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The United States on March 7, 1855

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

27 D · 8 IRD

40 senators · 34th Congress

House

—

0 representatives

Supreme Court

7 D · 2 W

9 justices by appointing party

Union

31 states

12 amendments in force

Public debt

$42M

as of Jul 1, 1854

1855-03-07/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

1855-03-07/congress34th Congress

Senate · 27 D · 8 IRD · 3 A · 1 W · 1 R

House ·

1855-03-07/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

1855-03-07/weekWithin a week · Feb 28, 1855 – Mar 14, 1855

Ruling Booth v. Ferdinand Clark

Mar 1, 1855 · 58 U.S. 322

Ruling Boone v. The Missouri Iron Company

Mar 1, 1855 · 58 U.S. 340

Law The U.S. Congress appropriates $30

Mar 3, 1855

Ruling Florida v. Georgia

Mar 6, 1855 · 58 U.S. 478

Ruling Lewis v. Bell

Mar 6, 1855 · 58 U.S. 616

Ruling Peck v. Sanderson

Mar 8, 1855 · 58 U.S. 178

Ruling Iasigi v. Brown

Mar 8, 1855 · 58 U.S. 183

Ruling United States v. Lindsey Nickerson

Mar 8, 1855 · 58 U.S. 204

Ruling Henshaw v. Miller

Mar 8, 1855 · 58 U.S. 212

Ruling United States v. A. G. Seaman

Mar 8, 1855 · 58 U.S. 225

Ruling Morgan B. Hinkle v. Wanzer

Mar 8, 1855 · 58 U.S. 353

Ruling Wanzer v. Bennett R. and J. H. Truly

Mar 8, 1855 · 58 U.S. 584

Ruling Ayres v. Carver

Mar 8, 1855 · 58 U.S. 591

Ruling Dennistoun v. Stewart

Mar 8, 1855 · 58 U.S. 606

Ruling Griffin v. Reynolds

Mar 8, 1855 · 58 U.S. 609

Ruling Judson v. Corcoran

Mar 8, 1855 · 58 U.S. 612

Ruling Hays v. The Pacific Mail Steam-Ship Company

Mar 10, 1855 · 58 U.S. 596

Ruling The Schooner Catharine v. Noah Dickinson

Mar 10, 1855 · 58 U.S. 170

Ruling Minturn v. Lafayette Maynard

Mar 10, 1855 · 58 U.S. 477

Ruling United States v. Archibald A. Ritchie

Mar 10, 1855 · 58 U.S. 525

Ruling Fremont v. United States

Mar 10, 1855 · 58 U.S. 542

Ruling Christy v. Lodovick P. Alford

Mar 10, 1855 · 58 U.S. 601

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.