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The United States on July 10, 1836

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

19 D · 13 W

48 senators · 24th Congress

House

110 J · 64 W

210 representatives

Supreme Court

5 D · 2 JR

7 justices by appointing party

Union

25 states

12 amendments in force

Public debt

$40,000

as of Jan 1, 1836

1836-07-10/executiveThe administration

President Andrew Jackson D

since Mar 4, 1833

Vice President Martin Van Buren D

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

1836-07-10/congress24th Congress

Senate · 19 D · 13 W · 9 J · 4 AJ · 1 A · 1 N · 1 O

House · 110 J · 64 W · 13 AM · 8 N · 5 J · 5 AJ · 3 AJ · 1 O · 1 D

1836-07-10/supreme-courtThe bench

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

James Moore Wayne D

Associate Justice · appointed by Andrew Jackson · since Jan 9, 1835

Philip Pendleton Barbour D

Associate Justice · appointed by Andrew Jackson · since Mar 15, 1836

Roger Brooke Taney D

Chief Justice · appointed by Andrew Jackson · since Mar 15, 1836

1836-07-10/weekWithin a week · Jul 3, 1836 – Jul 17, 1836

Law Patent Act of 1836

Jul 4, 1836 · Pub. L. 24-357

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.