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The United States on July 4, 1861

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

President

Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln R · since Mar 4, 1861

Senate

31 R · 27 D

60 senators · 37th Congress

House

107 R · 45 D

188 representatives

Supreme Court

5 D · 1 W

6 justices by appointing party

Union

34 states

12 amendments in force

Public debt

$91M

as of Jul 1, 1861

1861-07-04/executiveThe administration

President Abraham Lincoln R

since Mar 4, 1861

Vice President Hannibal Hamlin R

Secretary of War Simon Cameron R

since Mar 5, 1861

Postmaster General Montgomery Blair R

since Mar 5, 1861

Attorney General Edward Bates DR

since Mar 5, 1861

Secretary of State William H. Seward R

since Mar 5, 1861

Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase D

since Mar 7, 1861

Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles D

since Mar 7, 1861

1861-07-04/congress37th Congress

Senate · 31 R · 27 D · 2 U

House · 107 R · 45 D · 27 U · 2 CU · 2 O · 1 W · 1 I · 1 ID · 1 CR · 1 U

1861-07-04/supreme-courtThe bench

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

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

Nathan Clifford D

Associate Justice · appointed by James Buchanan · since Jan 12, 1858

1861-07-04/weekWithin a week · Jun 27, 1861 – Jul 11, 1861

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.