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The United States on March 3, 1869

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

56 R · 10 D

66 senators · 40th Congress

House

176 R · 51 D

235 representatives

Supreme Court

5 R · 2 D · 1 W

8 justices by appointing party

Union

37 states

14 amendments in force

Public debt

$2.6B

as of Jul 1, 1868

1869-03-03/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 John Schofield R

since Jun 1, 1868

Attorney General William M. Evarts W

since Jul 17, 1868

1869-03-03/congress40th Congress

Senate · 56 R · 10 D

House · 176 R · 51 D · 2 C · 2 IR · 1 I · 1 O · 1 CR · 1 W

1869-03-03/supreme-courtThe bench

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

1869-03-03/weekWithin a week · Feb 24, 1869 – Mar 10, 1869

Ulysses Simpson Grant takes office · Mar 4, 1869

Ruling Litchfield v. Railroad Company

Feb 25, 1869 · 74 U.S. 270

Ruling Supervisors v. Rogers

Mar 1, 1869 · 74 U.S. 175

Ruling Lee County v. Rogers

Mar 1, 1869 · 74 U.S. 181

Ruling Butler v. Horwitz

Mar 1, 1869 · 74 U.S. 258

Ruling The Diana

Mar 1, 1869 · 74 U.S. 354

Ruling Sheets v. Selden

Mar 1, 1869 · 74 U.S. 416

Ruling Agawan Company v. Jordan

Mar 1, 1869 · 74 U.S. 583

Ruling The Floyd Acceptances

Mar 1, 1869 · 74 U.S. 666

Ruling Roland v. United States

Mar 1, 1869 · 74 U.S. 743

Ruling Smith v. The Washington Gas Light Co.

Mar 1, 1869 · 154 U.S. 559

Ruling The American Wood Paper Company v. Heft

Mar 1, 1869 · 131 U.S. xcii

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.