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The United States on March 4, 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
Harrison
William Henry Harrison W · since Mar 4, 1841
Senate
16 D · 15 W
31 senators · 27th Congress
House
—
0 representatives
Supreme Court
7 D · 2 JR
9 justices by appointing party
Union
26 states
12 amendments in force
Public debt
$5M
as of Jan 1, 1841
1841-03-04/executiveThe administration
President William Henry Harrison W
since Mar 4, 1841
Vice President John Tyler W
Secretary of War Joel Roberts Poinsett DR
since Mar 7, 1837
Secretary of State Jacob L. Martin (acting)
since Mar 4, 1841
Secretary of the Treasury Thomas Ewing W
since Mar 4, 1841
1841-03-04/congress27th Congress
Senate · 16 D · 15 W
Clement Comer Clay (Democrat, AL)Ambrose Hundley Sevier (Democrat, AR)Perry Smith (Democrat, CT)Alfred Cuthbert (Democrat, GA)Richard Montgomery Young (Democrat, IL)Alexander Mouton (Democrat, LA)Reuel Williams (Democrat, ME)Lewis Fields Linn (Democrat, MO)Thomas Hart Benton (Democrat, MO)Franklin Pierce (Democrat, NH)Silas Wright Jr. (Democrat, NY)William Allen (Democrat, OH)Benjamin Tappan (Democrat, OH)James Buchanan (Democrat, PA)Daniel Sturgeon (Democrat, PA)Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (Democrat, TN)Jabez Williams Huntington (Whig, CT)Oliver Hampton Smith (Whig, IN)Albert Smith White (Whig, IN)Henry Clay (Whig, KY)William Duhurst Merrick (Whig, MD)Augustus Seymour Porter (Whig, MI)John Henderson (Whig, MS)William Alexander Graham (Whig, NC)Willie Person Mangum (Whig, NC)Samuel Lewis Southard (Whig, NJ)Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (Whig, NY)Nathan Fellows Dixon (Whig, RI)William Campbell Preston (Whig, SC)Samuel Prentiss (Whig, VT)Samuel Shethar Phelps (Whig, VT)
House ·
1841-03-04/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
Peter Vivian Daniel D
Associate Justice · appointed by Martin Van Buren · since Mar 3, 1841
1841-03-04/weekWithin a week · Feb 25, 1841 – Mar 11, 1841
William Henry Harrison takes office · Mar 4, 1841
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
Ruling United States v. The of the Schooner Amistad
Mar 9, 1841 · 40 U.S. 518
Ruling Lea v. Enoch S. Kelly
Mar 10, 1841 · 40 U.S. 213
Ruling Rhode Island and Providence Plantations v. Massachusetts
Mar 10, 1841 · 40 U.S. 233
Ruling Groves v. Slaughter
Mar 10, 1841 · 40 U.S. 449

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.