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The United States on February 28, 1854

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

President

Pierce

Franklin Pierce D · since Mar 4, 1853

Senate

39 D · 8 W

62 senators · 33rd Congress

House

162 D · 73 W

241 representatives

Supreme Court

7 D · 2 W

9 justices by appointing party

Union

31 states

12 amendments in force

Public debt

$60M

as of Jul 1, 1853

1854-02-28/executiveThe administration

President Franklin Pierce D

since Mar 4, 1853

Vice President vacant

Secretary of the Navy James C. Dobbin D

since Jan 1, 1853

Attorney General Caleb Cushing W

since Mar 7, 1853

Postmaster General James Campbell D

since Mar 7, 1853

Secretary of War Jefferson Davis D

since Mar 7, 1853

Secretary of State William L. Marcy D

since Mar 7, 1853

Secretary of the Treasury James Guthrie D

since Mar 7, 1853

Secretary of the Interior Robert McClelland D

since Mar 8, 1853

1854-02-28/congress33rd Congress

Senate · 39 D · 8 W · 8 IRD · 3 FS · 3 A · 1 R

House · 162 D · 73 W · 4 FS · 1 ID · 1 I

1854-02-28/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

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

John Archibald Campbell D

Associate Justice · appointed by Franklin Pierce · since Mar 22, 1853

1854-02-28/weekWithin a week · Feb 21, 1854 – Mar 7, 1854

Ruling Foley v. Harrison

Feb 22, 1854 · 56 U.S. 433

Ruling Thorp v. Ardel B. Raymond

Feb 22, 1854 · 57 U.S. 247

Ruling Chouteau v. Molony

Feb 23, 1854 · 57 U.S. 203

Ruling Turner v. Yates

Feb 23, 1854 · 57 U.S. 14

Ruling The Executors of John McDonogh v. Murdoch

Feb 27, 1854 · 56 U.S. 367

Ruling Yerger v. Jones

Feb 27, 1854 · 57 U.S. 30

Ruling Frederic D. Conrad v. Griffey

Feb 27, 1854 · 57 U.S. 38

Ruling Fourniquet v. Perkins

Feb 27, 1854 · 57 U.S. 82

Ruling Pierre Claude Piquignot v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company

Feb 27, 1854 · 57 U.S. 104

Ruling Reuben Chapman v. Smith

Feb 27, 1854 · 57 U.S. 114

Ruling Augustine Anne Louise Denise v. Ruggles

Feb 27, 1854 · 57 U.S. 242

Ruling Auguste F. Delauriere v. Emison

Mar 1, 1854 · 56 U.S. 525

Ruling Saunders Burgess v. Gray

Mar 1, 1854 · 57 U.S. 48

Ruling Josias Pennington v. Lyman Gibson

Mar 1, 1854 · 57 U.S. 65

Ruling McCabe v. Lloyd D. Worthington

Mar 1, 1854 · 57 U.S. 86

Ruling Carroll v. Lessee of George W. Carroll

Mar 1, 1854 · 57 U.S. 275

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.