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The United States on March 8, 1839

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

25 D · 11 W

36 senators · 26th Congress

House

—

0 representatives

Supreme Court

7 D · 2 JR

9 justices by appointing party

Union

26 states

12 amendments in force

Public debt

$10M

as of Jan 1, 1839

1839-03-08/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

1839-03-08/congress26th Congress

Senate · 25 D · 11 W

House ·

1839-03-08/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

1839-03-08/weekWithin a week · Mar 1, 1839 – Mar 15, 1839

Ruling United States v. The Heirs of F. M. Arredondo

Mar 1, 1839 · 38 U.S. 133

Ruling Stokes v. Saltonstall

Mar 2, 1839 · 38 U.S. 181

Ruling Ex parte Jesse Hoyt

Mar 2, 1839 · 38 U.S. 279

Ruling Ness v. Alpheus Hyatt

Mar 2, 1839 · 38 U.S. 294

Ruling The Heirs of William Emerson v. Hall

Mar 2, 1839 · 38 U.S. 409

Ruling Downes and Company v. Edward B. Church

Mar 4, 1839 · 38 U.S. 205

Ruling Williams v. The Suffolk Insurance Company

Mar 6, 1839 · 38 U.S. 415

Ruling Story v. Louisa Livingston

Mar 7, 1839 · 38 U.S. 359

Ruling Wilcox v. Crester Hunt

Mar 7, 1839 · 38 U.S. 378

Ruling Barrington Anthony v. Cyrus Butler

Mar 7, 1839 · 38 U.S. 423

Ruling Burton v. Smith

Mar 7, 1839 · 38 U.S. 464

Ruling Carr v. Hoxie

Mar 8, 1839 · 38 U.S. 460

Ruling Meredith v. United States

Mar 8, 1839 · 38 U.S. 486

Ruling The New England Insurance Company v. The Brig Sarah Ann

Mar 9, 1839 · 38 U.S. 387

Ruling Ex parte Myra Clarke Whitney

Mar 9, 1839 · 38 U.S. 404

Ruling Carey Bagnell and the Executors of Morgan Byrne v. Broderick

Mar 9, 1839 · 38 U.S. 436

Ruling De la Fayette Wilcox v. Jackson

Mar 9, 1839 · 38 U.S. 498

Ruling The Bank of Augusta v. Earle

Mar 9, 1839 · 38 U.S. 519

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.