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civicdiff.com/1849-03-04...1850-07-08 · 16 months
json18 files changed, 279 insertions(+), 166 deletions(−)Laws enacted
0major laws · full counts from 1973
Executive orders
—records start in 1994
Final rules
—records start in 1994
Supreme Court
0 of 9seats changed hands
Agencies
+0 −0departments & tracked agencies
Public debt
+$16M$47M → $63M
The presidency passed from James Knox Polk to Zachary Taylor. 20 senators and 144 representatives took seats that they did not hold before.
Executive5 files+11−7
executive/presidentThe presidency
James Knox Polk D
11th president
Zachary Taylor W
12th president · took office Mar 4, 1849
executive/vice-presidentThe vice presidency
George Mifflin Dallas D
Millard Fillmore W
took office Mar 4, 1849
executive/cabinetCabinet & senior officials
+9−5Wikidata ↗
Other senior officials (2 changed)
executive/ordersExecutive orders
no dataFederal Register API ↗
Federal Register records of executive orders begin in 1994.
executive/agenciesFederal agencies
26 → 26 tracked organizations · 6 → 6 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+164−159
legislative/controlControl of Congress
30
31
Top: House · Bottom: Senate DemocraticRepublicanOther
30th Congress → 31st Congress · 1 new Congress elected
1 change of chamber control along the way
House: Democrat majority
117 W · 108 D
House: null majority
114 D · 108 W
Senate: Democrat majority on both dates
38 D · 21 W → 34 D · 24 W
legislative/senateSenate
+20−19congress-legislators ↗
20 new members · 19 departed · 41 served on both dates · women 0 → 0 · median age 51 → 51
8 seats changed party
Show 4 more seat flips
Who joined and who left (20 in · 19 out)
Jeremiah Clemens D
Alabama
John Charles Frémont D
California
Truman Smith W
Connecticut
John Wales W
Delaware
Jackson Morton W
Florida
William Crosby Dawson W
Georgia
James Shields D
Illinois
James Whitcomb D
Indiana
Henry Clay W
Kentucky
Pierre Soulé D
Louisiana
Robert Charles Winthrop W
Massachusetts
Thomas George Pratt IRD
Maryland
Hannibal Hamlin D
Maine
Lewis Cass D
Michigan
Moses Norris Jr. D
New Hampshire
William Henry Seward W
New York
Thomas Ewing W
Ohio
Salmon Portland Chase FS
Ohio
James Cooper W
Pennsylvania
Robert Woodward Barnwell D
South Carolina
Benjamin Fitzpatrick D
Alabama
John Milton Niles D
Connecticut
John Middleton Clayton W
Delaware
James Diament Westcott Jr. D
Florida
Herschel Vespasian Johnson D
Georgia
Sidney Breese D
Illinois
Edward Allen Hannegan D
Indiana
Thomas Metcalfe W
Kentucky
Henry Johnson W
Louisiana
Daniel Webster W
Massachusetts
Reverdy Johnson W
Maryland
Wyman Bradbury Seavy Moor D
Maine
Thomas Fitzgerald D
Michigan
Charles Gordon Atherton D
New Hampshire
John Adams Dix D
New York
William Allen D
Ohio
Thomas Corwin W
Ohio
Simon Cameron D
Pennsylvania
John Caldwell Calhoun D
South Carolina
legislative/houseHouse
+144−140congress-legislators ↗
144 new members · 140 departed · 89 served on both dates · women 0 → 0 · median age 43 → 43
18 state delegations changed
Show delegation changes
California 0 D · 0 R
California 1 D · 0 R
Connecticut 0 D · 0 R · 4 other
Connecticut 2 D · 0 R · 2 other
Iowa 2 D · 0 R
Iowa 1 D · 0 R · 1 other
Illinois 5 D · 0 R · 2 other
Illinois 6 D · 0 R · 1 other
Indiana 6 D · 0 R · 4 other
Indiana 8 D · 0 R · 2 other
Massachusetts 0 D · 0 R · 10 other
Massachusetts 0 D · 0 R · 9 other
Maryland 2 D · 0 R · 4 other
Maryland 3 D · 0 R · 3 other
Maine 6 D · 0 R · 1 other
Maine 5 D · 0 R · 2 other
Michigan 3 D · 0 R
Michigan 2 D · 0 R · 1 other
Minnesota 0 D · 0 R
Minnesota 0 D · 0 R · 1 other
Mississippi 3 D · 0 R · 1 other
Mississippi 4 D · 0 R
New York 9 D · 0 R · 25 other
New York 1 D · 0 R · 33 other
Oregon 0 D · 0 R
Oregon 1 D · 0 R
Pennsylvania 7 D · 0 R · 17 other
Pennsylvania 11 D · 0 R · 13 other
Rhode Island 1 D · 0 R · 1 other
Rhode Island 0 D · 0 R · 2 other
Tennessee 6 D · 0 R · 5 other
Tennessee 7 D · 0 R · 4 other
Virginia 9 D · 0 R · 6 other
Virginia 13 D · 0 R · 2 other
Wisconsin 1 D · 0 R
Wisconsin 1 D · 0 R · 2 other
Who joined and who left (144 in · 140 out)
William Jeffreys Alston W
Alabama-1
David Hubbard D
Alabama-5
Edward Gilbert D
California-AL
Walter Booth FS
Connecticut-2
Thomas Belden Butler W
Connecticut-4
Loren Pinckney Waldo D
Connecticut-1
Chauncey Fitch Cleveland D
Connecticut-3
Thomas C. Hackett D
Georgia-5
Allen Ferdinand Owen W
Georgia-3
Marshall Johnson Wellborn D
Georgia-2
Daniel Fry Miller W
Iowa-1
Timothy Roberts Young D
Illinois-3
William Harrison Bissell D
Illinois-1
Thomas Langrell Harris D
Illinois-7
Edward Dickinson Baker W
Illinois-6
Nathaniel Albertson D
Indiana-1
William John Brown D
Indiana-5
Edward Wilson McGaughey W
Indiana-7
Willis Arnold Gorman D
Indiana-6
Cyrus Livingston Dunham D
Indiana-2
Andrew Jackson Harlan D
Indiana-10
Graham Newell Fitch D
Indiana-9
George Washington Julian FS
Indiana-4
Joseph Ewing McDonald D
Indiana-8
Daniel Breck W
Kentucky-6
George Alfred Caldwell D
Kentucky-4
James Leeper Johnson W
Kentucky-2
Finis Ewing McLean W
Kentucky-3
Richard Henry Stanton D
Kentucky-10
Humphrey Marshall W
Kentucky-7
John Calvin Mason D
Kentucky-9
Henry Adams Bullard W
Louisiana-2
Samuel Atkins Eliot W
Massachusetts-1
Charles Allen FS
Massachusetts-5
James Henry Duncan W
Massachusetts-3
Orin Fowler W
Massachusetts-9
Horace Mann W
Massachusetts-8
John Bozman Kerr W
Maryland-6
Richard Johns Bowie W
Maryland-1
Edward Hammond D
Maryland-3
William Thomas Hamilton D
Maryland-2
Elbridge Gerry D
Maine-1
Rufus King Goodenow W
Maine-4
Nathaniel Swett Littlefield D
Maine-2
John Otis W
Maine-3
Cullen Sawtelle D
Maine-5
Charles Stetson D
Maine-6
Thomas James Duncan Fuller D
Maine-7
Alexander Woodruff Buel D
Michigan-1
William Sprague W
Michigan-2
Henry Hastings Sibley
Minnesota-AL
William Van Ness Bay D
Missouri-2
William McWillie D
Mississippi-3
Edmund Deberry W
North Carolina-3
Joseph Pearson Caldwell W
North Carolina-2
Edward Stanly W
North Carolina-8
William Shepperd Ashe D
North Carolina-7
Harry Hibbard D
New Hampshire-4
Andrew Kessler Hay W
New Jersey-1
James Gore King W
New Jersey-5
Isaac Wildrick D
New Jersey-3
Henry Porteous Alexander W
New York-17
George Rex Andrews W
New York-14
David Alexander Bokee W
New York-2
Charles Ezra Clarke W
New York-19
Herman Day Gould W
New York-10
Ransom Halloway W
New York-8
William Terry Jackson W
New York-26
John Alsop King W
New York-1
Thomas McKissock W
New York-9
Jonas Phillips Phoenix W
New York-3
Elijah Risley W
New York-31
John Richardson Thurman W
New York-15
Walter Underhill W
New York-4
Hiram Walden D
New York-21
Lorenzo Burrows W
New York-34
William Augustus Sackett W
New York-27
Abraham Maus Schermerhorn W
New York-28
John Lawrence Schoolcraft W
New York-13
Henry Bennett W
New York-22
Preston King FS
New York-18
Orsamus Benajah Matteson W
New York-20
George Briggs W
New York-5
Elbridge Gerry Spaulding W
New York-32
James Brooks W
New York-6
John Bell W
Ohio-6
Moses Hoagland D
Ohio-16
Emery Davis Potter D
Ohio-5
William Augustus Whittlesey D
Ohio-13
Joseph Cable D
Ohio-17
David Kellogg Cartter D
Ohio-18
William Forrest Hunter W
Ohio-15
Charles Sweetser D
Ohio-10
Moses Bledso Corwin W
Ohio-4
David Tiernan Disney D
Ohio-1
Edson Baldwin Olds D
Ohio-9
Lewis Davis Campbell W
Ohio-2
Samuel Royal Thurston D
Oregon-AL
John Brisbin D
Pennsylvania-11
Samuel Calvin W
Pennsylvania-17
Joseph Casey W
Pennsylvania-13
Joel Buchanan Danner D
Pennsylvania-15
Jesse Column Dickey W
Pennsylvania-7
Andrew Jackson Ogle W
Pennsylvania-18
Charles Wesley Pitman W
Pennsylvania-14
Robert Rentoul Reed W
Pennsylvania-20
Milo Melankthon Dimmick D
Pennsylvania-10
Alfred Gilmore D
Pennsylvania-24
John W. Howe FS
Pennsylvania-22
James Xavier McLanahan D
Pennsylvania-16
Henry Dunning Moore W
Pennsylvania-3
Thomas Ross D
Pennsylvania-6
Joseph Ripley Chandler W
Pennsylvania-2
Thaddeus Stevens W
Pennsylvania-8
John Robbins D
Pennsylvania-4
George Gordon King W
Rhode Island-1
Nathan Fellows Dixon W
Rhode Island-2
William Ferguson Colcock D
South Carolina-7
Daniel Wallace D
South Carolina-1
James Lawrence Orr D
South Carolina-2
John McQueen D
South Carolina-4
Josiah McNair Anderson W
Tennessee-3
Andrew Ewing D
Tennessee-8
Christopher Harris Williams W
Tennessee-11
John Houston Savage D
Tennessee-4
Albert Galiton Watkins W
Tennessee-2
Isham Green Harris D
Tennessee-9
Volney Erskine Howard D
Texas-2
Thomas Sherwood Haymond W
Virginia-15
Jeremiah Morton W
Virginia-9
Richard Parker D
Virginia-10
James Alexander Seddon D
Virginia-6
Thomas Hamlet Averett D
Virginia-3
James Madison Hite Beale D
Virginia-14
Alexander Richmond Holladay D
Virginia-8
Richard Kidder Meade D
Virginia-2
Fayette McMullen D
Virginia-13
Paulus Powell D
Virginia-5
Henry Alonzo Edmundson D
Virginia-12
John Singleton Millson D
Virginia-1
William Hebard W
Vermont-2
Orsamus Cole W
Wisconsin-2
James Duane Doty D
Wisconsin-3
Charles Durkee FS
Wisconsin-1
John Gayle W
Alabama-1
George Smith Houston D
Alabama-5
Samuel Dickinson Hubbard W
Connecticut-2
John Arnold Rockwell W
Connecticut-3
Truman Smith W
Connecticut-4
James Dixon W
Connecticut-1
John William Jones W
Georgia-3
Alfred Iverson Sr. D
Georgia-2
John Henry Lumpkin D
Georgia-5
William Thompson D
Iowa-1
Thomas Johnston Turner D
Illinois-6
Orlando Bell Ficklin D
Illinois-3
Robert Smith ID
Illinois-1
Abraham Lincoln W
Illinois-7
Elisha Embree W
Indiana-1
Thomas Jefferson Henley D
Indiana-2
William Rockhill D
Indiana-10
Caleb Blood Smith W
Indiana-4
Richard Wigginton Thompson W
Indiana-7
William Watson Wick D
Indiana-5
Charles William Cathcart D
Indiana-9
John Pettit D
Indiana-8
George Grundy Dunn W
Indiana-6
Aylette Buckner W
Kentucky-4
Beverly Leonidas Clarke D
Kentucky-2
William Garnett Duncan W
Kentucky-7
Richard French D
Kentucky-9
John Pollard Gaines W
Kentucky-10
Green Adams W
Kentucky-6
Samuel Oldham Peyton D
Kentucky-3
Bannon Goforth Thibodeaux W
Louisiana-2
Amos Abbott W
Massachusetts-3
John Quincy Adams W
Massachusetts-8
Artemas Hale W
Massachusetts-9
Charles Hudson W
Massachusetts-5
John Gorham Palfrey W
Massachusetts-4
Robert Charles Winthrop W
Massachusetts-1
John Grant Chapman W
Maryland-1
Thomas Watkins Ligon D
Maryland-3
James Dixon Roman W
Maryland-2
John Woodland Crisfield W
Maryland-6
Hiram Belcher W
Maine-3
Asa William Henry Clapp D
Maine-2
Franklin Clark D
Maine-4
David Hammons D
Maine-1
James Sullivan Wiley D
Maine-6
Hezekiah Williams D
Maine-7
Ephraim Knight Smart D
Maine-5
Edward Bradley D
Michigan-2
Robert McClelland D
Michigan-1
John Jameson D
Missouri-2
Patrick Watson Tompkins W
Mississippi-3
Daniel Moreau Barringer W
North Carolina-3
Richard Spaight Donnell W
North Carolina-8
James Iver McKay D
North Carolina-7
Nathaniel Boyden W
North Carolina-2
James Hutchins Johnson D
New Hampshire-4
Joseph E. Edsall D
New Jersey-3
Dudley Sanford Gregory W
New Jersey-5
James Giles Hampton W
New Jersey-1
Ausburn Birdsall D
New York-22
Esbon Blackmar W
New York-27
William Collins D
New York-18
Horace Greeley W
New York-6
Nathan Kelsey Hall W
New York-32
Elias Bellows Holmes W
New York-28
Washington Hunt W
New York-34
Sidney Lawrence D
New York-15
William Thomas Lawrence W
New York-26
Frederick William Lord D
New York-1
Dudley Marvin W
New York-31
Joseph Mullin W
New York-19
Henry Cruse Murphy D
New York-2
Henry Nicoll D
New York-3
George Petrie ID
New York-17
Eliakim Sherrill W
New York-10
John I. Slingerland W
New York-13
Daniel Bennett St. John W
New York-9
George Anson Starkweather D
New York-21
Frederick Augustus Tallmadge W
New York-5
Cornelius Warren W
New York-8
Timothy Jenkins D
New York-20
William Brown Maclay D
New York-4
Orlando Kellogg W
New York-14
Richard Sprigg Canby W
Ohio-4
John D. Cummins D
Ohio-16
Daniel Duncan W
Ohio-10
Thomas Owen Edwards W
Ohio-9
James John Faran D
Ohio-1
David Fisher W
Ohio-2
George Fries D
Ohio-17
William Kennon Jr. D
Ohio-15
Samuel Lahm D
Ohio-18
William Sawyer D
Ohio-5
Rodolphus Dickinson D
Ohio-6
Thomas Ritchey D
Ohio-13
John Blanchard W
Pennsylvania-17
Jasper Ewing Brady W
Pennsylvania-16
Charles Brown D
Pennsylvania-3
John Dickey W
Pennsylvania-20
George Nicholas Eckert W
Pennsylvania-14
John Wilson Farrelly W
Pennsylvania-22
John Westbrook Hornbeck W
Pennsylvania-6
Charles Jared Ingersoll D
Pennsylvania-4
Joseph Reed Ingersoll W
Pennsylvania-2
Alexander Irvin W
Pennsylvania-24
Abraham Robinson McIlvaine W
Pennsylvania-7
James Pollock W
Pennsylvania-13
Andrew Stewart W
Pennsylvania-18
John Strohm W
Pennsylvania-8
Chester Pierce Butler W
Pennsylvania-11
Henry Nes W
Pennsylvania-15
Richard Brodhead D
Pennsylvania-10
Robert Bennie Cranston W
Rhode Island-1
Benjamin Babock Thurston D
Rhode Island-2
James Augustus Black D
South Carolina-1
Richard Franklin Simpson D
South Carolina-2
Alexander Dromgoole Sims D
South Carolina-4
Robert Barnwell Rhett D
South Carolina-7
Washington Barrow W
Tennessee-8
Lucien Bonaparte Chase D
Tennessee-9
William Michael Cocke W
Tennessee-2
John Hervey Crozier W
Tennessee-3
William T. Haskell W
Tennessee-11
Hugh Lawson White Hill D
Tennessee-4
Timothy Pilsbury D
Texas-2
Archibald Atkinson D
Virginia-1
Henry Bedinger D
Virginia-10
John Minor Botts W
Virginia-6
George Coke Dromgoole D
Virginia-2
Thomas Stanhope Flournoy W
Virginia-3
Andrew Steele Fulton W
Virginia-13
William Leftwich Goggin W
Virginia-5
John Strother Pendleton W
Virginia-9
William Ballard Preston W
Virginia-12
Robert Augustine Thompson D
Virginia-14
William Gay Brown D
Virginia-15
Richard Lee Turberville Beale D
Virginia-8
Jacob Collamer W
Vermont-2
Mason Cook Darling 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+104
judicial/supreme-courtThe Supreme Court
Bench by appointing party: 8 D · 1 W → 8 D · 1 W · every justice ↗
9 justices served on both dates
John McLean D
appointed by Andrew Jackson · 1829
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
Samuel Nelson W
appointed by John Tyler · 1845
Levi Woodbury D
appointed by James K. Polk · 1846
Robert Cooper Grier D
appointed by James K. Polk · 1846
judicial/lower-courtsAppeals & district courts
Courts of appeals (active judges): →
District courts (active judges): 21 D · 7 JR · 4 W · 4 N( · 1 N( → 20 D · 9 W · 6 JR · 4 N( · 1 N(
Zachary Taylor W appointed 5 judges
5 district
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
99 argued decisions · 0 landmark
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
$47M
as of Jul 1, 1848
$63M
as of Jul 1, 1850
Constitution & Union1 file±0
constitution/amendmentsAmendments & statehood
12 → 12 amendments in force · 30 → 30 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
1 events
- presidentZachary Taylor takes office