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json18 files changed, 371 insertions(+), 183 deletions(−)Laws enacted
0major laws · full counts from 1973
Executive orders
—records start in 1994
Final rules
—records start in 1994
Supreme Court
3 of 9seats changed hands
Agencies
+0 −0departments & tracked agencies
Public debt
+$5M$340,000 → $5M
The presidency passed from Andrew Jackson to Martin Van Buren. 25 senators and 157 representatives took seats that they did not hold before. 3 new justices joined the Supreme Court.
Executive5 files+8−3
executive/presidentThe presidency
Andrew Jackson D
7th president
Martin Van Buren D
8th president · took office Mar 4, 1837
executive/vice-presidentThe vice presidency
Martin Van Buren D
Richard Mentor Johnson D
took office Mar 4, 1837
executive/cabinetCabinet & senior officials
+6−1Wikidata ↗
Attorney General · 2 people took this office in between
Other senior officials (2 changed)
executive/ordersExecutive orders
no dataFederal Register API ↗
Federal Register records of executive orders begin in 1994.
executive/agenciesFederal agencies
24 → 24 tracked organizations · 5 → 5 executive departments
No agencies created or abolished in this window.
Agency start and end dates come from Wikidata, which covers smaller bureaus unevenly.
Military1 file±0
military/conflictsArmed conflicts
U.S. in 0 armed conflicts → 0
The U.S. was not a party to any armed conflict in this window (conflict records start in 1946).
An armed conflict here means at least 25 battle deaths in a year, with U.S. forces as a party or fighting for a government (UCDP's definition). Air strikes, raids, and advisory missions below that threshold aren't included. UN peacekeeping missions are excluded.
Legislative4 files+182−179
legislative/controlControl of Congress
24
25
26
Top: House · Bottom: Senate DemocraticRepublicanOther
24th Congress → 26th Congress · 2 new Congresses elected
1 change of chamber control along the way
House: Democrat majority
110 J · 64 W
House: null majority
113 D · 95 W
Senate: Democrat majority on both dates
22 D · 13 W → 29 D · 19 W
legislative/senateSenate
+25−27congress-legislators ↗
25 new members · 27 departed · 23 served on both dates · women 0 → 0 · median age 50 → 51
21 seats changed party
Show 17 more seat flips
Who joined and who left (25 in · 27 out)
Clement Comer Clay D
Alabama
Perry Smith D
Connecticut
Jabez Williams Huntington W
Connecticut
Thomas Clayton W
Delaware
Wilson Lumpkin D
Georgia
Richard Montgomery Young D
Illinois
Oliver Hampton Smith W
Indiana
Albert Smith White W
Indiana
Alexander Mouton D
Louisiana
William Duhurst Merrick W
Maryland
Reuel Williams D
Maine
John Norvell D
Michigan
Augustus Seymour Porter W
Michigan
John Henderson W
Mississippi
Willie Person Mangum W
North Carolina
William Alexander Graham W
North Carolina
Franklin Pierce D
New Hampshire
William Allen D
Ohio
Benjamin Tappan D
Ohio
Daniel Sturgeon D
Pennsylvania
Nathan Fellows Dixon W
Rhode Island
Alexander Outlaw Anderson D
Tennessee
Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson D
Tennessee
William Henry Roane D
Virginia
Samuel Shethar Phelps W
Vermont
Gabriel Moore J
Alabama
Gideon Tomlinson AJ
Connecticut
John Milton Niles D
Connecticut
Richard Henry Bayard W
Delaware
John Middleton Clayton
Delaware
John Pendleton King D
Georgia
William Lee Davidson Ewing J
Illinois
William Hendricks A
Indiana
John Tipton D
Indiana
Alexander Porter AJ
Louisiana
Daniel Webster W
Massachusetts
Joseph Kent W
Maryland
John Selby Spence W
Maryland
Judah Dana J
Maine
John Black W
Mississippi
Bedford Brown D
North Carolina
Robert Strange D
North Carolina
John Page J
New Hampshire
Thomas Ewing AJ
Ohio
Thomas Morris D
Ohio
Samuel McKean D
Pennsylvania
Asher Robbins W
Rhode Island
Felix Grundy D
Tennessee
Hugh Lawson White W
Tennessee
William Cabell Rives D
Virginia
Richard Elliott Parker D
Virginia
Benjamin Swift W
Vermont
legislative/houseHouse
+157−152congress-legislators ↗
157 new members · 152 departed · 58 served on both dates · women 0 → 0 · median age 45 → 44
26 state delegations changed
Show delegation changes
Alabama 0 D · 0 R · 5 other
Alabama 3 D · 0 R · 2 other
Arkansas 0 D · 0 R · 1 other
Arkansas 1 D · 0 R
Connecticut 0 D · 0 R · 1 other
Connecticut 0 D · 0 R · 6 other
Delaware 0 D · 0 R · 1 other
Delaware 1 D · 0 R
Iowa 0 D · 0 R
Iowa 1 D · 0 R
Illinois 0 D · 0 R · 3 other
Illinois 2 D · 0 R · 1 other
Indiana 0 D · 0 R · 7 other
Indiana 5 D · 0 R · 2 other
Kentucky 0 D · 0 R · 13 other
Kentucky 2 D · 0 R · 11 other
Louisiana 0 D · 0 R · 3 other
Louisiana 1 D · 0 R · 3 other
Massachusetts 0 D · 0 R · 12 other
Massachusetts 2 D · 0 R · 10 other
Maryland 0 D · 0 R · 7 other
Maryland 4 D · 0 R · 3 other
Maine 0 D · 0 R · 8 other
Maine 6 D · 0 R · 2 other
Michigan 1 D · 0 R · 1 other
Michigan 1 D · 0 R
Missouri 0 D · 0 R · 1 other
Missouri 1 D · 0 R
Mississippi 0 D · 0 R · 1 other
Mississippi 1 D · 0 R
North Carolina 0 D · 0 R · 13 other
North Carolina 8 D · 0 R · 5 other
New Hampshire 0 D · 0 R · 1 other
New Hampshire 1 D · 0 R
New Jersey 0 D · 0 R · 1 other
New Jersey 1 D · 0 R
New York 0 D · 0 R · 34 other
New York 15 D · 0 R · 18 other
Ohio 0 D · 0 R · 19 other
Ohio 11 D · 0 R · 8 other
Pennsylvania 0 D · 0 R · 25 other
Pennsylvania 17 D · 0 R · 8 other
South Carolina 0 D · 0 R · 10 other
South Carolina 8 D · 0 R · 1 other
Tennessee 0 D · 0 R · 13 other
Tennessee 6 D · 0 R · 7 other
Virginia 0 D · 0 R · 21 other
Virginia 12 D · 0 R · 9 other
Vermont 0 D · 0 R · 5 other
Vermont 2 D · 0 R · 3 other
Wisconsin 0 D · 0 R
Wisconsin 1 D · 0 R
Who joined and who left (157 in · 152 out)
George Whitfield Crabb W
Alabama-3
James Dellet W
Alabama-5
David Hubbard D
Alabama-2
Edward Cross D
Arkansas-1
William Lucius Storrs W
Connecticut-2
John Hall Brockway W
Connecticut-6
Thomas Burr Osborne W
Connecticut-4
Joseph Trumbull W
Connecticut-1
Thomas Wheeler Williams W
Connecticut-3
Truman Smith W
Connecticut-5
Thomas Robinson Jr. D
Delaware-AL
Charles Downing
Florida-AL
Hines Holt W
Georgia-AL
Augustus Caesar Dodge D
Iowa-AL
John Todd Stuart W
Illinois-3
Tilghman Ashurst Howard D
Indiana-7
James Rariden W
Indiana-5
George H. Proffit W
Indiana-1
Thomas Smith D
Indiana-4
William Watson Wick D
Indiana-6
Simeon H. Anderson W
Kentucky-5
Richard Hawes W
Kentucky-10
Landaff Watson Andrews W
Kentucky-11
William Orlando Butler D
Kentucky-13
John Pope W
Kentucky-7
Philip Triplett W
Kentucky-2
Willis Green W
Kentucky-6
Garrett Davis W
Kentucky-12
Thomas Withers Chinn W
Louisiana-2
Edward Douglass White W
Louisiana-1
James Church Alvord W
Massachusetts-6
William Soden Hastings W
Massachusetts-9
Leverett Saltonstall W
Massachusetts-2
William Parmenter D
Massachusetts-4
Henry Williams D
Massachusetts-10
James Carroll D
Maryland-4
John Dennis W
Maryland-1
John Tolley Hood Worthington D
Maryland-3
William Cost Johnson W
Maryland-5
Phillip Francis Thomas D
Maryland-2
Hugh Johnston Anderson D
Maine-6
Thomas Davee D
Maine-8
Virgil Delphini Parris D
Maine-5
Albert Smith D
Maine-2
Nathan Clifford D
Maine-1
Joshua Adams Lowell D
Maine-7
Benjamin Randall W
Maine-3
Albert Galliton Harrison D
Missouri-AL
Jacob Thompson D
Mississippi-AL
Charles Fisher D
North Carolina-10
John Hill D
North Carolina-9
Charles Biddle Shepard D
North Carolina-4
Kenneth Rayner W
North Carolina-1
Edward Stanly W
North Carolina-3
Ira Allen Eastman D
New Hampshire-AL
William Raworth Cooper D
New Jersey-AL
Judson Allen D
New York-20
Anson Brown W
New York-11
Edward Curtis W
New York-3
James De La Montanya D
New York-2
Nehemiah Hezekiah Earll D
New York-23
John Ely D
New York-8
John Fine D
New York-14
Augustus Cincinnatus Hand D
New York-13
Thomas Birdsall Jackson D
New York-1
Charles Johnston W
New York-5
Nathaniel Jones D
New York-6
Gouverneur Kemble D
New York-4
Thomas Kempshall W
New York-28
Stephen Banks Leonard D
New York-22
Meredith Mallory D
New York-27
Richard Pratt Marvin W
New York-31
Charles F. Mitchell W
New York-33
Rufus Palen W
New York-7
Luther Christopher Peck W
New York-30
John Holmes Prentiss D
New York-19
Theron Rudd Strong D
New York-25
Peter Joseph Wagner W
New York-15
David P. Brewster D
New York-17
Thomas Cotton Chittenden W
New York-18
John Chamberlain Clark W
New York-21
Andrew Wheeler Doig D
New York-16
Seth Merrill Gates W
New York-29
Christopher Morgan W
New York-24
Daniel Dewey Barnard W
New York-10
Millard Fillmore W
New York-32
John William Allen W
Ohio-15
Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter D
Ohio-13
Henry Swearingen D
Ohio-19
Jonathan Taylor D
Ohio-12
William Doan D
Ohio-5
Patrick Gaines Goode W
Ohio-3
John Hastings D
Ohio-17
William Medill D
Ohio-9
Calvary Morris W
Ohio-6
Jeremiah Morrow W
Ohio-4
Joseph Ridgway W
Ohio-8
George Sweeny D
Ohio-14
Alexander Duncan D
Ohio-1
Isaac Parrish D
Ohio-11
David Austin Starkweather D
Ohio-18
John B. Weller D
Ohio-2
Joshua Reed Giddings W
Ohio-16
William Beatty D
Pennsylvania-23
Richard Biddle AM
Pennsylvania-22
Edward Davies AM
Pennsylvania-4
John Davis D
Pennsylvania-6
Robert Hanna Hammond D
Pennsylvania-16
Isaac Leet D
Pennsylvania-21
Charles McClure D
Pennsylvania-13
George McCulloch D
Pennsylvania-14
Samuel Wells Morris D
Pennsylvania-17
Charles Naylor W
Pennsylvania-3
Lemuel Paynter D
Pennsylvania-1
David Petrikin D
Pennsylvania-15
Joseph Fornance D
Pennsylvania-5
James Gerry D
Pennsylvania-11
Thomas Henry AM
Pennsylvania-24
Enos Hook D
Pennsylvania-20
George May Keim D
Pennsylvania-9
Albert Gallatin Marchand D
Pennsylvania-19
Peter Newhard D
Pennsylvania-8
Charles Ogle AM
Pennsylvania-18
John Sergeant W
Pennsylvania-2
William Simonton W
Pennsylvania-10
James Cooper W
Pennsylvania-12
Joseph Leonard Tillinghast W
Rhode Island-AL
Sampson Hale Butler D
South Carolina-4
Thomas De Lage Sumter D
South Carolina-8
John Campbell D
South Carolina-3
Isaac Edward Holmes D
South Carolina-1
Robert Barnwell Rhett D
South Carolina-2
John Wesley Crockett W
Tennessee-12
Abraham McClellan D
Tennessee-2
Harvey Magee Watterson D
Tennessee-9
Joseph Lanier Williams W
Tennessee-3
Julius W. Blackwell D
Tennessee-4
Aaron Venable Brown D
Tennessee-10
Hopkins Lacy Turney D
Tennessee-5
Meredith Poindexter Gentry W
Tennessee-8
Christopher Harris Williams W
Tennessee-13
William Bowen Campbell W
Tennessee-6
Andrew Beirne D
Virginia-19
John Hill W
Virginia-5
Joel Holleman D
Virginia-1
William Mason McCarty W
Virginia-14
Francis Everod Rives D
Virginia-2
Green Berry Samuels D
Virginia-16
Linn Banks D
Virginia-13
William Lucas D
Virginia-15
Lewis Steenrod D
Virginia-21
John Minor Botts W
Virginia-11
William Leftwich Goggin W
Virginia-7
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter W
Virginia-9
Isaac Fletcher D
Vermont-5
John Smith D
Vermont-4
James Duane Doty D
Wisconsin-AL
Joab Lawler J
Alabama-3
Francis Strother Lyon W
Alabama-5
Joshua Lanier Martin J
Alabama-2
Archibald Yell J
Arkansas-1
Andrew Thompson Judson J
Connecticut-AL
John Jones Milligan W
Delaware-AL
Joseph M. White
Florida-AL
John Coffee J
Georgia-AL
William L. May J
Illinois-3
George L. Kinnard J
Indiana-6
Amos Lane J
Indiana-4
Johnathan McCarty AJ
Indiana-5
Ratliff Boon J
Indiana-1
Edward Allen Hannegan J
Indiana-7
Chilton Allan W
Kentucky-10
Benjamin Hardin W
Kentucky-7
Albert Gallatin Hawes J
Kentucky-2
Richard Mentor Johnson J
Kentucky-13
John Calhoon W
Kentucky-6
John Chambers W
Kentucky-12
James Harlan W
Kentucky-5
Richard French J
Kentucky-11
Henry Johnson W
Louisiana-1
Samuel Hoar W
Massachusetts-4
William Jackson AM
Massachusetts-9
George Grennell Jr. W
Massachusetts-6
Stephen Clarendon Phillips W
Massachusetts-2
Nathaniel Briggs Borden J
Massachusetts-10
John Nevett Steele AJ
Maryland-1
James Turner J
Maryland-3
George Corbin Washington AJ
Maryland-5
Benjamin Chew Howard J
Maryland-4
James Alfred Pearce W
Maryland-2
Jeremiah Bailey W
Maine-3
Joseph Hall J
Maine-6
Leonard Jarvis J
Maine-7
Moses Mason Jr. J
Maine-5
Gorham Parks J
Maine-8
Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith J
Maine-2
John Fairfield J
Maine-1
George Wallace Jones D
Michigan-AL
William Henry Ashley J
Missouri-AL
David Dickson AJ
Mississippi-AL
Ebenezer Pettigrew W
North Carolina-3
William Biddle Shepard W
North Carolina-1
Abraham Rencher W
North Carolina-10
Jesse Speight J
North Carolina-4
Augustine Henry Shepperd W
North Carolina-9
Benning Moulton Bean J
New Hampshire-AL
William Chetwood W
New Jersey-AL
Samuel Barton J
New York-2
Abraham Bockee J
New York-5
Matthias Jacob Bovee J
New York-15
John W. Brown J
New York-6
Graham Hurd Chapin J
New York-25
John Cramer J
New York-11
Ulysses Freeman Doubleday J
New York-24
Valentine Efner J
New York-8
Dudley Farlin J
New York-13
Philo Case Fuller W
New York-30
William Kendall Fuller J
New York-23
Ransom Hooker Gillet J
New York-14
Gideon Hard W
New York-33
Abner Hazeltine W
New York-31
Abel Huntington J
New York-1
Gerrit Yates Lansing J
New York-10
George Washington Lay W
New York-29
Gideon Lee J
New York-3
Joshua Lee J
New York-27
Thomas Cutting Love W
New York-32
Abijah Mann Jr. J
New York-16
William Mason J
New York-21
Rutger Bleecker Miller J
New York-17
Sherman Page J
New York-19
Joseph Reynolds J
New York-22
William Seymour J
New York-20
Nicholas Sickles J
New York-7
Daniel Wardwell J
New York-18
Campbell Patrick White J
New York-AL
Timothy Childs W
New York-28
Aaron Ward J
New York-4
Joseph Halsey Crane W
Ohio-3
Elias Howell W
Ohio-12
Benjamin Jones J
Ohio-18
William Kennon Sr. J
Ohio-11
Jeremiah McLene J
Ohio-8
William Patterson J
Ohio-14
Jonathan Sloane AM
Ohio-15
David Spangler W
Ohio-13
Bellamy Storer W
Ohio-1
John Thomson J
Ohio-17
John Chaney J
Ohio-9
Thomas Lyon Hamer J
Ohio-5
Daniel Kilgore J
Ohio-19
Taylor Webster J
Ohio-2
Elisha Whittlesey W
Ohio-16
Samuel Finley Vinton W
Ohio-6
Thomas Corwin W
Ohio-4
Joseph Biles Anthony J
Pennsylvania-16
Michael Woolston Ash J
Pennsylvania-3
John Banks AM
Pennsylvania-24
Andrew Beaumont J
Pennsylvania-15
George Chambers AM
Pennsylvania-12
William Clark AM
Pennsylvania-10
Harmar Denny AM
Pennsylvania-22
James Harper W
Pennsylvania-2
Samuel Smith Harrison J
Pennsylvania-23
Joseph Henderson J
Pennsylvania-14
William Hiester AM
Pennsylvania-4
John Laporte J
Pennsylvania-17
Jesse Miller J
Pennsylvania-13
Joel Barlow Sutherland J
Pennsylvania-1
Andrew Buchanan J
Pennsylvania-20
Jacob Fry Jr. J
Pennsylvania-5
Edward Burd Hubley J
Pennsylvania-8
John Klingensmith Jr. J
Pennsylvania-19
Henry Logan J
Pennsylvania-11
Mathias Morris W
Pennsylvania-6
Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg J
Pennsylvania-9
Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan AM
Pennsylvania-21
Job Mann J
Pennsylvania-18
Dutee Jerauld Pearce AM
Rhode Island-AL
Robert Blair Campbell N
South Carolina-3
Warren Ransom Davis N
South Carolina-AL
William John Grayson N
South Carolina-2
Richard Irvine Manning J
South Carolina-8
Henry Laurens Pinckney N
South Carolina-1
Franklin Harper Elmore N
South Carolina-4
Samuel Bunch J
Tennessee-2
William Claiborne Dunlap J
Tennessee-13
John B. Forester AJ
Tennessee-5
Adam Huntsman J
Tennessee-12
Luke Lea J
Tennessee-3
Balie Peyton J
Tennessee-6
Abram Poindexter Maury W
Tennessee-8
Ebenezer J. Shields W
Tennessee-10
James Israel Standifer W
Tennessee-4
James Knox Polk J
Tennessee-9
Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne AJ
Virginia-7
George Loyall J
Virginia-1
Edward Lucas J
Virginia-15
John Young Mason J
Virginia-2
William McComas W
Virginia-19
John Roane J
Virginia-9
James Wood Bouldin J
Virginia-5
William Stephen Morgan J
Virginia-21
John Mercer Patton J
Virginia-13
John Robertson W
Virginia-11
Charles Fenton Mercer W
Virginia-14
James Madison Hite Beale J
Virginia-16
Henry Fisk Janes AM
Vermont-5
Heman Allen W
Vermont-4
legislative/lawsLaws enacted
Complete lists of public laws start with the 93rd Congress (Jan 3, 1973). Earlier years show notable and landmark acts only.
0 laws recorded · 0 landmark · 0 notable
No laws in this window are flagged as notable.
Judicial3 files+181−1
judicial/supreme-courtThe Supreme Court
Bench by appointing party: 5 D · 2 JR → 7 D · 2 JR · every justice ↗
Philip Pendleton Barbour D
appointed by Andrew Jackson · 1836
John Catron D
appointed by Andrew Jackson · 1837
John McKinley D
appointed by Martin Van Buren · 1837
Peter Vivian Daniel D
appointed by Martin Van Buren · 1841
6 justices served on both dates
Joseph Story JR
appointed by James Madison · 1811
Smith Thompson JR
appointed by James Monroe · 1823
John McLean D
appointed by Andrew Jackson · 1829
Henry Baldwin D
appointed by Andrew Jackson · 1830
James Moore Wayne D
appointed by Andrew Jackson · 1835
Roger Brooke Taney D
appointed by Andrew Jackson · 1836
judicial/lower-courtsAppeals & district courts
Courts of appeals (active judges): →
District courts (active judges): 16 D · 14 JR · 2 F → 21 D · 10 JR · 2 F · 2 N(
Andrew Jackson D appointed 1 judge
1 Supreme Court
Martin Van Buren D appointed 12 judges
2 Supreme Court · 10 district
None (reassignment) N( appointed 2 judges
2 district
None (assignment) N( appointed 2 judges
2 district
D and R describe the party of the appointing president, not the judge. Active service ends when a judge takes senior status.
judicial/rulingsSupreme Court decisions
161 argued decisions · 0 landmark
Landmark means the Court overruled precedent, struck down a federal law, or the case is on a curated landmark list.
Fiscal2 files±0
fiscal/budgetThe federal budget
Fiscal year undefined → fiscal year undefined · inflation-adjusted with the GDP price index
fiscal/debtTotal public debt outstanding
$340,000
as of Jan 1, 1837
$5M
as of Jan 1, 1841
Constitution & Union1 file±0
constitution/amendmentsAmendments & statehood
12 → 12 amendments in force · 26 → 26 states
No amendments ratified and no states admitted. The last amendment was the 27th, in 1992.
Reverts1 file±0
revert/undoneWhat was undone
No executive orders revoked, no rules struck down by Congress, and no precedents overruled in this window (executive-order records begin in 1994).
Log1 file±0
logEverything in between
4 events
- presidentMartin Van Buren takes office
- justiceJohn Catron — Associate Justice
- justiceJohn McKinley — Associate Justice
- justicePeter Vivian Daniel — Associate Justice