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The United States on March 10, 1845

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

President
Polk
James Knox Polk D · since Mar 4, 1845
Senate
20 D · 16 W
36 senators · 29th Congress
House
—
0 representatives
Supreme Court
6 D · 1 JR · 1 W
8 justices by appointing party
Union
27 states
12 amendments in force
Public debt
$23M
as of Jul 1, 1844
1845-03-10/executiveThe administration
President James Knox Polk D
since Mar 4, 1845
Vice President George Mifflin Dallas D
Attorney General John Y. Mason D
since Mar 5, 1845
Postmaster General Cave Johnson D
since Mar 6, 1845
Secretary of War William L. Marcy D
since Mar 6, 1845
Secretary of the Treasury Robert J. Walker D
since Mar 8, 1845
Secretary of State James Buchanan D
since Mar 10, 1845
1845-03-10/congress29th Congress
Senate · 20 D · 16 W
Arthur Pendleton Bagby (Democrat, AL)Dixon Hall Lewis (Democrat, AL)Ambrose Hundley Sevier (Democrat, AR)Chester Ashley (Democrat, AR)John Milton Niles (Democrat, CT)Walter Terry Colquitt (Democrat, GA)James Semple (Democrat, IL)Sidney Breese (Democrat, IL)Edward Allen Hannegan (Democrat, IN)David Rice Atchison (Democrat, MO)Robert John Walker (Democrat, MS)William Henry Haywood Jr. (Democrat, NC)Levi Woodbury (Democrat, NH)Charles Gordon Atherton (Democrat, NH)Henry Allen Foster (Democrat, NY)Daniel Stevens Dickinson (Democrat, NY)William Allen (Democrat, OH)James Buchanan (Democrat, PA)Daniel Elliott Huger (Democrat, SC)George McDuffie (Democrat, SC)Thomas Clayton (Whig, DE)John Macpherson Berrien (Whig, GA)James Turner Morehead (Whig, KY)John Jordan Crittenden (Whig, KY)Alexander Barrow (Whig, LA)Henry Johnson (Whig, LA)Isaac Chapman Bates (Whig, MA)James Alfred Pearce (Whig, MD)George Evans (Whig, ME)William Woodbridge (Whig, MI)Willie Person Mangum (Whig, NC)Jacob Welsh Miller (Whig, NJ)James Fowler Simmons (Whig, RI)Spencer Jarnagin (Whig, TN)William Segar Archer (Whig, VA)William Upham (Whig, VT)
House ·
1845-03-10/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
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
Samuel Nelson W
Associate Justice · appointed by John Tyler · since Feb 13, 1845
1845-03-10/weekWithin a week · Mar 3, 1845 – Mar 17, 1845
James Knox Polk takes office · Mar 4, 1845
State Florida
Mar 3, 1845 · FL
Law An act relating to revenue cutters and steamers
Mar 3, 1845 · Ch. 78, Sess. 2, 28th Cong.
Ruling United States v. Hezekiah H. Gear
Mar 3, 1845 · 44 U.S. 120
Ruling Maryland v. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Mar 3, 1845 · 44 U.S. 534
Ruling Carroll v. Orrin Safford
Mar 5, 1845 · 44 U.S. 441
Ruling Permoli v. Municipality No. 1 of the City of New Orleans
Mar 5, 1845 · 44 U.S. 589
Ruling United States v. Marvin
Mar 5, 1845 · 44 U.S. 620
Ruling Brockett v. Brockett
Mar 5, 1845 · 44 U.S. 691
Ruling McFarland v. Gwin
Mar 5, 1845 · 44 U.S. 717
Ruling United States v. King
Mar 5, 1845 · 44 U.S. 773

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.