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The United States on April 23, 1873

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

President

Grant

Ulysses Simpson Grant R · since Mar 4, 1873

Senate

31 R · 14 D

50 senators · 43rd Congress

House

—

0 representatives

Supreme Court

8 R · 1 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

37 states

15 amendments in force

Public debt

$2.3B

as of Jul 1, 1872

1873-04-23/executiveThe administration

President Ulysses Simpson Grant R

since Mar 4, 1873

Vice President Henry Wilson R

Postmaster General John Creswell R

since Mar 5, 1869

Secretary of State Hamilton Fish R

since Mar 17, 1869

Secretary of War William W. Belknap R

since Oct 25, 1869

Secretary of the Interior Columbus Delano R

since Nov 1, 1870

Attorney General George Henry Williams D

since Dec 14, 1871

Secretary of the Treasury William Adams Richardson R

since Mar 17, 1873

1873-04-23/congress43rd Congress

Senate · 31 R · 14 D · 5 LR

House ·

1873-04-23/supreme-courtThe bench

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

William Strong R

Associate Justice · appointed by Ulysses Grant · since Feb 18, 1870

Joseph P. Bradley R

Associate Justice · appointed by Ulysses Grant · since Mar 21, 1870

Ward Hunt R

Associate Justice · appointed by Ulysses Grant · since Dec 11, 1872

1873-04-23/weekWithin a week · Apr 16, 1873 – Apr 30, 1873

Ruling Riggin v. Magwire

Apr 28, 1873 · 82 U.S. 549

Ruling Adger v. Alston

Apr 28, 1873 · 82 U.S. 555

Ruling Life Insurance Company v. Terry

Apr 28, 1873 · 82 U.S. 580

Ruling Mead v. Thompson

Apr 28, 1873 · 82 U.S. 635

Ruling Cammack v. Lewis

Apr 28, 1873 · 82 U.S. 643

Ruling Insurance Company v. Lyman

Apr 28, 1873 · 82 U.S. 664

Ruling The Lucille

Apr 28, 1873 · 82 U.S. 676

Ruling Burrows v. The Marshal

Apr 28, 1873 · 82 U.S. 682

Ruling Hampton v. Rouse

Apr 28, 1873 · 82 U.S. 684

Ruling The Commerce

Apr 28, 1873 · 83 U.S. 33

Ruling Koontz v. Northern Bank

Apr 28, 1873 · 83 U.S. 196

Ruling Ripley v. Insurance Company

Apr 28, 1873 · 83 U.S. 336

Ruling Osborne v. Mobile

Apr 28, 1873 · 83 U.S. 479

Ruling Planters' Bank v. Union Bank

Apr 28, 1873 · 83 U.S. 483

Ruling Marshall v. Knox

Apr 28, 1873 · 83 U.S. 551

Ruling Water Company v. Ware

Apr 28, 1873 · 83 U.S. 566

Ruling Walbrun v. Babbitt

Apr 28, 1873 · 83 U.S. 577

Ruling Ryan v. Koch

Apr 28, 1873 · 84 U.S. 19

Ruling Averill v. Smith

Apr 28, 1873 · 84 U.S. 82

Ruling Bailey v. Railroad Company

Apr 28, 1873 · 84 U.S. 96

Ruling Oulton v. Savings Institution

Apr 28, 1873 · 84 U.S. 109

Ruling Homestead Company v. Valley Railroad

Apr 28, 1873 · 84 U.S. 153

Ruling Crilley v. Burrows

Apr 28, 1873 · 84 U.S. 167

Ruling Humbird v. Jackson County

Apr 28, 1873 · 154 U.S. 592

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.