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The United States on February 26, 1843

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President
Tyler
John Tyler W · since Apr 4, 1841
Senate
29 W · 22 D
51 senators · 27th Congress
House
123 W · 85 D
210 representatives
Supreme Court
7 D · 2 JR
9 justices by appointing party
Union
26 states
12 amendments in force
Public debt
$20M
as of Jan 1, 1843
1843-02-26/executiveThe administration
President John Tyler W
since Apr 4, 1841
Vice President vacant
Secretary of State Daniel Webster W
since Mar 6, 1841
Secretary of the Treasury Walter Forward DR
since Sep 13, 1841
Attorney General Hugh S. Legaré D
since Sep 13, 1841
Secretary of the Navy Abel P. Upshur W
since Oct 11, 1841
Secretary of War John C. Spencer W
since Oct 12, 1841
1843-02-26/congress27th Congress
Senate · 29 W · 22 D
William Rufus de Vane King (Democrat, AL)Arthur Pendleton Bagby (Democrat, AL)Ambrose Hundley Sevier (Democrat, AR)William Savin Fulton (Democrat, AR)Perry Smith (Democrat, CT)Alfred Cuthbert (Democrat, GA)Richard Montgomery Young (Democrat, IL)Samuel McRoberts (Democrat, IL)Reuel Williams (Democrat, ME)Lewis Fields Linn (Democrat, MO)Thomas Hart Benton (Democrat, MO)Robert John Walker (Democrat, MS)Leonard Wilcox (Democrat, NH)Levi Woodbury (Democrat, NH)Silas Wright Jr. (Democrat, NY)William Allen (Democrat, OH)Benjamin Tappan (Democrat, OH)James Buchanan (Democrat, PA)Daniel Sturgeon (Democrat, PA)George McDuffie (Democrat, SC)John Caldwell Calhoun (Democrat, SC)Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (Democrat, TN)Jabez Williams Huntington (Whig, CT)Richard Henry Bayard (Whig, DE)Thomas Clayton (Whig, DE)John Macpherson Berrien (Whig, GA)Oliver Hampton Smith (Whig, IN)Albert Smith White (Whig, IN)John Jordan Crittenden (Whig, KY)James Turner Morehead (Whig, KY)Charles Magill Conrad (Whig, LA)Alexander Barrow (Whig, LA)Rufus Choate (Whig, MA)Isaac Chapman Bates (Whig, MA)William Duhurst Merrick (Whig, MD)John Leeds Kerr (Whig, MD)George Evans (Whig, ME)Augustus Seymour Porter (Whig, MI)William Woodbridge (Whig, MI)John Henderson (Whig, MS)William Alexander Graham (Whig, NC)Willie Person Mangum (Whig, NC)Jacob Welsh Miller (Whig, NJ)William Lewis Dayton (Whig, NJ)Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (Whig, NY)William Sprague (Whig, RI)James Fowler Simmons (Whig, RI)William Cabell Rives (Whig, VA)William Segar Archer (Whig, VA)Samuel Chandler Crafts (Whig, VT)Samuel Shethar Phelps (Whig, VT)
House · 123 W · 85 D · 1 ID · 1 I
Benjamin Glover Shields (Democrat, AL-AL)Edward Cross (Democrat, AR-1)David Levy Yulee (Democrat, FL-AL)Augustus Caesar Dodge (Democrat, IA-AL)John Reynolds (Democrat, IL-1)Andrew Kennedy (Democrat, IN-5)William Orlando Butler (Democrat, KY-13)Linn Boyd (Democrat, KY-1)John Bennett Dawson (Democrat, LA-2)William Parmenter (Democrat, MA-4)John Thomson Mason (Democrat, MD-6)Charles S. Sewall (Democrat, MD-3)Nathan Clifford (Democrat, ME-1)Joshua Adams Lowell (Democrat, ME-7)Alfred Marshall (Democrat, ME-6)Nathaniel Swett Littlefield (Democrat, ME-5)John Cummins Edwards (Democrat, MO-AL)Jacob Thompson (Democrat, MS-AL)Greene Washington Caldwell (Democrat, NC-11)Archibald Hunter Arrington (Democrat, NC-6)Romulus Mitchell Saunders (Democrat, NC-8)James Iver McKay (Democrat, NC-5)John Reeves Jones Daniel (Democrat, NC-2)Ira Allen Eastman (Democrat, NH-AL)Samuel Smith Bowne (Democrat, NY-19)David P. Brewster (Democrat, NY-17)Andrew Wheeler Doig (Democrat, NY-16)Joseph Egbert (Democrat, NY-2)Charles Goadsby Ferris (Democrat, NY-3)Charles Albert Floyd (Democrat, NY-1)Jacob Houck Jr. (Democrat, NY-8)William Morrison Oliver (Democrat, NY-27)Samuel Partridge (Democrat, NY-22)John Sanford (Democrat, NY-15)John Van Buren (Democrat, NY-7)Aaron Ward (Democrat, NY-4)James Graham Clinton (Democrat, NY-6)Richard David Davis (Democrat, NY-5)Samuel Gordon (Democrat, NY-20)William Doan (Democrat, OH-5)John Hastings (Democrat, OH-17)William Medill (Democrat, OH-9)George Sweeny (Democrat, OH-14)Ezra Dean (Democrat, OH-18)James Mathews (Democrat, OH-13)John B. Weller (Democrat, OH-2)Henry White Beeson (Democrat, PA-20)Davis Dimock Jr. (Democrat, PA-17)Joseph Fornance (Democrat, PA-5)James Gerry (Democrat, PA-11)Amos Gustine (Democrat, PA-13)William Jack (Democrat, PA-23)George May Keim (Democrat, PA-9)Albert Gallatin Marchand (Democrat, PA-19)Peter Newhard (Democrat, PA-8)Arnold Plumer (Democrat, PA-25)John Snyder (Democrat, PA-16)John Westbrook (Democrat, PA-7)Benjamin Alden Bidlack (Democrat, PA-15)Charles Brown (Democrat, PA-1)Charles Jared Ingersoll (Democrat, PA-3)Sampson Hale Butler (Democrat, SC-4)Patrick Calhoun Caldwell (Democrat, SC-9)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)Aaron Venable Brown (Democrat, TN-10)Cave Johnson (Democrat, TN-11)Hopkins Lacy Turney (Democrat, TN-5)Linn Banks (Democrat, VA-13)George Booth Cary (Democrat, VA-2)William Alexander Harris (Democrat, VA-16)Samuel Lewis Hays (Democrat, VA-20)Walter Coles (Democrat, VA-6)John Winston Jones (Democrat, VA-3)Lewis Steenrod (Democrat, VA-21)Edmund Wilcox Hubard (Democrat, VA-5)George Washington Hopkins (Democrat, VA-18)William Osborne Goode (Democrat, VA-4)Henry Dodge (Democrat, WI-AL)Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (Independent, VA-9)Zadok Casey (Ind. Democrat, IL-2)William Whiting Boardman (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)George Brydges Rodney (Whig, DE-AL)Julius Caesar Alford (Whig, GA-AL)John Todd Stuart (Whig, IL-3)James Harrison Cravens (Whig, IN-4)George H. Proffit (Whig, IN-1)David Wallace (Whig, IN-6)Joseph Livingston White (Whig, IN-3)Richard Wigginton Thompson (Whig, IN-2)Henry Smith Lane (Whig, IN-7)Landaff Watson Andrews (Whig, KY-11)Thomas Francis Marshall (Whig, KY-10)Bryan Young Owsley (Whig, KY-4)John Pope (Whig, KY-7)James Cresap Sprigg (Whig, KY-8)Philip Triplett (Whig, KY-2)Willis Green (Whig, KY-6)John White (Whig, KY-9)Joseph Rogers Underwood (Whig, KY-3)John Burton Thompson (Whig, KY-5)Garrett Davis (Whig, KY-12)Edward Douglass White (Whig, LA-1)John Moore (Whig, LA-3)Nathan Appleton (Whig, MA-1)Nathaniel Briggs Borden (Whig, MA-10)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)Osmyn Baker (Whig, MA-6)Barker Burnell (Whig, MA-11)John Quincy Adams (Whig, MA-12)William Cost Johnson (Whig, MD-5)Isaac Dashiell Jones (Whig, MD-1)Alexander Randall (Whig, MD-4)Augustus Rhodes Sollers (Whig, MD-7)James Alfred Pearce (Whig, MD-2)Elisha Hunt Allen (Whig, ME-8)David Bronson (Whig, ME-4)Benjamin Randall (Whig, ME-3)William Pitt Fessenden (Whig, ME-2)Jacob Merritt Howard (Whig, MI-1)Anderson Mitchell (Whig, NC-13)Abraham Rencher (Whig, NC-10)William Henry Washington (Whig, NC-4)Kenneth Rayner (Whig, NC-1)James Graham (Whig, NC-12)Edmund Deberry (Whig, NC-7)Augustine Henry Shepperd (Whig, NC-9)Edward Stanly (Whig, NC-3)John Bancker Aycrigg (Whig, NJ-AL)Alfred Babcock (Whig, NY-33)Victory Birdseye (Whig, NY-23)Bernard Blair (Whig, NY-12)Timothy Childs (Whig, NY-28)Thomas Cotton Chittenden (Whig, NY-18)John Chamberlain Clark (Whig, NY-21)Staley Nichols Clarke (Whig, NY-31)Seth Merrill Gates (Whig, NY-29)Francis Granger (Whig, NY-26)Hiram Paine Hunt (Whig, NY-9)Archibald Ladley Linn (Whig, NY-11)John Maynard (Whig, NY-25)Christopher Morgan (Whig, NY-24)Thomas Ash Tomlinson (Whig, NY-13)Henry Bell Van Rensselaer (Whig, NY-14)John Young (Whig, NY-30)Daniel Dewey Barnard (Whig, NY-10)Millard Fillmore (Whig, NY-32)Sherlock James Andrews (Whig, OH-15)Benjamin Sprague Cowen (Whig, OH-11)Patrick Gaines Goode (Whig, OH-3)Samson Mason (Whig, OH-10)Joshua Mathiot (Whig, OH-12)Calvary Morris (Whig, OH-6)Jeremiah Morrow (Whig, OH-4)Nathanael Greene Pendleton (Whig, OH-1)Joseph Ridgway (Whig, OH-8)William Russell (Whig, OH-7)Samuel Stokely (Whig, OH-19)Joshua Reed Giddings (Whig, OH-16)Henry Black (Whig, PA-18)John Edwards (Whig, PA-4)Thomas Henry (Whig, PA-24)William Wallace Irwin (Whig, PA-22)Joseph Lawrence (Whig, PA-21)Robert Ramsey (Whig, PA-6)John Sergeant (Whig, PA-2)William Simonton (Whig, PA-10)James Irvin (Whig, PA-14)James Cooper (Whig, PA-12)Joseph Leonard Tillinghast (Whig, RI-AL)William Butler (Whig, SC-6)Thomas Dickens Arnold (Whig, TN-1)Thomas Jefferson Campbell (Whig, TN-4)Robert Looney Caruthers (Whig, TN-7)Joseph Lanier Williams (Whig, TN-3)Milton Brown (Whig, TN-12)Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Whig, TN-8)Christopher Harris Williams (Whig, TN-13)William Bowen Campbell (Whig, TN-6)Richard Walker Barton (Whig, VA-15)Francis Mallory (Whig, VA-1)Cuthbert Powell (Whig, VA-14)Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart (Whig, VA-17)John Taliaferro (Whig, VA-10)Thomas Walker Gilmer (Whig, VA-12)George William Summers (Whig, VA-19)Henry Alexander Wise (Whig, VA-8)John Minor Botts (Whig, VA-11)William Leftwich Goggin (Whig, VA-7)Horace Everett (Whig, VT-3)Hiland Hall (Whig, VT-1)John Mattocks (Whig, VT-5)William Slade (Whig, VT-2)Augustus Young (Whig, VT-4)
1843-02-26/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
1843-02-26/weekWithin a week · Feb 19, 1843 – Mar 5, 1843
Ruling Bronson v. Kinzie
Feb 23, 1843 · 42 U.S. 311
Ruling Morris v. Nixon
Feb 25, 1843 · 42 U.S. 118
Ruling Bowman v. Athanasius Wathen
Feb 27, 1843 · 42 U.S. 189
Ruling McKnight v. Taylor
Feb 28, 1843 · 42 U.S. 161
Ruling Connor v. Bradley
Mar 1, 1843 · 42 U.S. 211

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.