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The United States on March 13, 1850

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President
Taylor
Zachary Taylor W · since Mar 4, 1849
Senate
34 D · 24 W
61 senators · 31st Congress
House
114 D · 108 W
233 representatives
Supreme Court
8 D · 1 W
9 justices by appointing party
Union
30 states
12 amendments in force
Public debt
$63M
as of Jul 1, 1849
1850-03-13/executiveThe administration
President Zachary Taylor W
since Mar 4, 1849
Vice President Millard Fillmore W
Attorney General Reverdy Johnson W
since Mar 8, 1849
Postmaster General Jacob Collamer R
since Mar 8, 1849
Secretary of State John M. Clayton W
since Mar 8, 1849
Secretary of the Interior Thomas Ewing W
since Mar 8, 1849
Secretary of the Navy William Ballard Preston W
since Mar 8, 1849
Secretary of the Treasury William M. Meredith W
since Mar 8, 1849
Secretary of War George W. Crawford W
since Mar 8, 1849
1850-03-13/congress31st Congress
Senate · 34 D · 24 W · 2 FS · 1 IRD
William Rufus de Vane King (Democrat, AL)Jeremiah Clemens (Democrat, AL)William King Sebastian (Democrat, AR)Solon Borland (Democrat, AR)John Charles Frémont (Democrat, CA)David Levy Yulee (Democrat, FL)George Wallace Jones (Democrat, IA)Augustus Caesar Dodge (Democrat, IA)Stephen Arnold Douglas (Democrat, IL)James Shields (Democrat, IL)Jesse David Bright (Democrat, IN)James Whitcomb (Democrat, IN)Solomon Weathersbee Downs (Democrat, LA)Pierre Soulé (Democrat, LA)James Ware Bradbury (Democrat, ME)Hannibal Hamlin (Democrat, ME)Alpheus Felch (Democrat, MI)Lewis Cass (Democrat, MI)Thomas Hart Benton (Democrat, MO)David Rice Atchison (Democrat, MO)Jefferson Davis (Democrat, MS)Henry Stuart Foote (Democrat, MS)Moses Norris Jr. (Democrat, NH)Daniel Stevens Dickinson (Democrat, NY)Daniel Sturgeon (Democrat, PA)Robert Woodward Barnwell (Democrat, SC)Andrew Pickens Butler (Democrat, SC)Hopkins Lacy Turney (Democrat, TN)Thomas Jefferson Rusk (Democrat, TX)Samuel Houston (Democrat, TX)James Murray Mason (Democrat, VA)Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (Democrat, VA)Henry Dodge (Democrat, WI)Isaac Pigeon Walker (Democrat, WI)Thomas George Pratt (Ind. Republican-Democrat, MD)John Parker Hale (Free Soil, NH)Salmon Portland Chase (Free Soil, OH)Roger Sherman Baldwin (Whig, CT)Truman Smith (Whig, CT)Presley Spruance (Whig, DE)John Wales (Whig, DE)Jackson Morton (Whig, FL)John Macpherson Berrien (Whig, GA)William Crosby Dawson (Whig, GA)Joseph Rogers Underwood (Whig, KY)Henry Clay (Whig, KY)Robert Charles Winthrop (Whig, MA)John Davis (Whig, MA)James Alfred Pearce (Whig, MD)Willie Person Mangum (Whig, NC)George Edmund Badger (Whig, NC)William Lewis Dayton (Whig, NJ)Jacob Welsh Miller (Whig, NJ)William Henry Seward (Whig, NY)Thomas Ewing (Whig, OH)James Cooper (Whig, PA)Albert Collins Greene (Whig, RI)John Hopkins Clarke (Whig, RI)John Bell (Whig, TN)Samuel Shethar Phelps (Whig, VT)William Upham (Whig, VT)
House · 114 D · 108 W · 9 FS · 1 A · 1 O
Franklin Welsh Bowdon (Democrat, AL-7)David Hubbard (Democrat, AL-5)Samuel Williams Inge (Democrat, AL-4)Sampson Willis Harris (Democrat, AL-3)Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb (Democrat, AL-6)Robert Ward Johnson (Democrat, AR-1)Edward Gilbert (Democrat, CA-AL)Loren Pinckney Waldo (Democrat, CT-1)Chauncey Fitch Cleveland (Democrat, CT-3)Thomas C. Hackett (Democrat, GA-5)Hugh Anderson Haralson (Democrat, GA-4)Marshall Johnson Wellborn (Democrat, GA-2)Howell Cobb (Democrat, GA-6)Shepherd Leffler (Democrat, IA-2)Timothy Roberts Young (Democrat, IL-3)William Harrison Bissell (Democrat, IL-1)Thomas Langrell Harris (Democrat, IL-7)John Alexander McClernand (Democrat, IL-2)William Alexander Richardson (Democrat, IL-5)John Wentworth (Democrat, IL-4)Nathaniel Albertson (Democrat, IN-1)William John Brown (Democrat, IN-5)Willis Arnold Gorman (Democrat, IN-6)John Larne Robinson (Democrat, IN-3)Cyrus Livingston Dunham (Democrat, IN-2)Andrew Jackson Harlan (Democrat, IN-10)Graham Newell Fitch (Democrat, IN-9)Joseph Ewing McDonald (Democrat, IN-8)George Alfred Caldwell (Democrat, KY-4)Linn Boyd (Democrat, KY-1)Richard Henry Stanton (Democrat, KY-10)John Calvin Mason (Democrat, KY-9)John Henry Harmanson (Democrat, LA-3)Emile La Sére (Democrat, LA-1)Isaac Edward Morse (Democrat, LA-4)Edward Hammond (Democrat, MD-3)William Thomas Hamilton (Democrat, MD-2)Robert Milligan McLane (Democrat, MD-4)Elbridge Gerry (Democrat, ME-1)Nathaniel Swett Littlefield (Democrat, ME-2)Cullen Sawtelle (Democrat, ME-5)Charles Stetson (Democrat, ME-6)Thomas James Duncan Fuller (Democrat, ME-7)Alexander Woodruff Buel (Democrat, MI-1)Kinsley Scott Bingham (Democrat, MI-3)William Van Ness Bay (Democrat, MO-2)James Butler Bowlin (Democrat, MO-1)Willard Preble Hall (Democrat, MO-4)James Stephen Green (Democrat, MO-3)John Smith Phelps (Democrat, MO-5)Winfield Scott Featherston (Democrat, MS-2)William McWillie (Democrat, MS-3)Jacob Thompson (Democrat, MS-1)Albert Gallatin Brown (Democrat, MS-4)John Reeves Jones Daniel (Democrat, NC-6)Abraham Watkins Venable (Democrat, NC-5)William Shepperd Ashe (Democrat, NC-7)Charles Hazen Peaslee (Democrat, NH-2)Harry Hibbard (Democrat, NH-4)Isaac Wildrick (Democrat, NJ-3)Hiram Walden (Democrat, NY-21)Moses Hoagland (Democrat, OH-16)John Krepps Miller (Democrat, OH-11)Jonathan David Morris (Democrat, OH-7)Emery Davis Potter (Democrat, OH-5)William Augustus Whittlesey (Democrat, OH-13)Joseph Cable (Democrat, OH-17)David Kellogg Cartter (Democrat, OH-18)Charles Sweetser (Democrat, OH-10)David Tiernan Disney (Democrat, OH-1)Edson Baldwin Olds (Democrat, OH-9)Samuel Royal Thurston (Democrat, OR-AL)John Brisbin (Democrat, PA-11)Joel Buchanan Danner (Democrat, PA-15)Job Mann (Democrat, PA-19)William Strong (Democrat, PA-9)James Thompson (Democrat, PA-23)Milo Melankthon Dimmick (Democrat, PA-10)Alfred Gilmore (Democrat, PA-24)James Xavier McLanahan (Democrat, PA-16)Thomas Ross (Democrat, PA-6)David Wilmot (Democrat, PA-12)John Robbins (Democrat, PA-4)Isaac Edward Holmes (Democrat, SC-6)Armistead Burt (Democrat, SC-5)William Ferguson Colcock (Democrat, SC-7)Daniel Wallace (Democrat, SC-1)Joseph Addison Woodward (Democrat, SC-3)James Lawrence Orr (Democrat, SC-2)John McQueen (Democrat, SC-4)Andrew Ewing (Democrat, TN-8)Frederick Perry Stanton (Democrat, TN-10)George Washington Jones (Democrat, TN-5)John Houston Savage (Democrat, TN-4)James Houston Thomas (Democrat, TN-6)Andrew Johnson (Democrat, TN-1)Isham Green Harris (Democrat, TN-9)David Spangler Kaufman (Democrat, TX-1)Volney Erskine Howard (Democrat, TX-2)James McDowell (Democrat, VA-11)Richard Parker (Democrat, VA-10)James Alexander Seddon (Democrat, VA-6)Thomas Hamlet Averett (Democrat, VA-3)James Madison Hite Beale (Democrat, VA-14)Alexander Richmond Holladay (Democrat, VA-8)Richard Kidder Meade (Democrat, VA-2)Thomas Henry Bayly (Democrat, VA-7)Fayette McMullen (Democrat, VA-13)Paulus Powell (Democrat, VA-5)Thomas Stanley Bocock (Democrat, VA-4)Henry Alonzo Edmundson (Democrat, VA-12)John Singleton Millson (Democrat, VA-1)Lucius Benedict Peck (Democrat, VT-4)James Duane Doty (Democrat, WI-3)Walter Booth (Free Soil, CT-2)George Washington Julian (Free Soil, IN-4)Charles Allen (Free Soil, MA-5)Henry Hastings Sibley (?, MN-AL)Amos Tuck (Free Soil, NH-1)Preston King (Free Soil, NY-18)Joseph Mosley Root (Free Soil, OH-21)Joshua Reed Giddings (Free Soil, OH-20)Lewis Charles Levin (American, PA-1)John W. Howe (Free Soil, PA-22)Charles Durkee (Free Soil, WI-1)William Jeffreys Alston (Whig, AL-1)Henry Washington Hilliard (Whig, AL-2)Thomas Belden Butler (Whig, CT-4)John Wallace Houston (Whig, DE-AL)Edward Carrington Cabell (Whig, FL-1)Thomas Butler King (Whig, GA-1)Allen Ferdinand Owen (Whig, GA-3)Robert Augustus Toombs (Whig, GA-8)Alexander Hamilton Stephens (Whig, GA-7)Daniel Fry Miller (Whig, IA-1)Edward Dickinson Baker (Whig, IL-6)Edward Wilson McGaughey (Whig, IN-7)Daniel Breck (Whig, KY-6)James Leeper Johnson (Whig, KY-2)Finis Ewing McLean (Whig, KY-3)Charles Slaughter Morehead (Whig, KY-8)John Burton Thompson (Whig, KY-5)Humphrey Marshall (Whig, KY-7)Henry Adams Bullard (Whig, LA-2)George Ashmun (Whig, MA-6)Samuel Atkins Eliot (Whig, MA-1)Joseph Grinnell (Whig, MA-10)Daniel Putnam King (Whig, MA-2)James Henry Duncan (Whig, MA-3)Orin Fowler (Whig, MA-9)Horace Mann (Whig, MA-8)Julius Rockwell (Whig, MA-7)John Bozman Kerr (Whig, MD-6)Richard Johns Bowie (Whig, MD-1)Alexander Evans (Whig, MD-5)Rufus King Goodenow (Whig, ME-4)John Otis (Whig, ME-3)William Sprague (Whig, MI-2)Edmund Deberry (Whig, NC-3)Augustine Henry Shepperd (Whig, NC-4)Joseph Pearson Caldwell (Whig, NC-2)David Outlaw (Whig, NC-9)Edward Stanly (Whig, NC-8)Thomas Lanier Clingman (Whig, NC-1)James Wilson (Whig, NH-3)Andrew Kessler Hay (Whig, NJ-1)James Gore King (Whig, NJ-5)John Van Dyke (Whig, NJ-4)William Augustus Newell (Whig, NJ-2)Henry Porteous Alexander (Whig, NY-17)George Rex Andrews (Whig, NY-14)David Alexander Bokee (Whig, NY-2)Charles Ezra Clarke (Whig, NY-19)Harmon Sweatland Conger (Whig, NY-25)William Duer (Whig, NY-23)Daniel Gott (Whig, NY-24)Herman Day Gould (Whig, NY-10)Ransom Halloway (Whig, NY-8)William Terry Jackson (Whig, NY-26)John Alsop King (Whig, NY-1)Thomas McKissock (Whig, NY-9)William Nelson (Whig, NY-7)Jonas Phillips Phoenix (Whig, NY-3)Harvey Putnam (Whig, NY-33)Gideon Reynolds (Whig, NY-12)Elijah Risley (Whig, NY-31)Robert Lawson Rose (Whig, NY-29)David Rumsey (Whig, NY-30)Peter Henry Silvester (Whig, NY-11)John Richardson Thurman (Whig, NY-15)Walter Underhill (Whig, NY-4)Hugh White (Whig, NY-16)Lorenzo Burrows (Whig, NY-34)William Augustus Sackett (Whig, NY-27)Abraham Maus Schermerhorn (Whig, NY-28)John Lawrence Schoolcraft (Whig, NY-13)Henry Bennett (Whig, NY-22)Orsamus Benajah Matteson (Whig, NY-20)George Briggs (Whig, NY-5)Elbridge Gerry Spaulding (Whig, NY-32)James Brooks (Whig, NY-6)John Bell (Whig, OH-6)John Crowell (Whig, OH-19)Nathan Evans (Whig, OH-14)Samuel Finley Vinton (Whig, OH-12)William Forrest Hunter (Whig, OH-15)Moses Bledso Corwin (Whig, OH-4)John Lampkin Taylor (Whig, OH-8)Robert Cumming Schenck (Whig, OH-3)Lewis Davis Campbell (Whig, OH-2)Samuel Calvin (Whig, PA-17)Joseph Casey (Whig, PA-13)Jesse Column Dickey (Whig, PA-7)John Freedley (Whig, PA-5)Moses Hampton (Whig, PA-21)Andrew Jackson Ogle (Whig, PA-18)Charles Wesley Pitman (Whig, PA-14)Robert Rentoul Reed (Whig, PA-20)Henry Dunning Moore (Whig, PA-3)Joseph Ripley Chandler (Whig, PA-2)Thaddeus Stevens (Whig, PA-8)George Gordon King (Whig, RI-1)Nathan Fellows Dixon (Whig, RI-2)Josiah McNair Anderson (Whig, TN-3)Meredith Poindexter Gentry (Whig, TN-7)Christopher Harris Williams (Whig, TN-11)Albert Galiton Watkins (Whig, TN-2)Thomas Sherwood Haymond (Whig, VA-15)Jeremiah Morton (Whig, VA-9)William Henry (Whig, VT-1)George Perkins Marsh (Whig, VT-3)William Hebard (Whig, VT-2)Orsamus Cole (Whig, WI-2)
1850-03-13/supreme-courtThe bench
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
Levi Woodbury D
Associate Justice · appointed by James K. Polk · since Jan 3, 1846
Robert Cooper Grier D
Associate Justice · appointed by James K. Polk · since Aug 4, 1846
1850-03-13/weekWithin a week · Mar 6, 1850 – Mar 20, 1850
Nothing recorded within a week of this date.

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.