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The United States on July 23, 1866

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

President

Johnson

Andrew Johnson D · since Apr 15, 1865

Senate

40 R · 11 D

52 senators · 39th Congress

House

142 R · 43 D

204 representatives

Supreme Court

5 R · 3 D · 1 W

9 justices by appointing party

Union

36 states

13 amendments in force

Public debt

$2.8B

as of Jul 1, 1866

1866-07-23/executiveThe administration

President Andrew Johnson D

since Apr 15, 1865

Vice President vacant

Secretary of State William H. Seward R

since Mar 5, 1861

Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles D

since Mar 7, 1861

Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton D

since Jan 20, 1862

Postmaster General William Dennison Jr. R

since Sep 24, 1864

Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch R

since Mar 9, 1865

Secretary of the Interior James Harlan W

since May 16, 1865

Attorney General Henry Stanbery R

since Jul 23, 1866

1866-07-23/congress39th Congress

Senate · 40 R · 11 D · 1 UU

House · 142 R · 43 D · 13 UU · 5 U · 1 IR

1866-07-23/supreme-courtThe bench

James Moore Wayne D

Associate Justice · appointed by Andrew Jackson · since Jan 9, 1835

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

Noah Haynes Swayne R

Associate Justice · appointed by Abraham Lincoln · since Jan 24, 1862

Samuel Freeman Miller R

Associate Justice · appointed by Abraham Lincoln · since Jul 16, 1862

David Davis R

Associate Justice · appointed by Abraham Lincoln · since Dec 8, 1862

Stephen Johnson Field R

Associate Justice · appointed by Abraham Lincoln · since Mar 10, 1863

Salmon Portland Chase R

Chief Justice · appointed by Abraham Lincoln · since Dec 6, 1864

1866-07-23/weekWithin a week · Jul 16, 1866 – Jul 30, 1866

Law Freedmen's Bureau Bill

Jul 16, 1866 · Ch. 200, Sess. 1, 39th Cong.

Law Judicial Circuits Act

Jul 23, 1866 · Ch. 210, Sess. 1, 39th Cong.

Law District of Columbia Public Schools Act ("An Act relating to Public Schools in the District of Columbia")

Jul 23, 1866 · Ch. 217, Sess. 1, 39th Cong.

Law An Act to revive the grade of General in the United States Army

Jul 25, 1866 · Ch. 232, Sess. 1, 39th Cong.

Law Metric Act of 1866

Jul 28, 1866 · Ch. 301, Sess. 1, 39th Cong.

Law Washington City Colored Schools Lots Donation Act ("An Act donating certain Lots in the City of Washington for Schools for Colored Children in the District of Columbia")

Jul 28, 1866 · Ch. 308, Sess. 1, 39th Cong.

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.