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The United States on May 7, 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
1875-05-07/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
Secretary of the Treasury Benjamin Helm Bristow R
since Jun 4, 1874
Attorney General Edwards Pierrepont R
since Apr 26, 1875
1875-05-07/congress44th Congress
Senate · 34 R · 14 D
George Goldthwaite (Democrat, AL)Eli Saulsbury (Democrat, DE)Thomas Manson Norwood (Democrat, GA)John Brown Gordon (Democrat, GA)John White Stevenson (Democrat, KY)Thomas Clay McCreery (Democrat, KY)George Robertson Dennis (Democrat, MD)Lewis Vital Bogy (Democrat, MO)Matt Whitaker Ransom (Democrat, NC)Augustus Summerfield Merrimon (Democrat, NC)James Kerr Kelly (Democrat, OR)Henry Cooper (Democrat, TN)John Warfield Johnston (Democrat, VA)Henry Gassaway Davis (Democrat, WV)George Eliphaz Spencer (Republican, AL)Powell Clayton (Republican, AR)Stephen Wallace Dorsey (Republican, AR)Aaron Augustus Sargent (Republican, CA)Orris Sanford Ferry (Republican, CT)Simon Barclay Conover (Republican, FL)George Grover Wright (Republican, IA)William Boyd Allison (Republican, IA)John Alexander Logan (Republican, IL)Richard James Oglesby (Republican, IL)Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton (Republican, IN)John James Ingalls (Republican, KS)James Madison Harvey (Republican, KS)Joseph Rodman West (Republican, LA)George Sewel Boutwell (Republican, MA)Lot Myrick Morrill (Republican, ME)Thomas White Ferry (Republican, MI)William Windom (Republican, MN)James Lusk Alcorn (Republican, MS)Phineas Warren Hitchcock (Republican, NE)Aaron Harrison Cragin (Republican, NH)Bainbridge Wadleigh (Republican, NH)Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (Republican, NJ)John Percival Jones (Republican, NV)Roscoe Conkling (Republican, NY)John Sherman (Republican, OH)John Hipple Mitchell (Republican, OR)Simon Cameron (Republican, PA)Henry Bowen Anthony (Republican, RI)Thomas James Robertson (Republican, SC)John James Patterson (Republican, SC)Morgan Calvin Hamilton (Republican, TX)Justin Smith Morrill (Republican, VT)Timothy Otis Howe (Republican, WI)
House ·
1875-05-07/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
1875-05-07/weekWithin a week · Apr 30, 1875 – May 14, 1875
Ruling Dillon v. Barnard
May 3, 1875 · 88 U.S. 430
Ruling Railroad Company v. Maryland
May 3, 1875 · 88 U.S. 456
Ruling Fox v. Gardner
May 3, 1875 · 88 U.S. 475
Ruling The Lottawanna
May 3, 1875 · 88 U.S. 558
Ruling National Bank v. Colby
May 3, 1875 · 88 U.S. 609
Ruling Wood v. Bailey
May 3, 1875 · 88 U.S. 640
Ruling Vigo's Case
May 3, 1875 · 88 U.S. 648
Ruling The Elgee Cotton Cases
May 3, 1875 · 89 U.S. 180
Ruling Mechanics' and Traders' Bank v. Union Bank
May 3, 1875 · 89 U.S. 276
Ruling Railroad Company v. Pollard
May 3, 1875 · 89 U.S. 341
Ruling United States v. Farragut
May 3, 1875 · 89 U.S. 406
Ruling The Steam Tug Clara Clarita v. August M. Cox
May 3, 1875 · 90 U.S. 1
Ruling Insurance Company v. Young's Administrator
May 3, 1875 · 90 U.S. 85
Ruling Sandusky v. National Bank
May 3, 1875 · 90 U.S. 289
Ruling Gregory v. McVeigh
May 3, 1875 · 90 U.S. 294
Ruling The Rio Grande
May 3, 1875 · 90 U.S. 458
Ruling Ex parte Medway
May 3, 1875 · 90 U.S. 504

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.