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The United States on March 20, 1827

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
17 J · 15 A
32 senators · 20th Congress
House
—
0 representatives
Supreme Court
5 JR · 2 F
7 justices by appointing party
Union
24 states
12 amendments in force
Public debt
$74M
as of Jan 1, 1827
1827-03-20/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
1827-03-20/congress20th Congress
Senate · 17 J · 15 A
William Rufus de Vane King (Jackson, AL)John McKinley (Jackson, AL)Calvin Willey (Adams, CT)Daniel Rodney (Adams, DE)Thomas Willis Cobb (Jackson, GA)John Macpherson Berrien (Jackson, GA)Jesse Burgess Thomas (Adams, IL)Elias Kent Kane (Jackson, IL)William Hendricks (Adams, IN)Richard Mentor Johnson (Jackson, KY)John Rowan (Jackson, KY)Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny (Adams, LA)Josiah Stoddard Johnston (Adams, LA)Nathaniel Silsbee (Adams, MA)Ezekiel Forman Chambers (Adams, MD)John Chandler (Jackson, ME)David Barton (Adams, MO)Thomas Hill Williams (Jackson, MS)John Branch (Jackson, NC)Nathaniel Macon (Jackson, NC)Samuel Bell (Adams, NH)Levi Woodbury (Jackson, NH)Mahlon Dickerson (Jackson, NJ)Nathan Sanford (Adams, NY)William Henry Harrison (Adams, OH)William Marks (Adams, PA)Nehemiah Rice Knight (Adams, RI)Robert Young Hayne (Jackson, SC)William Smith (Jackson, SC)Hugh Lawson White (Jackson, TN)Littleton Waller Tazewell (Jackson, VA)Dudley Chase (Adams, VT)
House ·
1827-03-20/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
Robert Trimble JR
Associate Justice · appointed by John Quincy Adams · since May 9, 1826
1827-03-20/weekWithin a week · Mar 13, 1827 – Mar 27, 1827
Ruling Ogden v. Saunders
Mar 13, 1827 · 25 U.S. 213
Ruling De la Croix v. Chamberlain
Mar 14, 1827 · 25 U.S. 599
Ruling The Post Master General of the United States v. Early
Mar 15, 1827 · 25 U.S. 136
Ruling United States v. 350 Chests of Tea. Lippincott
Mar 15, 1827 · 25 U.S. 486
Ruling United States v. Gooding
Mar 16, 1827 · 25 U.S. 460
Ruling Williamson v. Daniel
Mar 16, 1827 · 25 U.S. 568
Ruling Mason v. Matilda
Mar 16, 1827 · 25 U.S. 590

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.