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The United States on March 4, 1829

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

President
Jackson
Andrew Jackson D · since Mar 4, 1829
Senate
16 A · 14 J
30 senators · 21st Congress
House
—
0 representatives
Supreme Court
4 JR · 2 F
6 justices by appointing party
Union
24 states
12 amendments in force
Public debt
$58M
as of Jan 1, 1829
1829-03-04/executiveThe administration
President Andrew Jackson D
since Mar 4, 1829
Vice President John Caldwell Calhoun D
Secretary of the Treasury Richard Rush
since Mar 7, 1825
Secretary of War Peter Buell Porter DR
since May 23, 1828
Secretary of State James Alexander Hamilton D (acting)
since Mar 4, 1829
1829-03-04/congress21st Congress
Senate · 16 A · 14 J
John McKinley (Jackson, AL)Calvin Willey (Adams, CT)Samuel Augustus Foot (Adams, CT)Louis McLane (Jackson, DE)John Macpherson Berrien (Jackson, GA)Elias Kent Kane (Jackson, IL)William Hendricks (Adams, IN)James Noble (Adams, IN)John Rowan (Jackson, KY)Josiah Stoddard Johnston (Adams, LA)Daniel Webster (Adams, MA)Ezekiel Forman Chambers (Adams, MD)Samuel Smith (Jackson, MD)John Holmes (Adams, ME)David Barton (Adams, MO)Thomas Hart Benton (Jackson, MO)Powhatan Ellis (Jackson, MS)James Iredell (Jackson, NC)Levi Woodbury (Jackson, NH)Nathan Sanford (Adams, NY)Benjamin Ruggles (Adams, OH)Jacob Burnet (Adams, OH)William Marks (Adams, PA)Isaac Dutton Barnard (Jackson, PA)Asher Robbins (Adams, RI)William Smith (Jackson, SC)John Henry Eaton (Jackson, TN)John Tyler (Jackson, VA)Dudley Chase (Adams, VT)Horatio Seymour (Adams, VT)
House ·
1829-03-04/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
1829-03-04/weekWithin a week · Feb 25, 1829 – Mar 11, 1829
Andrew Jackson takes office · Mar 4, 1829
Ruling The Bank of Hamilton v. The Lessee of Ambrose Dudley
Feb 25, 1829 · 27 U.S. 492
Ruling Hunt v. Wickliffe
Feb 27, 1829 · 27 U.S. 201
Ruling The President v. Weisiger
Feb 27, 1829 · 27 U.S. 331
Ruling J. Harper in Erorr v. Butler
Mar 2, 1829 · 27 U.S. 239
Ruling Lessee of William A. Powell v. Harman
Mar 3, 1829 · 27 U.S. 241
Ruling Executors v. Pratt
Mar 3, 1829 · 27 U.S. 354
Justice John McLean — Associate Justice
Mar 7, 1829 · Associate Justice
Ruling Solomon Southwick v. The Postmaster General of the United States
Mar 7, 1829 · 27 U.S. 442
Ruling Foster v. Neilson
Mar 9, 1829 · 27 U.S. 253
Ruling The President v. Carneal
Mar 10, 1829 · 27 U.S. 543
Ruling English v. Catharine Foxall
Mar 10, 1829 · 27 U.S. 595
Ruling Sundry Goods, Wares and Merchandises, the American Fur Company v. United States
Mar 11, 1829 · 27 U.S. 358

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.