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The United States on April 3, 1875

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

34 R · 14 D

48 senators · 44th 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, 1874

1875-04-03/executiveThe administration

President Ulysses Simpson Grant R

since Mar 4, 1873

Vice President Henry Wilson R

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 Benjamin Helm Bristow R

since Jun 4, 1874

1875-04-03/congress44th Congress

Senate · 34 R · 14 D

House ·

1875-04-03/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

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

Morrison Remick Waite R

Chief Justice · appointed by Ulysses Grant · since Jan 21, 1874

1875-04-03/weekWithin a week · Mar 27, 1875 – Apr 10, 1875

Ruling Minor v. Happersett

Mar 29, 1875 · 88 U.S. 162

Ruling Tilden v. Blair

Mar 29, 1875 · 88 U.S. 241

Ruling Terrell v. Allison

Mar 29, 1875 · 88 U.S. 289

Ruling Bailey v. Glover

Mar 29, 1875 · 88 U.S. 342

Ruling Morton v. Nebraska

Mar 29, 1875 · 88 U.S. 660

Ruling Ritchie v. Franklin County

Mar 29, 1875 · 89 U.S. 67

Ruling Railroad Company v. Pratt

Mar 29, 1875 · 89 U.S. 123

Ruling Sloan v. Lewis

Mar 29, 1875 · 89 U.S. 150

Ruling In re Chiles

Mar 29, 1875 · 89 U.S. 157

Ruling Randall v. Kreiger

Mar 29, 1875 · 90 U.S. 137

Ruling Ambler v. Whipple

Mar 29, 1875 · 90 U.S. 278

Ruling Collar Company v. Van Dusen

Mar 29, 1875 · 90 U.S. 530

Ruling Hotchkiss v. National Banks

Apr 5, 1875 · 88 U.S. 354

Ruling Texas v. Chiles

Apr 5, 1875 · 88 U.S. 488

Ruling House v. Mullen

Apr 5, 1875 · 89 U.S. 42

Ruling Jeffries v. Life Insurance Company

Apr 5, 1875 · 89 U.S. 47

Ruling Connoyer v. Schaeffer

Apr 5, 1875 · 89 U.S. 254

Ruling Bailey v. Railroad Company

Apr 5, 1875 · 89 U.S. 604

Ruling Thomas & Co. v. Wooldridge

Apr 5, 1875 · 90 U.S. 283

Ruling Treat v. Jemison

Apr 5, 1875 · 131 U.S. cxxxv

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.