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The United States on March 8, 1828

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

27 J · 21 A

48 senators · 20th Congress

House

103 J · 81 A

191 representatives

Supreme Court

5 JR · 2 F

7 justices by appointing party

Union

24 states

12 amendments in force

Public debt

$67M

as of Jan 1, 1828

1828-03-08/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

1828-03-08/congress20th Congress

Senate · 27 J · 21 A

House · 103 J · 81 A · 6 O · 1 J

1828-03-08/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

1828-03-08/weekWithin a week · Mar 1, 1828 – Mar 15, 1828

Ruling Karthaus v. Francisco Yllas Y Ferrer

Mar 4, 1828 · 26 U.S. 222

Ruling Comegys v. Ambrose Vasse

Mar 7, 1828 · 26 U.S. 193

Ruling Humphrey Fullerton v. The President

Mar 7, 1828 · 26 U.S. 604

Ruling United States v. The Saline Bank of Virginia

Mar 10, 1828 · 26 U.S. 100

Ruling Konig v. Bayard

Mar 10, 1828 · 26 U.S. 250

Ruling Gerrit Schimmelpennich v. Bayard

Mar 10, 1828 · 26 U.S. 264

Ruling The Bank of Columbia v. Sweeny

Mar 10, 1828 · 26 U.S. 567

Ruling Findlay v. Hinde

Mar 11, 1828 · 26 U.S. 241

Ruling Waring v. Jackson

Mar 11, 1828 · 26 U.S. 570

Ruling Conard v. The Atlantic Insurance Company of New York

Mar 14, 1828 · 26 U.S. 386

Ruling Clement S. Hunt v. Rhodes

Mar 15, 1828 · 26 U.S. 1

Ruling Parker v. United States

Mar 15, 1828 · 26 U.S. 293

Ruling The American Insurance Company v. 356 Bales of Cotton

Mar 15, 1828 · 26 U.S. 511

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.