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The United States on March 1, 1841

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

29 D · 19 W

48 senators · 26th Congress

House

113 D · 95 W

215 representatives

Supreme Court

6 D · 2 JR

8 justices by appointing party

Union

26 states

12 amendments in force

Public debt

$5M

as of Jan 1, 1841

1841-03-01/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 Henry D. Gilpin D

since Jan 11, 1840

Postmaster General John Milton Niles DR

since May 19, 1840

1841-03-01/congress26th Congress

Senate · 29 D · 19 W

House · 113 D · 95 W · 4 AM · 2 C · 1 O

1841-03-01/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

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

1841-03-01/weekWithin a week · Feb 22, 1841 – Mar 8, 1841

William Henry Harrison takes office · Mar 4, 1841

Ruling United States v. Linn

Feb 22, 1841 · 40 U.S. 290

Ruling O'Hara v. United States

Feb 23, 1841 · 40 U.S. 275

Ruling Young v. Smith

Feb 23, 1841 · 40 U.S. 287

Ruling United States v. Delespine

Mar 2, 1841 · 40 U.S. 319

Ruling Gratiot v. United States

Mar 2, 1841 · 40 U.S. 336

Ruling United States v. The Bank of the Metropolis

Mar 2, 1841 · 40 U.S. 377

Ruling United States v. Fitzgerald

Mar 2, 1841 · 40 U.S. 407

Ruling Minis v. United States

Mar 2, 1841 · 40 U.S. 423

Justice Peter Vivian Daniel — Associate Justice

Mar 3, 1841 · Associate Justice

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.