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The United States on February 28, 1826

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

President

Adams

John Quincy Adams DR · since Mar 4, 1825

Senate

24 J · 22 A

47 senators · 19th Congress

House

92 A · 86 J

184 representatives

Supreme Court

4 JR · 2 F

6 justices by appointing party

Union

24 states

12 amendments in force

Public debt

$81M

as of Jan 1, 1826

1826-02-28/executiveThe administration

President John Quincy Adams DR

since Mar 4, 1825

Vice President John Caldwell Calhoun DR

Attorney General William Wirt DR

since Nov 13, 1817

Postmaster General John McLean D

since Jun 26, 1823

Secretary of State Henry Clay NRP

since Mar 7, 1825

Secretary of the Treasury Richard Rush

since Mar 7, 1825

1826-02-28/congress19th Congress

Senate · 24 J · 22 A · 1 DR

House · 92 A · 86 J · 5 O · 1 DR

1826-02-28/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

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

1826-02-28/weekWithin a week · Feb 21, 1826 – Mar 7, 1826

Ruling Littlepage v. Fowler

Feb 22, 1826 · 24 U.S. 215

Ruling Hinde's Lessee v. Longworth

Feb 23, 1826 · 24 U.S. 199

Ruling Taylor's Devisee v. Owing

Feb 23, 1826 · 24 U.S. 226

Ruling Perkins v. Hart

Mar 2, 1826 · 24 U.S. 237

Ruling Finley v. The President

Mar 2, 1826 · 24 U.S. 304

Ruling Armstrong v. Toler

Mar 4, 1826 · 24 U.S. 258

Ruling Doe v. Robertson

Mar 4, 1826 · 24 U.S. 332

Ruling The Marianna Flora. the Vice Consul of Portugal

Mar 6, 1826 · 24 U.S. 1

Ruling Piles v. Bouldin

Mar 7, 1826 · 24 U.S. 325

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.