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The United States on March 5, 1844

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

28 W · 23 D

52 senators · 28th Congress

House

133 D · 72 W

209 representatives

Supreme Court

7 D · 1 JR

8 justices by appointing party

Union

26 states

12 amendments in force

Public debt

$33M

as of Jul 1, 1843

1844-03-05/executiveThe administration

President John Tyler W

since Apr 4, 1841

Vice President vacant

Secretary of the Treasury John C. Spencer W

since Mar 8, 1843

Attorney General John Nelson W

since Jul 1, 1843

Secretary of the Navy John Y. Mason D

since Jan 1, 1844

Secretary of State John Nelson W (acting)

since Feb 29, 1844

1844-03-05/congress28th Congress

Senate · 28 W · 23 D · 1 LaO

House · 133 D · 72 W · 2 LaO · 1 ID · 1 IW

1844-03-05/supreme-courtThe bench

Joseph Story JR

Associate Justice · appointed by James Madison · since Nov 18, 1811

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

1844-03-05/weekWithin a week · Feb 27, 1844 – Mar 12, 1844

Ruling Francois Fenelon Vidal v. The Mayor

Feb 27, 1844 · 43 U.S. 127

Ruling Chapman v. Forsyth

Feb 27, 1844 · 43 U.S. 202

Ruling Griffin v. Thompson

Feb 28, 1844 · 43 U.S. 244

Ruling Buckhannan v. Tinnin

Feb 28, 1844 · 43 U.S. 258

Ruling Dromgoole v. The Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of Mississippi

Mar 1, 1844 · 43 U.S. 241

Ruling Murphy v. Angus Stewart

Mar 1, 1844 · 43 U.S. 263

Ruling Randel v. Brown

Mar 4, 1844 · 43 U.S. 406

Ruling Peter Harmony of the Brig Malek Adhel v. United States

Mar 6, 1844 · 43 U.S. 210

Ruling Rhett v. Poe

Mar 6, 1844 · 43 U.S. 457

Ruling Ex parte in the Matter of Charles F. Sibbald v. United States

Mar 8, 1844 · 43 U.S. 455

Ruling McCracken v. Hayward

Mar 9, 1844 · 43 U.S. 608

Ruling Hanson v. Lessee of John H. Eustace

Mar 9, 1844 · 43 U.S. 653

Ruling The Bank of the United States v. United States

Mar 9, 1844 · 43 U.S. 711

Ruling Lucius W. Stockton and Daniel Moore v. Harriet Bishop

Mar 12, 1844 · 43 U.S. 74

Ruling Brockett v. Brockett

Mar 12, 1844 · 43 U.S. 238

Ruling Taylor v. Savage

Mar 12, 1844 · 43 U.S. 395

Ruling Burwell v. Cawood

Mar 12, 1844 · 43 U.S. 560

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.