How did the United States change between and ?
Pick two dates. See the laws, the executive orders, the courts, Congress, federal agencies, the Constitution and the budget, as a diff.
civicdiff.com/1825-03-04...1829-03-03 · 4 years
json18 files changed, 350 insertions(+), 152 deletions(−)Laws enacted
+1major laws · full counts from 1973
Executive orders
—records start in 1994
Final rules
—records start in 1994
Supreme Court
0 of 6seats changed hands
Agencies
+1 −0departments & tracked agencies
Public debt
−$25M$84M → $58M
The presidency passed from James Monroe to John Quincy Adams. 25 senators and 129 representatives took seats that they did not hold before.
Executive5 files+6−5
executive/presidentThe presidency
James Monroe DR
5th president
John Quincy Adams DR
6th president · took office Mar 4, 1825
executive/vice-presidentThe vice presidency
Daniel D. Tompkins DR
John Caldwell Calhoun DR
took office Mar 4, 1825
executive/cabinetCabinet & senior officials
+3−3Wikidata ↗
Henry Clay NRP
3 offices unchanged
Attorney General: William Wirt DR
Postmaster General: John McLean D
Postmaster General: John McLean D
executive/ordersExecutive orders
no dataFederal Register API ↗
Federal Register records of executive orders begin in 1994.
executive/agenciesFederal agencies
22 → 23 tracked organizations · 5 → 5 executive departments
United States Capitol Police
established Jan 1, 1828 · police agency protecting the U.S. Congress
Agency start and end dates come from Wikidata, which covers smaller bureaus unevenly.
Military1 file±0
military/conflictsArmed conflicts
U.S. in 0 armed conflicts → 0
The U.S. was not a party to any armed conflict in this window (conflict records start in 1946).
An armed conflict here means at least 25 battle deaths in a year, with U.S. forces as a party or fighting for a government (UCDP's definition). Air strikes, raids, and advisory missions below that threshold aren't included. UN peacekeeping missions are excluded.
Legislative4 files+155−146
legislative/controlControl of Congress
18
19
20
Top: House · Bottom: Senate DemocraticRepublicanOther
18th Congress → 20th Congress · 2 new Congresses elected
2 changes of chamber control along the way
House: Republican majority
104 U · 28 R
House: null majority
103 J · 81 A
Senate: Republican majority
16 R · 14 J
Senate: Jackson majority
26 J · 21 A
legislative/senateSenate
+25−26congress-legislators ↗
25 new members · 26 departed · 22 served on both dates · women 0 → 0 · median age 50 → 48
24 seats changed party
Show 20 more seat flips
Who joined and who left (25 in · 26 out)
John McKinley J
Alabama
Calvin Willey A
Connecticut
Samuel Augustus Foot A
Connecticut
Henry Moore Ridgely J
Delaware
Louis McLane J
Delaware
Oliver Hillhouse Prince J
Georgia
John Macpherson Berrien J
Georgia
Elias Kent Kane J
Illinois
William Hendricks A
Indiana
John Rowan J
Kentucky
Nathaniel Silsbee A
Massachusetts
Daniel Webster A
Massachusetts
Ezekiel Forman Chambers A
Maryland
Powhatan Ellis J
Mississippi
James Iredell J
North Carolina
Levi Woodbury J
New Hampshire
Nathan Sanford A
New York
Jacob Burnet A
Ohio
William Marks A
Pennsylvania
Isaac Dutton Barnard J
Pennsylvania
Asher Robbins A
Rhode Island
William Smith J
South Carolina
Hugh Lawson White J
Tennessee
John Tyler J
Virginia
Dudley Chase A
Vermont
William Kelly R
Alabama
James Lanman R
Connecticut
Henry Waggaman Edwards J
Connecticut
Nicholas Van Dyke A
Delaware
Thomas Clayton A
Delaware
John Elliott R
Georgia
Thomas Willis Cobb J
Georgia
John McLean CR
Illinois
Waller Taylor R
Indiana
Isham Talbot R
Kentucky
Elijah Hunt Mills A
Massachusetts
James Lloyd A
Massachusetts
Edward Lloyd R
Maryland
David Holmes R
Mississippi
Nathaniel Macon R
North Carolina
John Fabyan Parrott R
New Hampshire
Joseph McIlvaine A
New Jersey
Rufus King F
New York
Ethan Allen Brown R
Ohio
Walter Lowrie R
Pennsylvania
William Findlay J
Pennsylvania
James De Wolf R
Rhode Island
John Gaillard R
South Carolina
Andrew Jackson DR
Tennessee
James Barbour R
Virginia
William Adams Palmer R
Vermont
legislative/houseHouse
+129−120congress-legislators ↗
129 new members · 120 departed · 62 served on both dates · women 0 → 0 · median age 43 → 43
13 state delegations changed
Show delegation changes
Georgia 0 D · 1 R
Georgia 0 D · 0 R · 7 other
Kentucky 0 D · 1 R · 11 other
Kentucky 0 D · 0 R · 13 other
Massachusetts 0 D · 1 R · 12 other
Massachusetts 0 D · 0 R · 13 other
Maryland 0 D · 2 R · 6 other
Maryland 0 D · 0 R · 8 other
Maine 0 D · 1 R · 6 other
Maine 0 D · 0 R · 8 other
North Carolina 1 D · 4 R · 8 other
North Carolina 0 D · 0 R · 13 other
New York 0 D · 4 R · 27 other
New York 0 D · 0 R · 31 other
Ohio 0 D · 1 R · 13 other
Ohio 0 D · 0 R · 15 other
Pennsylvania 0 D · 4 R · 14 other
Pennsylvania 0 D · 0 R · 18 other
South Carolina 1 D · 0 R · 8 other
South Carolina 0 D · 0 R · 9 other
Tennessee 1 D · 1 R · 7 other
Tennessee 0 D · 0 R · 9 other
Virginia 0 D · 7 R · 15 other
Virginia 0 D · 0 R · 22 other
Vermont 0 D · 1 R · 4 other
Vermont 0 D · 0 R · 5 other
Who joined and who left (129 in · 120 out)
Ambrose Hundley Sevier J
Arkansas-AL
John Baldwin A
Connecticut-AL
Kensey Johns Jr. A
Delaware-AL
Joseph M. White
Florida-AL
John Floyd J
Georgia-7
Tomlinson Fort J
Georgia-6
Edward Fenwick Tattnall J
Georgia-1
Wiley Thompson J
Georgia-3
George Rockingham Gilmer J
Georgia-AL
Charles Eaton Haynes J
Georgia-5
Wilson Lumpkin J
Georgia-4
Joseph Duncan J
Illinois-1
Thomas Holdsworth Blake A
Indiana-1
Oliver Hampton Smith J
Indiana-3
Robert Lytle McHatton J
Kentucky-5
William Singleton Young
Kentucky-AL
James Clark A
Kentucky-3
Joel Yancey J
Kentucky-10
Henry Daniel J
Kentucky-1
Joseph Lecompte J
Kentucky-6
Thomas Chilton J
Kentucky-11
Chittenden Lyon J
Kentucky-12
John Chambers A
Kentucky-2
Joseph Richardson A
Massachusetts-11
John Varnum A
Massachusetts-3
James Leonard Hodges A
Massachusetts-12
Benjamin Gorham A
Massachusetts-1
Isaac Chapman Bates A
Massachusetts-8
John Davis A
Massachusetts-5
Edward Everett A
Massachusetts-4
John Barney A
Maryland-5
Levin Gale J
Maryland-6
John Crompton Weems J
Maryland-2
Clement Dorsey A
Maryland-1
Michael Cresap Sprigg J
Maryland-4
Ephraim King Wilson A
Maryland-8
George Corbin Washington A
Maryland-3
John Leeds Kerr A
Maryland-7
Samuel Butman A
Maine-7
James Wheelock Ripley J
Maine-5
Peleg Sprague A
Maine-4
Joseph Ferdinand Wingate A
Maine-3
John Anderson J
Maine-2
Rufus McIntire J
Maine-1
Austin Eli Wing
Michigan-AL
Edward Bates A
Missouri-1
William Haile J
Mississippi-1
John Heritage Bryan A
North Carolina-4
Lemuel Sawyer J
North Carolina-1
Daniel Turner J
North Carolina-6
Willis Alston J
North Carolina-2
Gabriel Holmes J
North Carolina-5
Samuel Price Carson J
North Carolina-12
Daniel Laurens Barringer J
North Carolina-8
Augustine Henry Shepperd J
North Carolina-9
David Barker Jr. A
New Hampshire-AL
George Holcombe J
New Jersey-AL
George Ogilvie Belden J
New York-7
Rudolph Bunner J
New York-20
Samuel Chase A
New York-13
David Ellicott Evans
New York-AL
Daniel Greene Garnsey A
New York-30
Nathaniel Garrow J
New York-24
John Hallock Jr. J
New York-6
Selah Reeve Hobbie J
New York-11
Jeromus Johnson J
New York-3
Richard Keese J
New York-19
Henry Markell A
New York-16
Thomas Jackson Oakley J
New York-5
John G. Stower J
New York-22
John Jacob Wood J
New York-2
David Woodcock A
New York-25
John Dean Dickinson A
New York-9
Jonas Earll Jr. J
New York-23
John Magee J
New York-28
Michael Hoffman J
New York-15
Phineas Lyman Tracy A
New York-29
John Isaac De Graff J
New York-12
John Chamberlain Clark J
New York-21
John Maynard A
New York-26
Aaron Ward A
New York-4
Daniel Dewey Barnard A
New York-27
John Davenport A
Ohio-10
Francis Swaine Muhlenberg A
Ohio-6
John Woods A
Ohio-2
James Findlay J
Ohio-1
William Stanbery J
Ohio-8
William Russell J
Ohio-5
William Addams J
Pennsylvania-7
Samuel Anderson A
Pennsylvania-4
Stephen Barlow J
Pennsylvania-18
George Kremer J
Pennsylvania-9
John Mitchell J
Pennsylvania-12
Robert Orr Jr. J
Pennsylvania-16
James Wilson A
Pennsylvania-11
Chauncey Forward J
Pennsylvania-13
Innis Green J
Pennsylvania-6
Samuel Delucenna Ingham J
Pennsylvania-8
John Benton Sterigere J
Pennsylvania-5
Adam King J
Pennsylvania-10
Richard Coulter J
Pennsylvania-17
Joel Barlow Sutherland J
Pennsylvania-1
Joseph Lawrence A
Pennsylvania-15
John Sergeant A
Pennsylvania-2
Tristam Burges A
Rhode Island-AL
William Dickinson Martin J
South Carolina-4
William Drayton J
South Carolina-1
Thomas Rothmaler Mitchell J
South Carolina-3
William Thompson Nuckolls J
South Carolina-7
Warren Ransom Davis J
South Carolina-6
John Hartwell Marable J
Tennessee-8
James Coffield Mitchell J
Tennessee-3
Robert Desha J
Tennessee-5
Pryor Lea J
Tennessee-2
David Crockett J
Tennessee-9
James Knox Polk J
Tennessee-6
John Bell J
Tennessee-7
Isaac Leffler A
Virginia-18
James Trezvant J
Virginia-2
Robert Allen J
Virginia-17
William Armstrong A
Virginia-16
Lewis Maxwell A
Virginia-21
Thomas Davenport J
Virginia-6
Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne J
Virginia-7
John Roane J
Virginia-12
John Taliaferro A
Virginia-13
George Edward Wales A
Vermont-3
Jonathan Hunt A
Vermont-1
Benjamin Swift A
Vermont-4
Henry Wharton Conway
Arkansas-AL
Ansel Sterling
Connecticut-AL
Louis McLane J
Delaware-AL
Richard Keith Call
Florida-AL
Joel Abbott R
Georgia-AL
Daniel Pope Cook
Illinois-1
Jacob Call JR
Indiana-1
John Test
Indiana-3
John Telemachus Johnson
Kentucky-5
Philip Thompson
Kentucky-11
David White
Kentucky-6
Robert Pryor Henry
Kentucky-12
Francis Johnson
Kentucky-10
David Trimble R
Kentucky-1
Thomas Metcalfe W
Kentucky-2
Henry Clay DR
Kentucky-3
Timothy Fuller R
Massachusetts-4
Jonas Sibley
Massachusetts-5
Francis Baylies
Massachusetts-12
Aaron Hobart
Massachusetts-11
Samuel Lathrop
Massachusetts-8
Jeremiah Nelson F
Massachusetts-3
Daniel Webster A
Massachusetts-1
William Hayward Jr.
Maryland-7
John Lee
Maryland-4
Raphael Neale
Maryland-1
Henry Ridgely Warfield
Maryland-3
Peter Little R
Maryland-5
George Edward Mitchell J
Maryland-6
Joseph Kent R
Maryland-2
John Selby Spence AJ
Maryland-8
Joshua Cushman
Maine-4
Stephen Longfellow
Maine-2
Ebenezer Herrick
Maine-3
David Kidder
Maine-7
Enoch Lincoln R
Maine-5
Gabriel Richard
Michigan-AL
John Scott
Missouri-1
Christopher Rankin
Mississippi-1
Hutchins Gordon Burton
North Carolina-2
Alfred Moore Gatlin CR
North Carolina-1
Charles Hooks R
North Carolina-5
Richard Dobbs Spaight Jr.
North Carolina-4
Robert Brank Vance
North Carolina-12
Weldon Nathaniel Edwards R
North Carolina-6
Romulus Mitchell Saunders R
North Carolina-9
Willie Person Mangum J
North Carolina-8
Matthew Harvey
New Hampshire-AL
James Matlack
New Jersey-AL
John Watts Cady
New York-16
Lot Clark
New York-21
Ela Collins
New York-20
Justin Dwinell
New York-22
Lewis Eaton CR
New York-12
Charles Augustus Foote
New York-11
Joel Frost CR
New York-4
John Herkimer R
New York-15
James Lawrence Hogeboom
New York-9
Lemuel Jenkins
New York-7
Samuel Lawrence
New York-25
Elisha Litchfield
New York-23
John Richards
New York-19
William Beatty Rochester
New York-AL
Peter Sharpe
New York-3
Albert Haller Tracy W
New York-30
Jacob Tyson
New York-2
William William Van Wyck
New York-5
Isaac Williams Jr. R
New York-13
Isaac Wilson R
New York-29
William Woods
New York-28
Moses Hayden
New York-27
Hector Craig J
New York-6
Robert Selden Rose AM
New York-26
Rowland Day J
New York-24
James William Gazlay
Ohio-1
Duncan McArthur
Ohio-6
John Patterson
Ohio-10
Thomas Randolph Ross
Ohio-2
John Wilson Campbell R
Ohio-5
Samuel Breck
Pennsylvania-1
John Brown
Pennsylvania-12
William Cox Ellis
Pennsylvania-9
Walter Forward
Pennsylvania-16
Thomas Patterson R
Pennsylvania-15
Thomas Jones Rogers R
Pennsylvania-8
John Tod R
Pennsylvania-13
Daniel Udree R
Pennsylvania-7
Isaac Wayne
Pennsylvania-4
Patrick Farrelly
Pennsylvania-18
John Findlay
Pennsylvania-11
Robert Harris
Pennsylvania-6
Philip Swenk Markley
Pennsylvania-5
James S. Mitchell
Pennsylvania-10
George Plumer
Pennsylvania-17
Joseph Hemphill F
Pennsylvania-2
Job Durfee
Rhode Island-AL
Joseph Gist
South Carolina-7
Andrew Robison Govan
South Carolina-4
Joel Roberts Poinsett
South Carolina-1
John Wilson
South Carolina-6
Robert Blair Campbell JR
South Carolina-3
James B. Reynolds R
Tennessee-8
James T. Sandford JR
Tennessee-6
Adam Rankin Alexander JR
Tennessee-9
Robert Allen
Tennessee-5
John Cocke
Tennessee-2
James Israel Standifer J
Tennessee-3
Samuel Houston D
Tennessee-7
William Lee Ball R
Virginia-13
Jabez Leftwich
Virginia-7
Arthur Smith
Virginia-2
James Stephenson F
Virginia-16
George Tucker
Virginia-6
Jared Williams
Virginia-17
Robert Selden Garnett R
Virginia-12
William Smith
Virginia-21
Joseph Johnson J
Virginia-18
Henry Olin
Vermont-3
William Czar Bradley R
Vermont-2
Samuel Chandler Crafts
Vermont-5
legislative/lawsLaws enacted
Complete lists of public laws start with the 93rd Congress (Jan 3, 1973). Earlier years show notable and landmark acts only.
1 laws recorded · 0 landmark · 1 notable
Tariff of Abominations
Ch. 111, Sess. 1, 20th Cong. · May 24, 1828
Judicial3 files+189−1
judicial/supreme-courtThe Supreme Court
Bench by appointing party: 5 JR · 2 F → 4 JR · 2 F · every justice ↗
Thomas Todd JR
appointed by Thomas Jefferson · 1807
6 justices served on both dates
Bushrod Washington F
appointed by John Adams · 1798
John Marshall F
appointed by John Adams · 1801
William Johnson, Jr. JR
appointed by Thomas Jefferson · 1804
Gabriel Duvall JR
appointed by James Madison · 1811
Joseph Story JR
appointed by James Madison · 1811
Smith Thompson JR
appointed by James Monroe · 1823
judicial/lower-courtsAppeals & district courts
Courts of appeals (active judges): →
District courts (active judges): 21 JR · 7 N( · 2 F → 23 JR · 2 F · 2 N(
John Quincy Adams JR appointed 13 judges
1 Supreme Court · 12 district
D and R describe the party of the appointing president, not the judge. Active service ends when a judge takes senior status.
judicial/rulingsSupreme Court decisions
176 argued decisions · 0 landmark
Landmark means the Court overruled precedent, struck down a federal law, or the case is on a curated landmark list.
Fiscal2 files±0
fiscal/budgetThe federal budget
Fiscal year undefined → fiscal year undefined · inflation-adjusted with the GDP price index
fiscal/debtTotal public debt outstanding
$84M
as of Jan 1, 1825
$58M
as of Jan 1, 1829
Constitution & Union1 file±0
constitution/amendmentsAmendments & statehood
12 → 12 amendments in force · 24 → 24 states
No amendments ratified and no states admitted. The last amendment was the 27th, in 1992.
Reverts1 file±0
revert/undoneWhat was undone
No executive orders revoked, no rules struck down by Congress, and no precedents overruled in this window (executive-order records begin in 1994).
Log1 file±0
logEverything in between
3 events
- presidentJohn Quincy Adams takes office
- justiceRobert Trimble — Associate Justice
- lawTariff of Abominations