S. 577
Ruling Preston's Heirs v. Bowmar
Mar 16, 1821 · 19 U.S. 580
Ruling Otis v. Walter
Mar 16, 1821 · 19 U.S. 583
Ruling The Mutual Assurance Society v. Faxon
Mar 16, 1821 · 19 U.S. 606

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.