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The United States on July 9, 1838

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President
Buren
Martin Van Buren D · since Mar 4, 1837
Senate
35 D · 17 W
52 senators · 25th Congress
House
112 D · 89 W
214 representatives
Supreme Court
7 D · 2 JR
9 justices by appointing party
Union
26 states
12 amendments in force
Public debt
$3M
as of Jan 1, 1838
1838-07-09/executiveThe administration
President Martin Van Buren D
since Mar 4, 1837
Vice President Richard Mentor Johnson D
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
Secretary of the Navy James Kirke Paulding D
since Jul 1, 1838
Attorney General Felix Grundy DR
since Jul 5, 1838
1838-07-09/congress25th Congress
Senate · 35 D · 17 W
William Rufus de Vane King (Democrat, AL)Clement Comer Clay (Democrat, AL)William Savin Fulton (Democrat, AR)Ambrose Hundley Sevier (Democrat, AR)John Milton Niles (Democrat, CT)Perry Smith (Democrat, CT)Wilson Lumpkin (Democrat, GA)Alfred Cuthbert (Democrat, GA)John McCracken Robinson (Democrat, IL)Richard Montgomery Young (Democrat, IL)John Tipton (Democrat, IN)Robert Carter Nicholas (Democrat, LA)Alexander Mouton (Democrat, LA)John Ruggles (Democrat, ME)Reuel Williams (Democrat, ME)Lucius Lyon (Democrat, MI)John Norvell (Democrat, MI)Thomas Hart Benton (Democrat, MO)Lewis Fields Linn (Democrat, MO)Robert John Walker (Democrat, MS)James Fisher Trotter (Democrat, MS)Bedford Brown (Democrat, NC)Robert Strange (Democrat, NC)Henry Hubbard (Democrat, NH)Franklin Pierce (Democrat, NH)Garret Dorset Wall (Democrat, NJ)Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (Democrat, NY)Silas Wright Jr. (Democrat, NY)Thomas Morris (Democrat, OH)William Allen (Democrat, OH)Samuel McKean (Democrat, PA)James Buchanan (Democrat, PA)John Caldwell Calhoun (Democrat, SC)William Cabell Rives (Democrat, VA)William Henry Roane (Democrat, VA)Richard Henry Bayard (Whig, DE)Thomas Clayton (Whig, DE)Oliver Hampton Smith (Whig, IN)John Jordan Crittenden (Whig, KY)Henry Clay (Whig, KY)Daniel Webster (Whig, MA)John Davis (Whig, MA)John Selby Spence (Whig, MD)William Duhurst Merrick (Whig, MD)Samuel Lewis Southard (Whig, NJ)Asher Robbins (Whig, RI)Nehemiah Rice Knight (Whig, RI)William Campbell Preston (Whig, SC)Ephraim Hubbard Foster (Whig, TN)Hugh Lawson White (Whig, TN)Benjamin Swift (Whig, VT)Samuel Prentiss (Whig, VT)
House · 112 D · 89 W · 6 N · 5 AM · 1 O · 1 I
Joshua Lanier Martin (Democrat, AL-2)Reuben Chapman (Democrat, AL-1)Dixon Hall Lewis (Democrat, AL-4)Archibald Yell (Democrat, AR-1)Elisha Haley (Democrat, CT-3)Orrin Holt (Democrat, CT-6)Samuel Ingham (Democrat, CT-2)Lancelot Phelps (Democrat, CT-5)Thomas Tucker Whittlesey (Democrat, CT-4)Isaac Toucey (Democrat, CT-1)Jesse Franklin Cleveland (Democrat, GA-AL)William Williams Chapman (Democrat, IA-AL)William L. May (Democrat, IL-3)Adam Wilson Snyder (Democrat, IL-1)Zadok Casey (Democrat, IL-2)Ratliff Boon (Democrat, IN-1)John L. Murray (Democrat, KY-1)Eleazar Wheelock Ripley (Democrat, LA-2)Richard Fletcher (Democrat, MA-1)Nathaniel Briggs Borden (Democrat, MA-10)William Parmenter (Democrat, MA-4)Benjamin Chew Howard (Democrat, MD-4)John Tolley Hood Worthington (Democrat, MD-3)Francis Thomas (Democrat, MD-6)Timothy Jarvis Carter (Democrat, ME-5)Jonathan Cilley (Democrat, ME-3)Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (Democrat, ME-2)Hugh Johnston Anderson (Democrat, ME-6)Thomas Davee (Democrat, ME-8)John Fairfield (Democrat, ME-1)Isaac Edwin Crary (Democrat, MI-1)Albert Galliton Harrison (Democrat, MO-AL)John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne (Democrat, MS-AL)Jesse Atherton Bynum (Democrat, NC-2)Henry William Connor (Democrat, NC-11)Micajah Thomas Hawkins (Democrat, NC-6)William Montgomery (Democrat, NC-8)James Iver McKay (Democrat, NC-5)Samuel Cushman (Democrat, NH-AL)John Tuttle Andrews (Democrat, NY-27)Cyrus Beers (Democrat, NY-22)Bennet Bicknell (Democrat, NY-23)Samuel Birdsall (Democrat, NY-25)John Curtis Brodhead (Democrat, NY-7)Isaac Hopkins Bronson (Democrat, NY-18)Churchill Caldom Cambreleng (Democrat, NY-3)John Isaac De Graff (Democrat, NY-11)John Edwards (Democrat, NY-15)Albert Gallup (Democrat, NY-10)Abraham Phineas Grant (Democrat, NY-17)Arphaxed Loomis (Democrat, NY-16)William Henry Noble (Democrat, NY-24)John Palmer (Democrat, NY-13)Amasa Junius Parker (Democrat, NY-20)James Bradley Spencer (Democrat, NY-14)Obadiah Titus (Democrat, NY-5)Henry Vail (Democrat, NY-9)Abraham Vanderveer (Democrat, NY-2)Thomas Birdsall Jackson (Democrat, NY-1)Nathaniel Jones (Democrat, NY-6)Gouverneur Kemble (Democrat, NY-4)John Holmes Prentiss (Democrat, NY-19)John Chamberlain Clark (Democrat, NY-21)Robert McClellan (Democrat, NY-8)John Chaney (Democrat, OH-9)Thomas Lyon Hamer (Democrat, OH-5)William H. Hunter (Democrat, OH-14)Daniel Kilgore (Democrat, OH-19)Matthias Shepler (Democrat, OH-18)Taylor Webster (Democrat, OH-2)Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter (Democrat, OH-13)Alexander Duncan (Democrat, OH-1)Andrew Buchanan (Democrat, PA-20)Jacob Fry Jr. (Democrat, PA-5)Francis Jacob Harper (Democrat, PA-3)Edward Burd Hubley (Democrat, PA-8)John Klingensmith Jr. (Democrat, PA-19)Henry Logan (Democrat, PA-11)Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (Democrat, PA-9)Luther Reily (Democrat, PA-10)Daniel Sheffer (Democrat, PA-12)William Beatty (Democrat, PA-23)Robert Hanna Hammond (Democrat, PA-16)Charles McClure (Democrat, PA-13)Samuel Wells Morris (Democrat, PA-17)Lemuel Paynter (Democrat, PA-1)David Petrikin (Democrat, PA-15)William Wilson Potter (Democrat, PA-14)David Douglas Wagener (Democrat, PA-7)Arnold Plumer (Democrat, PA-25)Hugh Swinton Legaré (Democrat, SC-1)John Peter Richardson (Democrat, SC-8)Abraham McClellan (Democrat, TN-2)James Knox Polk (Democrat, TN-9)Hopkins Lacy Turney (Democrat, TN-5)James Wood Bouldin (Democrat, VA-5)William Stephen Morgan (Democrat, VA-21)John Mercer Patton (Democrat, VA-13)Archibald Stuart (Democrat, VA-7)Andrew Beirne (Democrat, VA-19)Robert Craig (Democrat, VA-17)James Garland (Democrat, VA-12)Francis Everod Rives (Democrat, VA-2)Walter Coles (Democrat, VA-6)John Winston Jones (Democrat, VA-3)Joseph Johnson (Democrat, VA-20)Isaac Samuels Pennybacker (Democrat, VA-16)George Coke Dromgoole (Democrat, VA-4)George Washington Hopkins (Democrat, VA-18)James Murray Mason (Democrat, VA-15)Isaac Fletcher (Democrat, VT-5)James Duane Doty (Democrat, WI-AL)John Pope (Independent, KY-7)Charles Downing (?, FL-AL)Edward Darlington (Anti Masonic, PA-4)Richard Biddle (Anti Masonic, PA-22)Thomas Henry (Anti Masonic, PA-24)Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan (Anti Masonic, PA-21)Charles Ogle (Anti Masonic, PA-18)William Kennedy Clowney (Nullifier, SC-7)John King Griffin (Nullifier, SC-9)Francis Wilkinson Pickens (Nullifier, SC-5)John Campbell (Nullifier, SC-3)Franklin Harper Elmore (Nullifier, SC-4)Robert Barnwell Rhett (Nullifier, SC-2)Joab Lawler (Whig, AL-3)Francis Strother Lyon (Whig, AL-5)John Jones Milligan (Whig, DE-AL)George Hedford Dunn (Whig, IN-4)John Ewing (Whig, IN-2)William Graham (Whig, IN-3)William Herod (Whig, IN-6)James Rariden (Whig, IN-5)Albert Smith White (Whig, IN-7)John Calhoon (Whig, KY-6)John Chambers (Whig, KY-12)James Harlan (Whig, KY-5)Richard Hickman Menefee (Whig, KY-11)Edward Rumsey (Whig, KY-2)William Wright Southgate (Whig, KY-13)William Jordan Graves (Whig, KY-8)Richard Hawes (Whig, KY-10)Sherrod Williams (Whig, KY-4)John White (Whig, KY-9)Joseph Rogers Underwood (Whig, KY-3)Rice Garland (Whig, LA-3)Henry Johnson (Whig, LA-1)George Grennell Jr. (Whig, MA-6)Stephen Clarendon Phillips (Whig, MA-2)John Reed (Whig, MA-11)George Nixon Briggs (Whig, MA-7)William Barron Calhoun (Whig, MA-8)Caleb Cushing (Whig, MA-3)William Soden Hastings (Whig, MA-9)Levi Lincoln (Whig, MA-5)John Quincy Adams (Whig, MA-12)John Dennis (Whig, MD-1)Daniel Jenifer (Whig, MD-7)William Cost Johnson (Whig, MD-5)James Alfred Pearce (Whig, MD-2)Joseph Cobham Noyes (Whig, ME-7)George Evans (Whig, ME-4)Samuel Tredwell Sawyer (Whig, NC-1)Charles Biddle Shepard (Whig, NC-4)Abraham Rencher (Whig, NC-10)Lewis Williams (Whig, NC-13)James Graham (Whig, NC-12)Edmund Deberry (Whig, NC-7)Augustine Henry Shepperd (Whig, NC-9)Edward Stanly (Whig, NC-3)John Bancker Aycrigg (Whig, NJ-AL)William Patterson (Whig, NY-29)Mark Hopkins Sibley (Whig, NY-26)Richard Pratt Marvin (Whig, NY-31)Charles F. Mitchell (Whig, NY-33)Luther Christopher Peck (Whig, NY-30)David Abel Russell (Whig, NY-12)Timothy Childs (Whig, NY-28)Millard Fillmore (Whig, NY-32)James Alexander Jr. (Whig, OH-11)Charles Dustin Coffin (Whig, OH-17)Elisha Whittlesey (Whig, OH-16)John William Allen (Whig, OH-15)William Key Bond (Whig, OH-7)Patrick Gaines Goode (Whig, OH-3)Samson Mason (Whig, OH-10)Calvary Morris (Whig, OH-6)Joseph Ridgway (Whig, OH-8)Alexander Harper (Whig, OH-12)Thomas Corwin (Whig, OH-4)Mathias Morris (Whig, PA-6)John Sergeant (Whig, PA-2)Joseph Leonard Tillinghast (Whig, RI-AL)Waddy Thompson Jr. (Whig, SC-6)Richard Cheatham (Whig, TN-11)Abram Poindexter Maury (Whig, TN-8)Ebenezer J. Shields (Whig, TN-10)James Israel Standifer (Whig, TN-4)William Blount Carter (Whig, TN-1)John Wesley Crockett (Whig, TN-12)Joseph Lanier Williams (Whig, TN-3)Christopher Harris Williams (Whig, TN-13)John Bell (Whig, TN-7)William Bowen Campbell (Whig, TN-6)John Robertson (Whig, VA-11)Charles Fenton Mercer (Whig, VA-14)Francis Mallory (Whig, VA-1)John Taliaferro (Whig, VA-10)Henry Alexander Wise (Whig, VA-8)Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (Whig, VA-9)Heman Allen (Whig, VT-4)Horace Everett (Whig, VT-3)Hiland Hall (Whig, VT-1)William Slade (Whig, VT-2)
1838-07-09/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
John McKinley D
Associate Justice · appointed by Martin Van Buren · since Sep 25, 1837
1838-07-09/weekWithin a week · Jul 2, 1838 – Jul 16, 1838
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.