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18 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 242 deletions(−)
Laws enacted
0
major laws · full counts from 1973
Executive orders
—
records start in 1994
Final rules
—
records start in 1994
Supreme Court
0 of 9
seats changed hands
Agencies
+0 −0
departments & 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
executive/ordersExecutive orders
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
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
Mar 4, 1841 · 29 D · 19 W
William Rufus de Vane King (Democrat, AL)Clement Comer Clay (Democrat, AL)William Savin Fulton (Democrat, AR)Ambrose Hundley Sevier (Democrat, AR)Perry Smith (Democrat, CT)Wilson Lumpkin (Democrat, GA)Alfred Cuthbert (Democrat, GA)John McCracken Robinson (Democrat, IL)Richard Montgomery Young (Democrat, IL)Robert Carter Nicholas (Democrat, LA)Alexander Mouton (Democrat, LA)John Ruggles (Democrat, ME)Reuel Williams (Democrat, ME)John Norvell (Democrat, MI)Lewis Fields Linn (Democrat, MO)Thomas Hart Benton (Democrat, MO)Robert John Walker (Democrat, MS)Henry Hubbard (Democrat, NH)Franklin Pierce (Democrat, NH)Garret Dorset Wall (Democrat, NJ)Silas Wright Jr. (Democrat, NY)William Allen (Democrat, OH)Benjamin Tappan (Democrat, OH)James Buchanan (Democrat, PA)Daniel Sturgeon (Democrat, PA)John Caldwell Calhoun (Democrat, SC)Alexander Outlaw Anderson (Democrat, TN)Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (Democrat, TN)William Henry Roane (Democrat, VA)Jabez Williams Huntington (Whig, CT)Thomas Clayton (Whig, DE)Oliver Hampton Smith (Whig, IN)Albert Smith White (Whig, IN)John Jordan Crittenden (Whig, KY)Henry Clay (Whig, KY)John Davis (Whig, MA)William Duhurst Merrick (Whig, MD)Augustus Seymour Porter (Whig, MI)John Henderson (Whig, MS)Willie Person Mangum (Whig, NC)William Alexander Graham (Whig, NC)Samuel Lewis Southard (Whig, NJ)Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (Whig, NY)Nehemiah Rice Knight (Whig, RI)Nathan Fellows Dixon (Whig, RI)William Campbell Preston (Whig, SC)Samuel Prentiss (Whig, VT)Samuel Shethar Phelps (Whig, VT)
Apr 3, 1841 · 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)
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)
Thomas Clayton W
Delaware
John Davis W
Massachusetts
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
Mar 4, 1841 · 113 D · 95 W · 4 AM · 2 C · 1 U
Reuben Chapman (Democrat, AL-1)Dixon Hall Lewis (Democrat, AL-4)David Hubbard (Democrat, AL-2)Edward Cross (Democrat, AR-1)Thomas Robinson Jr. (Democrat, DE-AL)Augustus Caesar Dodge (Democrat, IA-AL)Zadok Casey (Democrat, IL-2)John Reynolds (Democrat, IL-1)John Carr (Democrat, IN-3)Tilghman Ashurst Howard (Democrat, IN-7)John Wesley Davis (Democrat, IN-2)Thomas Smith (Democrat, IN-4)William Watson Wick (Democrat, IN-6)William Orlando Butler (Democrat, KY-13)Linn Boyd (Democrat, KY-1)Eleazar Wheelock Ripley (Democrat, LA-AL)William Parmenter (Democrat, MA-4)Henry Williams (Democrat, MA-10)James Carroll (Democrat, MD-4)John Tolley Hood Worthington (Democrat, MD-3)Francis Thomas (Democrat, MD-6)Phillip Francis Thomas (Democrat, MD-2)Hugh Johnston Anderson (Democrat, ME-6)Thomas Davee (Democrat, ME-8)Virgil Delphini Parris (Democrat, ME-5)Albert Smith (Democrat, ME-2)Nathan Clifford (Democrat, ME-1)Joshua Adams Lowell (Democrat, ME-7)Isaac Edwin Crary (Democrat, MI-1)Albert Galliton Harrison (Democrat, MO-AL)Jacob Thompson (Democrat, MS-AL)Jesse Atherton Bynum (Democrat, NC-2)Henry William Connor (Democrat, NC-11)Charles Fisher (Democrat, NC-10)Micajah Thomas Hawkins (Democrat, NC-6)John Hill (Democrat, NC-9)William Montgomery (Democrat, NC-8)Charles Biddle Shepard (Democrat, NC-4)James Iver McKay (Democrat, NC-5)Ira Allen Eastman (Democrat, NH-AL)William Raworth Cooper (Democrat, NJ-AL)Judson Allen (Democrat, NY-20)James De La Montanya (Democrat, NY-2)Nehemiah Hezekiah Earll (Democrat, NY-23)John Ely (Democrat, NY-8)John Fine (Democrat, NY-14)Augustus Cincinnatus Hand (Democrat, NY-13)Thomas Birdsall Jackson (Democrat, NY-1)Nathaniel Jones (Democrat, NY-6)Gouverneur Kemble (Democrat, NY-4)Stephen Banks Leonard (Democrat, NY-22)Meredith Mallory (Democrat, NY-27)John Holmes Prentiss (Democrat, NY-19)Theron Rudd Strong (Democrat, NY-25)David P. Brewster (Democrat, NY-17)Andrew Wheeler Doig (Democrat, NY-16)Daniel Parkhurst Leadbetter (Democrat, OH-13)Henry Swearingen (Democrat, OH-19)Jonathan Taylor (Democrat, OH-12)William Doan (Democrat, OH-5)John Hastings (Democrat, OH-17)William Medill (Democrat, OH-9)George Sweeny (Democrat, OH-14)Alexander Duncan (Democrat, OH-1)Isaac Parrish (Democrat, OH-11)David Austin Starkweather (Democrat, OH-18)John B. Weller (Democrat, OH-2)William Beatty (Democrat, PA-23)John Davis (Democrat, PA-6)John Galbraith (Democrat, PA-25)Robert Hanna Hammond (Democrat, PA-16)Isaac Leet (Democrat, PA-21)Charles McClure (Democrat, PA-13)George McCulloch (Democrat, PA-14)Samuel Wells Morris (Democrat, PA-17)Lemuel Paynter (Democrat, PA-1)David Petrikin (Democrat, PA-15)David Douglas Wagener (Democrat, PA-7)Joseph Fornance (Democrat, PA-5)James Gerry (Democrat, PA-11)Enos Hook (Democrat, PA-20)George May Keim (Democrat, PA-9)Albert Gallatin Marchand (Democrat, PA-19)Peter Newhard (Democrat, PA-8)John King Griffin (Democrat, SC-9)Sampson Hale Butler (Democrat, SC-4)Francis Wilkinson Pickens (Democrat, SC-5)James Rogers (Democrat, SC-7)Thomas De Lage Sumter (Democrat, SC-8)John Campbell (Democrat, SC-3)Isaac Edward Holmes (Democrat, SC-1)Robert Barnwell Rhett (Democrat, SC-2)Abraham McClellan (Democrat, TN-2)Harvey Magee Watterson (Democrat, TN-9)Julius W. Blackwell (Democrat, TN-4)Aaron Venable Brown (Democrat, TN-10)Cave Johnson (Democrat, TN-11)Hopkins Lacy Turney (Democrat, TN-5)Andrew Beirne (Democrat, VA-19)Robert Craig (Democrat, VA-17)Joel Holleman (Democrat, VA-1)Francis Everod Rives (Democrat, VA-2)Green Berry Samuels (Democrat, VA-16)Linn Banks (Democrat, VA-13)Walter Coles (Democrat, VA-6)John Winston Jones (Democrat, VA-3)William Lucas (Democrat, VA-15)Lewis Steenrod (Democrat, VA-21)Joseph Johnson (Democrat, VA-20)George Coke Dromgoole (Democrat, VA-4)Isaac Fletcher (Democrat, VT-5)John Smith (Democrat, VT-4)James Duane Doty (Democrat, WI-AL)Charles Downing (?, FL-AL)Richard Biddle (Anti Masonic, PA-22)Edward Davies (Anti Masonic, PA-4)Thomas Henry (Anti Masonic, PA-24)Charles Ogle (Anti Masonic, PA-18)James Garland (Conservative, VA-12)George Washington Hopkins (Conservative, VA-18)George Whitfield Crabb (Whig, AL-3)James Dellet (Whig, AL-5)William Lucius Storrs (Whig, CT-2)John Hall Brockway (Whig, CT-6)Thomas Burr Osborne (Whig, CT-4)Joseph Trumbull (Whig, CT-1)Thomas Wheeler Williams (Whig, CT-3)Truman Smith (Whig, CT-5)Hines Holt (Whig, GA-AL)John Todd Stuart (Whig, IL-3)James Rariden (Whig, IN-5)George H. Proffit (Whig, IN-1)Simeon H. Anderson (Whig, KY-5)William Jordan Graves (Whig, KY-8)Richard Hawes (Whig, KY-10)Sherrod Williams (Whig, KY-4)Landaff Watson Andrews (Whig, KY-11)John Pope (Whig, KY-7)Philip Triplett (Whig, KY-2)Willis Green (Whig, KY-6)John White (Whig, KY-9)Joseph Rogers Underwood (Whig, KY-3)Garrett Davis (Whig, KY-12)Thomas Withers Chinn (Whig, LA-2)Rice Garland (Whig, LA-3)Edward Douglass White (Whig, LA-1)James Church Alvord (Whig, MA-6)Abbott Lawrence (Whig, MA-1)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)Leverett Saltonstall (Whig, MA-2)John Quincy Adams (Whig, MA-12)John Dennis (Whig, MD-1)Daniel Jenifer (Whig, MD-7)William Cost Johnson (Whig, MD-5)George Evans (Whig, ME-4)Benjamin Randall (Whig, ME-3)Lewis Williams (Whig, NC-13)Kenneth Rayner (Whig, NC-1)James Graham (Whig, NC-12)Edmund Deberry (Whig, NC-7)Edward Stanly (Whig, NC-3)Anson Brown (Whig, NY-11)Edward Curtis (Whig, NY-3)Charles Johnston (Whig, NY-5)Thomas Kempshall (Whig, NY-28)Richard Pratt Marvin (Whig, NY-31)Charles F. Mitchell (Whig, NY-33)Rufus Palen (Whig, NY-7)Luther Christopher Peck (Whig, NY-30)David Abel Russell (Whig, NY-12)Peter Joseph Wagner (Whig, NY-15)Thomas Cotton Chittenden (Whig, NY-18)John Chamberlain Clark (Whig, NY-21)Seth Merrill Gates (Whig, NY-29)Francis Granger (Whig, NY-26)Hiram Paine Hunt (Whig, NY-9)Christopher Morgan (Whig, NY-24)Daniel Dewey Barnard (Whig, NY-10)Millard Fillmore (Whig, NY-32)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)Jeremiah Morrow (Whig, OH-4)Joseph Ridgway (Whig, OH-8)Joshua Reed Giddings (Whig, OH-16)Charles Naylor (Whig, PA-3)John Sergeant (Whig, PA-2)William Simonton (Whig, PA-10)James Cooper (Whig, PA-12)Joseph Leonard Tillinghast (Whig, RI-AL)Waddy Thompson Jr. (Whig, SC-6)William Blount Carter (Whig, TN-1)John Wesley Crockett (Whig, TN-12)Joseph Lanier Williams (Whig, TN-3)Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Whig, TN-8)Christopher Harris Williams (Whig, TN-13)John Bell (Whig, TN-7)William Bowen Campbell (Whig, TN-6)John Hill (Whig, VA-5)William Mason McCarty (Whig, VA-14)John Taliaferro (Whig, VA-10)Henry Alexander Wise (Whig, VA-8)John Minor Botts (Whig, VA-11)William Leftwich Goggin (Whig, VA-7)Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (Whig, VA-9)Horace Everett (Whig, VT-3)Hiland Hall (Whig, VT-1)William Slade (Whig, VT-2)
Apr 3, 1841 ·
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)
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
Truman Smith W
Connecticut-5
Thomas Robinson Jr. D
Delaware-AL
Charles Downing
Florida-AL
Hines Holt W
Georgia-AL
Zadok Casey D
Illinois-2
John Reynolds D
Illinois-1
John Todd Stuart W
Illinois-3
John Carr D
Indiana-3
James Rariden W
Indiana-5
Thomas Smith D
Indiana-4
Simeon H. Anderson W
Kentucky-5
Richard Hawes W
Kentucky-10
Sherrod Williams W
Kentucky-4
John Pope W
Kentucky-7
Philip Triplett W
Kentucky-2
Willis Green W
Kentucky-6
John White W
Kentucky-9
Linn Boyd D
Kentucky-1
Garrett Davis W
Kentucky-12
Rice Garland W
Louisiana-3
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
Francis Thomas D
Maryland-6
Thomas Davee D
Maine-8
Albert Smith D
Maine-2
George Evans W
Maine-4
Isaac Edwin Crary D
Michigan-1
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
John Ely D
New York-8
John Fine D
New York-14
Charles Johnston W
New York-5
Nathaniel Jones D
New York-6
Gouverneur Kemble D
New York-4
Thomas Kempshall W
New York-28
Meredith Mallory D
New York-27
Charles F. Mitchell W
New York-33
Rufus Palen W
New York-7
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
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
Millard Fillmore W
New York-32
William Doan D
Ohio-5
John Hastings D
Ohio-17
Samson Mason W
Ohio-10
George Sweeny D
Ohio-14
Isaac Parrish D
Ohio-11
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
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
John Wesley Crockett W
Tennessee-12
Abraham McClellan D
Tennessee-2
Julius W. Blackwell D
Tennessee-4
Aaron Venable Brown D
Tennessee-10
Cave Johnson D
Tennessee-11
Hopkins Lacy Turney D
Tennessee-5
John Bell W
Tennessee-7
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
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
Joseph Johnson D
Virginia-20
John Minor Botts W
Virginia-11
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
William Henry Harrison takes office · 1841-03-04United States v. The of the Schooner Amistad · 1841-03-09
  1. presidentWilliam Henry Harrison takes office
  2. rulingUnited States v. The of the Schooner Amistad