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The United States on July 9, 1837

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

President
Buren
Martin Van Buren D · since Mar 4, 1837
Senate
21 D · 11 W
33 senators · 25th Congress
House
—
0 representatives
Supreme Court
6 D · 2 JR
8 justices by appointing party
Union
26 states
12 amendments in force
Public debt
$340,000
as of Jan 1, 1837
1837-07-09/executiveThe administration
President Martin Van Buren D
since Mar 4, 1837
Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson D
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
Secretary of War Joel Roberts Poinsett DR
since Mar 7, 1837
1837-07-09/congress25th Congress
Senate · 21 D · 11 W · 1 J
William Rufus de Vane King (Democrat, AL)Clement Comer Clay (Democrat, AL)William Savin Fulton (Democrat, AR)John Milton Niles (Democrat, CT)John Pendleton King (Democrat, GA)John McCracken Robinson (Democrat, IL)John Tipton (Democrat, IN)Robert Carter Nicholas (Democrat, LA)John Ruggles (Democrat, ME)Thomas Hart Benton (Democrat, MO)Robert John Walker (Democrat, MS)Bedford Brown (Democrat, NC)Henry Hubbard (Democrat, NH)Garret Dorset Wall (Democrat, NJ)Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (Democrat, NY)Thomas Morris (Democrat, OH)Samuel McKean (Democrat, PA)John Caldwell Calhoun (Democrat, SC)Felix Grundy (Democrat, TN)Richard Elliott Parker (Democrat, VA)William Cabell Rives (Democrat, VA)Judah Dana (Jackson, ME)Richard Henry Bayard (Whig, DE)John Jordan Crittenden (Whig, KY)Daniel Webster (Whig, MA)John Davis (Whig, MA)Joseph Kent (Whig, MD)John Black (Whig, MS)Samuel Lewis Southard (Whig, NJ)Asher Robbins (Whig, RI)Nehemiah Rice Knight (Whig, RI)Hugh Lawson White (Whig, TN)Benjamin Swift (Whig, VT)
House ·
1837-07-09/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
John Catron D
Associate Justice · appointed by Andrew Jackson · since Mar 8, 1837
1837-07-09/weekWithin a week · Jul 2, 1837 – Jul 16, 1837
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.