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json18 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 242 deletions(−)Laws enacted
0major laws · full counts from 1973
Executive orders
—records start in 1994
Final rules
—records start in 1994
Supreme Court
0 of 9seats changed hands
Agencies
+0 −0departments & tracked agencies
Public debt
+$0$5M → $5M
The presidency passed from Martin Van Buren to William Henry Harrison. 0 senators and 0 representatives took seats that they did not hold before.
Executive5 files+8−10
executive/presidentThe presidency
Martin Van Buren D
8th president
William Henry Harrison W
9th president · took office Mar 4, 1841
executive/vice-presidentThe vice presidency
Richard Mentor Johnson D
John Tyler W
took office Mar 4, 1841
executive/cabinetCabinet & senior officials
+6−8Wikidata ↗
John Bell DR
vacant on Apr 3, 1841
next: Cave Johnson D · Mar 6, 1845
Other senior officials (2 changed)
vacant on Apr 3, 1841
next: Cave Johnson D · Mar 6, 1845
executive/ordersExecutive orders
no dataFederal Register API ↗
Federal Register records of executive orders begin in 1994.
executive/agenciesFederal agencies
24 → 24 tracked organizations · 5 → 5 executive departments
No agencies created or abolished in this window.
Agency start and end dates come from Wikidata, which covers smaller bureaus unevenly.
Military1 file±0
military/conflictsArmed conflicts
U.S. in 0 armed conflicts → 0
The U.S. was not a party to any armed conflict in this window (conflict records start in 1946).
An armed conflict here means at least 25 battle deaths in a year, with U.S. forces as a party or fighting for a government (UCDP's definition). Air strikes, raids, and advisory missions below that threshold aren't included. UN peacekeeping missions are excluded.
Legislative4 files−232
legislative/controlControl of Congress
26
27
Top: House · Bottom: Senate DemocraticRepublicanOther
26th Congress → 27th Congress · 1 new Congress elected
1 change of chamber control along the way
House: Democrat majority
113 D · 95 W
House: null majority
Senate: Democrat majority on both dates
29 D · 19 W → 16 D · 15 W
legislative/senateSenate
0 new members · 17 departed · 31 served on both dates · women 0 → 0 · median age 51 → 47
Who joined and who left (0 in · 17 out)
William Rufus de Vane King D
Alabama
William Savin Fulton D
Arkansas
Thomas Clayton W
Delaware
Wilson Lumpkin D
Georgia
John McCracken Robinson D
Illinois
John Jordan Crittenden W
Kentucky
Robert Carter Nicholas D
Louisiana
John Davis W
Massachusetts
John Ruggles D
Maine
John Norvell D
Michigan
Robert John Walker D
Mississippi
Henry Hubbard D
New Hampshire
Garret Dorset Wall D
New Jersey
Nehemiah Rice Knight W
Rhode Island
John Caldwell Calhoun D
South Carolina
Alexander Outlaw Anderson D
Tennessee
William Henry Roane D
Virginia
legislative/houseHouse
No data
0 new members · 215 departed · 0 served on both dates · women 0 → 0 · median age 44 → 0
29 state delegations changed
Show delegation changes
Alabama 3 D · 0 R · 2 other
Alabama 0 D · 0 R
Arkansas 1 D · 0 R
Arkansas 0 D · 0 R
Connecticut 0 D · 0 R · 6 other
Connecticut 0 D · 0 R
Delaware 1 D · 0 R
Delaware 0 D · 0 R
Florida 0 D · 0 R · 1 other
Florida 0 D · 0 R
Georgia 0 D · 0 R · 1 other
Georgia 0 D · 0 R
Iowa 1 D · 0 R
Iowa 0 D · 0 R
Illinois 2 D · 0 R · 1 other
Illinois 0 D · 0 R
Indiana 5 D · 0 R · 2 other
Indiana 0 D · 0 R
Kentucky 2 D · 0 R · 11 other
Kentucky 0 D · 0 R
Louisiana 1 D · 0 R · 3 other
Louisiana 0 D · 0 R
Massachusetts 2 D · 0 R · 10 other
Massachusetts 0 D · 0 R
Maryland 4 D · 0 R · 3 other
Maryland 0 D · 0 R
Maine 6 D · 0 R · 2 other
Maine 0 D · 0 R
Michigan 1 D · 0 R
Michigan 0 D · 0 R
Missouri 1 D · 0 R
Missouri 0 D · 0 R
Mississippi 1 D · 0 R
Mississippi 0 D · 0 R
North Carolina 8 D · 0 R · 5 other
North Carolina 0 D · 0 R
New Hampshire 1 D · 0 R
New Hampshire 0 D · 0 R
New Jersey 1 D · 0 R
New Jersey 0 D · 0 R
New York 15 D · 0 R · 18 other
New York 0 D · 0 R
Ohio 11 D · 0 R · 8 other
Ohio 0 D · 0 R
Pennsylvania 17 D · 0 R · 8 other
Pennsylvania 0 D · 0 R
Rhode Island 0 D · 0 R · 1 other
Rhode Island 0 D · 0 R
South Carolina 8 D · 0 R · 1 other
South Carolina 0 D · 0 R
Tennessee 6 D · 0 R · 7 other
Tennessee 0 D · 0 R
Virginia 12 D · 0 R · 9 other
Virginia 0 D · 0 R
Vermont 2 D · 0 R · 3 other
Vermont 0 D · 0 R
Wisconsin 1 D · 0 R
Wisconsin 0 D · 0 R
Who joined and who left (0 in · 215 out)
George Whitfield Crabb W
Alabama-3
James Dellet W
Alabama-5
Reuben Chapman D
Alabama-1
Dixon Hall Lewis D
Alabama-4
David Hubbard D
Alabama-2
Edward Cross D
Arkansas-1
William Lucius Storrs W
Connecticut-2
John Hall Brockway W
Connecticut-6
Thomas Burr Osborne W
Connecticut-4
Joseph Trumbull W
Connecticut-1
Thomas Wheeler Williams W
Connecticut-3
Truman Smith W
Connecticut-5
Thomas Robinson Jr. D
Delaware-AL
Charles Downing
Florida-AL
Hines Holt W
Georgia-AL
Augustus Caesar Dodge D
Iowa-AL
Zadok Casey D
Illinois-2
John Reynolds D
Illinois-1
John Todd Stuart W
Illinois-3
John Carr D
Indiana-3
Tilghman Ashurst Howard D
Indiana-7
James Rariden W
Indiana-5
George H. Proffit W
Indiana-1
John Wesley Davis D
Indiana-2
Thomas Smith D
Indiana-4
William Watson Wick D
Indiana-6
Simeon H. Anderson W
Kentucky-5
William Jordan Graves W
Kentucky-8
Richard Hawes W
Kentucky-10
Sherrod Williams W
Kentucky-4
Landaff Watson Andrews W
Kentucky-11
William Orlando Butler D
Kentucky-13
John Pope W
Kentucky-7
Philip Triplett W
Kentucky-2
Willis Green W
Kentucky-6
John White W
Kentucky-9
Joseph Rogers Underwood W
Kentucky-3
Linn Boyd D
Kentucky-1
Garrett Davis W
Kentucky-12
Thomas Withers Chinn W
Louisiana-2
Rice Garland W
Louisiana-3
Eleazar Wheelock Ripley D
Louisiana-AL
Edward Douglass White W
Louisiana-1
James Church Alvord W
Massachusetts-6
Abbott Lawrence W
Massachusetts-1
John Reed W
Massachusetts-11
George Nixon Briggs W
Massachusetts-7
William Barron Calhoun W
Massachusetts-8
Caleb Cushing W
Massachusetts-3
William Soden Hastings W
Massachusetts-9
Levi Lincoln W
Massachusetts-5
Leverett Saltonstall W
Massachusetts-2
William Parmenter D
Massachusetts-4
Henry Williams D
Massachusetts-10
John Quincy Adams W
Massachusetts-12
James Carroll D
Maryland-4
John Dennis W
Maryland-1
Daniel Jenifer W
Maryland-7
John Tolley Hood Worthington D
Maryland-3
William Cost Johnson W
Maryland-5
Francis Thomas D
Maryland-6
Phillip Francis Thomas D
Maryland-2
Hugh Johnston Anderson D
Maine-6
Thomas Davee D
Maine-8
Virgil Delphini Parris D
Maine-5
Albert Smith D
Maine-2
Nathan Clifford D
Maine-1
George Evans W
Maine-4
Joshua Adams Lowell D
Maine-7
Benjamin Randall W
Maine-3
Isaac Edwin Crary D
Michigan-1
Albert Galliton Harrison D
Missouri-AL
Jacob Thompson D
Mississippi-AL
Jesse Atherton Bynum D
North Carolina-2
Henry William Connor D
North Carolina-11
Charles Fisher D
North Carolina-10
Micajah Thomas Hawkins D
North Carolina-6
John Hill D
North Carolina-9
William Montgomery D
North Carolina-8
Charles Biddle Shepard D
North Carolina-4
Lewis Williams W
North Carolina-13
Kenneth Rayner W
North Carolina-1
James Graham W
North Carolina-12
James Iver McKay D
North Carolina-5
Edmund Deberry W
North Carolina-7
Edward Stanly W
North Carolina-3
Ira Allen Eastman D
New Hampshire-AL
William Raworth Cooper D
New Jersey-AL
Judson Allen D
New York-20
Anson Brown W
New York-11
Edward Curtis W
New York-3
James De La Montanya D
New York-2
Nehemiah Hezekiah Earll D
New York-23
John Ely D
New York-8
John Fine D
New York-14
Augustus Cincinnatus Hand D
New York-13
Thomas Birdsall Jackson D
New York-1
Charles Johnston W
New York-5
Nathaniel Jones D
New York-6
Gouverneur Kemble D
New York-4
Thomas Kempshall W
New York-28
Stephen Banks Leonard D
New York-22
Meredith Mallory D
New York-27
Richard Pratt Marvin W
New York-31
Charles F. Mitchell W
New York-33
Rufus Palen W
New York-7
Luther Christopher Peck W
New York-30
John Holmes Prentiss D
New York-19
David Abel Russell W
New York-12
Theron Rudd Strong D
New York-25
Peter Joseph Wagner W
New York-15
David P. Brewster D
New York-17
Thomas Cotton Chittenden W
New York-18
John Chamberlain Clark W
New York-21
Andrew Wheeler Doig D
New York-16
Seth Merrill Gates W
New York-29
Francis Granger W
New York-26
Hiram Paine Hunt W
New York-9
Christopher Morgan W
New York-24
Daniel Dewey Barnard W
New York-10
Millard Fillmore W
New York-32
John William Allen W
Ohio-15
William Key Bond W
Ohio-7
Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter D
Ohio-13
Henry Swearingen D
Ohio-19
Jonathan Taylor D
Ohio-12
William Doan D
Ohio-5
Patrick Gaines Goode W
Ohio-3
John Hastings D
Ohio-17
Samson Mason W
Ohio-10
William Medill D
Ohio-9
Calvary Morris W
Ohio-6
Jeremiah Morrow W
Ohio-4
Joseph Ridgway W
Ohio-8
George Sweeny D
Ohio-14
Alexander Duncan D
Ohio-1
Isaac Parrish D
Ohio-11
David Austin Starkweather D
Ohio-18
John B. Weller D
Ohio-2
Joshua Reed Giddings W
Ohio-16
William Beatty D
Pennsylvania-23
Richard Biddle AM
Pennsylvania-22
Edward Davies AM
Pennsylvania-4
John Davis D
Pennsylvania-6
John Galbraith D
Pennsylvania-25
Robert Hanna Hammond D
Pennsylvania-16
Isaac Leet D
Pennsylvania-21
Charles McClure D
Pennsylvania-13
George McCulloch D
Pennsylvania-14
Samuel Wells Morris D
Pennsylvania-17
Charles Naylor W
Pennsylvania-3
Lemuel Paynter D
Pennsylvania-1
David Petrikin D
Pennsylvania-15
David Douglas Wagener D
Pennsylvania-7
Joseph Fornance D
Pennsylvania-5
James Gerry D
Pennsylvania-11
Thomas Henry AM
Pennsylvania-24
Enos Hook D
Pennsylvania-20
George May Keim D
Pennsylvania-9
Albert Gallatin Marchand D
Pennsylvania-19
Peter Newhard D
Pennsylvania-8
Charles Ogle AM
Pennsylvania-18
John Sergeant W
Pennsylvania-2
William Simonton W
Pennsylvania-10
James Cooper W
Pennsylvania-12
Joseph Leonard Tillinghast W
Rhode Island-AL
John King Griffin D
South Carolina-9
Waddy Thompson Jr. W
South Carolina-6
Sampson Hale Butler D
South Carolina-4
Francis Wilkinson Pickens D
South Carolina-5
James Rogers D
South Carolina-7
Thomas De Lage Sumter D
South Carolina-8
John Campbell D
South Carolina-3
Isaac Edward Holmes D
South Carolina-1
Robert Barnwell Rhett D
South Carolina-2
William Blount Carter W
Tennessee-1
John Wesley Crockett W
Tennessee-12
Abraham McClellan D
Tennessee-2
Harvey Magee Watterson D
Tennessee-9
Joseph Lanier Williams W
Tennessee-3
Julius W. Blackwell D
Tennessee-4
Aaron Venable Brown D
Tennessee-10
Cave Johnson D
Tennessee-11
Hopkins Lacy Turney D
Tennessee-5
Meredith Poindexter Gentry W
Tennessee-8
Christopher Harris Williams W
Tennessee-13
John Bell W
Tennessee-7
William Bowen Campbell W
Tennessee-6
Andrew Beirne D
Virginia-19
Robert Craig D
Virginia-17
James Garland C
Virginia-12
John Hill W
Virginia-5
Joel Holleman D
Virginia-1
William Mason McCarty W
Virginia-14
Francis Everod Rives D
Virginia-2
Green Berry Samuels D
Virginia-16
Linn Banks D
Virginia-13
John Taliaferro W
Virginia-10
Walter Coles D
Virginia-6
John Winston Jones D
Virginia-3
William Lucas D
Virginia-15
Lewis Steenrod D
Virginia-21
Henry Alexander Wise W
Virginia-8
Joseph Johnson D
Virginia-20
John Minor Botts W
Virginia-11
George Coke Dromgoole D
Virginia-4
William Leftwich Goggin W
Virginia-7
George Washington Hopkins C
Virginia-18
Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter W
Virginia-9
Isaac Fletcher D
Vermont-5
John Smith D
Vermont-4
Horace Everett W
Vermont-3
Hiland Hall W
Vermont-1
William Slade W
Vermont-2
James Duane Doty D
Wisconsin-AL
legislative/lawsLaws enacted
Complete lists of public laws start with the 93rd Congress (Jan 3, 1973). Earlier years show notable and landmark acts only.
0 laws recorded · 0 landmark · 0 notable
No laws in this window are flagged as notable.
Judicial3 files+4
judicial/supreme-courtThe Supreme Court
Bench by appointing party: 7 D · 2 JR → 7 D · 2 JR · every justice ↗
9 justices served on both dates
Joseph Story JR
appointed by James Madison · 1811
Smith Thompson JR
appointed by James Monroe · 1823
John McLean D
appointed by Andrew Jackson · 1829
Henry Baldwin D
appointed by Andrew Jackson · 1830
James Moore Wayne D
appointed by Andrew Jackson · 1835
Roger Brooke Taney D
appointed by Andrew Jackson · 1836
John Catron D
appointed by Andrew Jackson · 1837
John McKinley D
appointed by Martin Van Buren · 1837
Peter Vivian Daniel D
appointed by Martin Van Buren · 1841
judicial/lower-courtsAppeals & district courts
Courts of appeals (active judges): →
District courts (active judges): 21 D · 10 JR · 2 F · 2 N( → 19 D · 10 JR · 2 F · 2 N(
D and R describe the party of the appointing president, not the judge. Active service ends when a judge takes senior status.
judicial/rulingsSupreme Court decisions
4 argued decisions · 1 landmark
United States v. The of the Schooner Amistad
40 U.S. 518 · Mar 9, 1841 · Decided 8–0 · Civil Rights · Affirmed in part, reversed in part
Landmark means the Court overruled precedent, struck down a federal law, or the case is on a curated landmark list.
Fiscal2 files±0
fiscal/budgetThe federal budget
Fiscal year undefined → fiscal year undefined · inflation-adjusted with the GDP price index
fiscal/debtTotal public debt outstanding
$5M
as of Jan 1, 1841
$5M
as of Jan 1, 1841
Constitution & Union1 file±0
constitution/amendmentsAmendments & statehood
12 → 12 amendments in force · 26 → 26 states
No amendments ratified and no states admitted. The last amendment was the 27th, in 1992.
Reverts1 file±0
revert/undoneWhat was undone
No executive orders revoked, no rules struck down by Congress, and no precedents overruled in this window (executive-order records begin in 1994).
Log1 file±0
logEverything in between
2 events
- presidentWilliam Henry Harrison takes office
- rulingUnited States v. The of the Schooner Amistad