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The United States on March 9, 1843

Who held every office, how Congress and the Court were made up, and what happened within a week. Diff this day against today →

President
Tyler
John Tyler W · since Apr 4, 1841
Senate
23 W · 10 D
33 senators · 28th Congress
House
—
0 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
1843-03-09/executiveThe administration
President John Tyler W
since Apr 4, 1841
Vice President vacant
Secretary of State Daniel Webster W
since Mar 6, 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 James Madison Porter W
since Mar 8, 1843
Secretary of the Treasury John C. Spencer W
since Mar 8, 1843
1843-03-09/congress28th Congress
Senate · 23 W · 10 D
William Rufus de Vane King (Democrat, AL)William Savin Fulton (Democrat, AR)Samuel McRoberts (Democrat, IL)Reuel Williams (Democrat, ME)Thomas Hart Benton (Democrat, MO)Robert John Walker (Democrat, MS)Levi Woodbury (Democrat, NH)Benjamin Tappan (Democrat, OH)Daniel Sturgeon (Democrat, PA)John Caldwell Calhoun (Democrat, SC)Jabez Williams Huntington (Whig, CT)Richard Henry Bayard (Whig, DE)Thomas Clayton (Whig, DE)John Macpherson Berrien (Whig, GA)Albert Smith White (Whig, IN)James Turner Morehead (Whig, KY)Alexander Barrow (Whig, LA)Rufus Choate (Whig, MA)Isaac Chapman Bates (Whig, MA)William Duhurst Merrick (Whig, MD)George Evans (Whig, ME)Augustus Seymour Porter (Whig, MI)William Woodbridge (Whig, MI)John Henderson (Whig, MS)Willie Person Mangum (Whig, NC)Jacob Welsh Miller (Whig, NJ)William Lewis Dayton (Whig, NJ)Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (Whig, NY)James Fowler Simmons (Whig, RI)William Sprague (Whig, RI)William Cabell Rives (Whig, VA)William Segar Archer (Whig, VA)Samuel Shethar Phelps (Whig, VT)
House ·
1843-03-09/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
1843-03-09/weekWithin a week · Mar 2, 1843 – Mar 16, 1843
Ruling Bell v. Matthias Bruen
Mar 7, 1843 · 42 U.S. 169
Ruling Minor v. Shubal Tillotson
Mar 8, 1843 · 42 U.S. 287
Ruling Lessee of Sarah I. Jewell v. Jewell
Mar 9, 1843 · 42 U.S. 219
Ruling McKenna v. Fisk
Mar 9, 1843 · 42 U.S. 241
Ruling United States v. Gabriel F. Irving
Mar 10, 1843 · 42 U.S. 250
Ruling Taylor v. Savage
Mar 10, 1843 · 42 U.S. 282
Ruling Todd v. Otis Daniell
Mar 10, 1843 · 42 U.S. 289
Ruling The President v. Beverly
Mar 13, 1843 · 42 U.S. 134
Ruling The President and Directors of the Bank of the Metropolis v. The President
Mar 13, 1843 · 42 U.S. 234
Ruling Williams v. United States
Mar 13, 1843 · 42 U.S. 290
Ruling Duncan v. Darst
Mar 14, 1843 · 42 U.S. 301

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.