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The United States on July 13, 1824

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President
Monroe
James Monroe DR · since Mar 5, 1821
Senate
16 R · 14 J
48 senators · 18th Congress
House
104 O · 28 R
182 representatives
Supreme Court
5 JR · 2 F
7 justices by appointing party
Union
24 states
12 amendments in force
Public debt
$90M
as of Jan 1, 1824
1824-07-13/executiveThe administration
President James Monroe DR
since Mar 5, 1821
Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins DR
Attorney General William Wirt DR
since Nov 13, 1817
Secretary of War John C. Calhoun DR
since Dec 8, 1817
Postmaster General John McLean D
since Jun 26, 1823
1824-07-13/congress18th Congress
Senate · 16 R · 14 J · 13 A · 2 DR · 1 F · 1 O · 1 CR
William Rufus de Vane King (Jackson, AL)Henry Waggaman Edwards (Jackson, CT)Nicholas Van Dyke (Adams, DE)Thomas Clayton (Adams, DE)Thomas Willis Cobb (Jackson, GA)Jesse Burgess Thomas (Adams, IL)John McLean (Crawford Republican, IL)James Noble (Adams, IN)Richard Mentor Johnson (Jackson, KY)Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny (Adams, LA)Josiah Stoddard Johnston (Adams, LA)Elijah Hunt Mills (Adams, MA)James Lloyd (Adams, MA)Samuel Smith (Jackson, MD)John Holmes (Democratic Republican, ME)John Chandler (Jackson, ME)Thomas Hart Benton (Jackson, MO)Thomas Hill Williams (Jackson, MS)John Branch (Jackson, NC)Samuel Bell (Adams, NH)Joseph McIlvaine (Adams, NJ)Mahlon Dickerson (Jackson, NJ)Martin Van Buren (Jackson, NY)Benjamin Ruggles (Adams, OH)William Findlay (Jackson, PA)Nehemiah Rice Knight (Adams, RI)Robert Young Hayne (Jackson, SC)John Henry Eaton (?, TN)Andrew Jackson (Democratic Republican, TN)Littleton Waller Tazewell (Jackson, VA)Horatio Seymour (Adams, VT)Rufus King (Federalist, NY)William Kelly (Republican, AL)James Lanman (Republican, CT)John Elliott (Republican, GA)Waller Taylor (Republican, IN)Isham Talbot (Republican, KY)Edward Lloyd (Republican, MD)David Barton (Republican, MO)David Holmes (Republican, MS)Nathaniel Macon (Republican, NC)John Fabyan Parrott (Republican, NH)Ethan Allen Brown (Republican, OH)Walter Lowrie (Republican, PA)James De Wolf (Republican, RI)John Gaillard (Republican, SC)James Barbour (Republican, VA)William Adams Palmer (Republican, VT)
House · 104 O · 28 R · 18 J · 8 W · 6 F · 4 JR · 3 CR · 3 AM · 3 D · 1 JR · 1 AJ · 1 AJ · 1 A · 1 DR
Henry William Connor (Democrat, NC-11)George McDuffie (Democrat, SC-5)Samuel Houston (Democrat, TN-7)John McKee (?, AL-2)George Washington Owen (?, AL-3)Gabriel Moore (?, AL-1)Henry Wharton Conway (?, AR-AL)Ansel Sterling (?, CT-AL)Louis McLane (Jacksonian, DE-AL)Richard Keith Call (?, FL-AL)Daniel Pope Cook (?, IL-1)Jacob Call (Jackson Republican, IN-1)Jonathan Jennings (?, IN-2)John Test (?, IN-3)John Telemachus Johnson (?, KY-5)Philip Thompson (?, KY-11)David White (?, KY-6)Robert Pryor Henry (?, KY-12)Francis Johnson (?, KY-10)Richard Aylett Buckner (?, KY-8)Thomas Patrick Moore (?, KY-7)Robert Perkins Letcher (?, KY-4)Henry Clay (Democratic Republican, KY-3)Charles Anderson Wickliffe (Jacksonian, KY-9)William Leigh Brent (?, LA-3)Henry Hosford Gurley (?, LA-2)Edward Livingston (Jacksonian, LA-1)Jonas Sibley (?, MA-5)Francis Baylies (?, MA-12)Aaron Hobart (?, MA-11)Samuel Lathrop (?, MA-8)John Locke (?, MA-6)John Bailey (?, MA-10)Benjamin Williams Crowninshield (?, MA-2)Henry Williams Dwight (?, MA-9)Daniel Webster (Adams, MA-1)William Hayward Jr. (?, MD-7)John Lee (?, MD-4)Raphael Neale (?, MD-1)Henry Ridgely Warfield (?, MD-3)George Edward Mitchell (Jacksonian, MD-6)John Selby Spence (Anti-Jacksonian, MD-8)Joshua Cushman (?, ME-4)Stephen Longfellow (?, ME-2)Ebenezer Herrick (?, ME-3)David Kidder (?, ME-7)William Burleigh (?, ME-1)Jeremiah O’Brien (?, ME-6)Gabriel Richard (?, MI-AL)John Scott (?, MO-1)Christopher Rankin (?, MS-1)Hutchins Gordon Burton (?, NC-2)Alfred Moore Gatlin (Crawford Republican, NC-1)Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr. (?, NC-4)Robert Brank Vance (?, NC-12)John Long (?, NC-10)Willie Person Mangum (Jacksonian, NC-8)Matthew Harvey (?, NH-AL)James Matlack (?, NJ-AL)John Watts Cady (?, NY-16)Lot Clark (?, NY-21)Ela Collins (?, NY-20)Justin Dwinell (?, NY-22)Lewis Eaton (Crawford Republican, NY-12)Charles Augustus Foote (?, NY-11)Joel Frost (Crawford Republican, NY-4)James Lawrence Hogeboom (?, NY-9)Lemuel Jenkins (?, NY-7)Samuel Lawrence (?, NY-25)Elisha Litchfield (?, NY-23)John Richards (?, NY-19)William Beatty Rochester (?, NY-AL)Peter Sharpe (?, NY-3)Jacob Tyson (?, NY-2)William William Van Wyck (?, NY-5)William Woods (?, NY-28)Moses Hayden (?, NY-27)Stephen Van Rensselaer (?, NY-10)Silas Wood (?, NY-1)Hector Craig (Jacksonian, NY-6)Robert Selden Rose (Anti Mason, NY-26)James Strong (?, NY-8)Rowland Day (Jacksonian, NY-24)Henry Clinton Martindale (Anti Mason, NY-18)James William Gazlay (?, OH-1)Duncan McArthur (?, OH-6)John Patterson (?, OH-10)Thomas Randolph Ross (?, OH-2)Philemon Beecher (?, OH-9)William McLean (?, OH-3)John Sloane (?, OH-12)William Wilson (?, OH-8)John Crafts Wright (?, OH-11)Mordecai Bartley (?, OH-14)Joseph Vance (Anti Jacksonian, OH-4)Samuel Breck (?, PA-1)John Brown (?, PA-12)William Cox Ellis (?, PA-9)Walter Forward (?, PA-16)Isaac Wayne (?, PA-4)Patrick Farrelly (?, PA-18)John Findlay (?, PA-11)Robert Harris (?, PA-6)Philip Swenk Markley (?, PA-5)James S. Mitchell (?, PA-10)George Plumer (?, PA-17)Daniel H. Miller (Jacksonian, PA-3)Andrew Stewart (Anti Mason, PA-14)Job Durfee (?, RI-AL)Joseph Gist (?, SC-7)Andrew Robison Govan (?, SC-4)Joel Roberts Poinsett (?, SC-1)John Wilson (?, SC-6)John Carter (Jacksonian, SC-8)James Hamilton Jr. (?, SC-2)Starling Tucker (Jacksonian, SC-9)Robert Blair Campbell (Jackson Republican, SC-3)James T. Sandford (Jackson Republican, TN-6)Adam Rankin Alexander (Jacksonian Republican, TN-9)Robert Allen (?, TN-5)John Cocke (?, TN-2)Jacob C. Isacks (Jackson Republican, TN-4)John Blair (Jacksonian, TN-1)James Israel Standifer (Jacksonian, TN-3)Jabez Leftwich (?, VA-7)Arthur Smith (?, VA-2)George Tucker (?, VA-6)Jared Williams (?, VA-17)William Smith (?, VA-21)Mark Alexander (Jacksonian, VA-4)John Strode Barbour (Jacksonian, VA-15)William McCoy (Jacksonian, VA-19)John Randolph (?, VA-5)Andrew Stevenson (Jacksonian, VA-9)William Cabell Rives (Jacksonian, VA-10)Joseph Johnson (Jacksonian, VA-18)Henry Olin (?, VT-3)Daniel Azro Ashley Buck (?, VT-4)Rollin Carolas Mallary (?, VT-1)Samuel Chandler Crafts (?, VT-5)Thomas Metcalfe (Whig, KY-2)John Reed (Whig, MA-13)Lewis Williams (Whig, NC-13)Albert Haller Tracy (Whig, NY-30)Elisha Whittlesey (Whig, OH-13)Samuel Finley Vinton (Whig, OH-7)Charles Fenton Mercer (Whig, VA-14)William Segar Archer (Whig, VA-3)Samuel Clesson Allen (Federalist, MA-7)Jeremiah Nelson (Federalist, MA-3)John Culpepper (Federalist, NC-7)Henry Randolph Storrs (Federalist, NY-14)Joseph Hemphill (Federalist, PA-2)James Stephenson (Federalist, VA-16)Joel Abbott (Republican, GA-AL)David Trimble (Republican, KY-1)Timothy Fuller (Republican, MA-4)Peter Little (Republican, MD-5)Joseph Kent (Republican, MD-2)Enoch Lincoln (Republican, ME-5)Charles Hooks (Republican, NC-5)Weldon Nathaniel Edwards (Republican, NC-6)Thomas H. Hall (Republican, NC-3)Romulus Mitchell Saunders (Republican, NC-9)John Herkimer (Republican, NY-15)Isaac Williams Jr. (Republican, NY-13)Isaac Wilson (Republican, NY-29)John W. Taylor (Republican, NY-17)John Wilson Campbell (Republican, OH-5)Thomas Patterson (Republican, PA-15)Thomas Jones Rogers (Republican, PA-8)John Tod (Republican, PA-13)Daniel Udree (Republican, PA-7)James B. Reynolds (Republican, TN-8)William Lee Ball (Republican, VA-13)Robert Selden Garnett (Republican, VA-12)Burwell Bassett (Republican, VA-8)John Floyd (Republican, VA-20)Philip Pendleton Barbour (Republican, VA-11)Alexander Smyth (Republican, VA-22)Thomas Newton Jr. (Republican, VA-1)William Czar Bradley (Republican, VT-2)
1824-07-13/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
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
Smith Thompson JR
Associate Justice · appointed by James Monroe · since Dec 9, 1823
1824-07-13/weekWithin a week · Jul 6, 1824 – Jul 20, 1824
Nothing recorded within a week of this date.

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.