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The United States on March 4, 1832

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

24 J · 9 A

48 senators · 22nd Congress

House

106 J · 22 W

184 representatives

Supreme Court

4 JR · 2 D · 1 F

7 justices by appointing party

Union

24 states

12 amendments in force

Public debt

$24M

as of Jan 1, 1832

1832-03-04/executiveThe administration

President Andrew Jackson D

since Mar 4, 1829

Vice President John Caldwell Calhoun D

Postmaster General William T. Barry DR

since Mar 9, 1829

Secretary of the Navy Levi Woodbury D

since May 23, 1831

Secretary of State Edward Livingston D

since May 24, 1831

Attorney General Roger B. Taney D

since Jul 20, 1831

Secretary of War Lewis Cass D

since Aug 1, 1831

Secretary of the Treasury Louis McLane D

since Aug 8, 1831

1832-03-04/congress22nd Congress

Senate · 24 J · 9 A · 7 AJ · 3 O · 2 N · 2 W · 1 D

House · 106 J · 22 W · 17 AJ · 13 O · 12 AM · 5 J · 4 R · 4 N · 1 AJ

1832-03-04/supreme-courtThe bench

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

John McLean D

Associate Justice · appointed by Andrew Jackson · since Mar 7, 1829

Henry Baldwin D

Associate Justice · appointed by Andrew Jackson · since Jan 6, 1830

1832-03-04/weekWithin a week · Feb 26, 1832 – Mar 11, 1832

Ruling Ex parte Joseph Roberts

Feb 28, 1832 · 31 U.S. 216

Ruling The President v. The Lessee of Edward White

Feb 28, 1832 · 31 U.S. 431

Ruling Lessee of Mordecai Levy v. McCartee

Mar 1, 1832 · 31 U.S. 102

Ruling Worcester v. Georgia

Mar 3, 1832 · 31 U.S. 515

Ruling Oliver v. Alexander

Mar 7, 1832 · 31 U.S. 143

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.