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The United States on July 16, 1834

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, 1833

Senate

15 J · 9 AJ

47 senators · 23rd Congress

House

116 J · 27 W

208 representatives

Supreme Court

4 JR · 2 D · 1 F

7 justices by appointing party

Union

24 states

12 amendments in force

Public debt

$5M

as of Jan 1, 1834

1834-07-16/executiveThe administration

President Andrew Jackson D

since Mar 4, 1833

Vice President Martin Van Buren D

Postmaster General William T. Barry DR

since Mar 9, 1829

Secretary of War Lewis Cass D

since Aug 1, 1831

Attorney General Benjamin Franklin Butler D

since Nov 15, 1833

Secretary of State John Forsyth D

since Jul 1, 1834

Secretary of the Treasury Levi Woodbury D

since Jul 1, 1834

1834-07-16/congress23rd Congress

Senate · 15 J · 9 AJ · 8 W · 6 D · 4 O · 3 A · 2 N

House · 116 J · 27 W · 21 AM · 20 AJ · 10 N · 8 O · 3 AJ · 1 AJ · 1 D · 1 J

1834-07-16/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

1834-07-16/weekWithin a week · Jul 9, 1834 – Jul 23, 1834

Nothing recorded within a week of this date.

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.