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The United States on February 22, 1852

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

President

Fillmore

Millard Fillmore W · since Jul 9, 1850

Senate

37 D · 16 W

62 senators · 32nd Congress

House

131 D · 87 W

236 representatives

Supreme Court

7 D · 2 W

9 justices by appointing party

Union

31 states

12 amendments in force

Public debt

$68M

as of Jul 1, 1851

1852-02-22/executiveThe administration

President Millard Fillmore W

since Jul 9, 1850

Vice President vacant

Attorney General John J. Crittenden W

since Jul 22, 1850

Secretary of State Daniel Webster W

since Jul 23, 1850

Secretary of the Treasury Thomas Corwin R

since Jul 23, 1850

Secretary of the Navy William Alexander Graham W

since Aug 2, 1850

Secretary of War Charles Magill Conrad W

since Aug 15, 1850

Secretary of the Interior Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart W

since Sep 14, 1850

1852-02-22/congress32nd Congress

Senate · 37 D · 16 W · 7 IRD · 2 FS

House · 131 D · 87 W · 6 U · 4 FS · 3 ID · 3 SR · 1 IW · 1 O

1852-02-22/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

Robert Cooper Grier D

Associate Justice · appointed by James K. Polk · since Aug 4, 1846

Benjamin Robbins Curtis W

Associate Justice · appointed by Millard Fillmore · since Dec 20, 1851

1852-02-22/weekWithin a week · Feb 15, 1852 – Feb 29, 1852

Ruling Darrington v. The Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama

Feb 17, 1852 · 54 U.S. 12

Ruling United States v. Armand Pillerin

Feb 19, 1852 · 54 U.S. 9

Ruling Cyrus H. McCormick

Feb 19, 1852 · 54 U.S. 26

Ruling United States v. Lynde's Heirs

Feb 19, 1852 · 131 U.S. lxix

Ruling The Propeller Genesee Chief v. Fitzhugh

Feb 20, 1852 · 53 U.S. 443

Ruling Teal v. Felton

Feb 20, 1852 · 53 U.S. 284

Ruling Dinsman v. Wilkes

Feb 23, 1852 · 53 U.S. 390

Ruling United States v. Alexis Porche

Feb 24, 1852 · 53 U.S. 426

Ruling United States v. Simon

Feb 24, 1852 · 53 U.S. 433

Ruling United States v. Constance Leblanc

Feb 24, 1852 · 53 U.S. 435

Ruling United States v. Jeannette Caroline Castant

Feb 24, 1852 · 53 U.S. 437

Ruling United States v. Hughes

Feb 24, 1852 · 54 U.S. 1

Ruling United States v. Hughes

Feb 24, 1852 · 54 U.S. 4

Ruling United States v. Hughes

Feb 24, 1852 · 54 U.S. 7

Ruling Ballance v. Forsyth

Feb 24, 1852 · 54 U.S. 18

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.