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The United States on February 23, 1877

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

46 R · 30 D

76 senators · 44th Congress

House

182 D · 110 R

301 representatives

Supreme Court

8 R · 1 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

38 states

15 amendments in force

Public debt

$2.2B

as of Jul 1, 1876

1877-02-23/executiveThe administration

President Ulysses Simpson Grant R

since Mar 4, 1873

Vice President vacant

Secretary of State Hamilton Fish R

since Mar 17, 1869

Attorney General Alphonso Taft R

since May 22, 1876

Secretary of the Treasury Lot M. Morrill R

since Jul 7, 1876

Postmaster General James Noble Tyner R

since Jul 12, 1876

1877-02-23/congress44th Congress

Senate · 46 R · 30 D

House · 182 D · 110 R · 5 I · 3 IR · 1 ID

1877-02-23/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

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

1877-02-23/weekWithin a week · Feb 16, 1877 – Mar 2, 1877

Ruling Munn v. Illinois

Mar 1, 1877 · 94 U.S. 113

Ruling Donaldson v. Farwell

Mar 1, 1877 · 93 U.S. 631

Ruling Heydenfeldt v. Daney Gold and Silver Mining Company

Mar 1, 1877 · 93 U.S. 634

Ruling Bayne v. United States

Mar 1, 1877 · 93 U.S. 642

Ruling Tameling v. United States Freehold and Emigration Company

Mar 1, 1877 · 93 U.S. 644

Ruling Hervey v. Rhode Island Locomotive Works

Mar 1, 1877 · 93 U.S. 664

Ruling Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad Company v. Cutts

Mar 1, 1877 · 94 U.S. 155

Ruling Peik v. Chicago and North-Western Railway Company

Mar 1, 1877 · 94 U.S. 164

Ruling Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad Company v. Ackley

Mar 1, 1877 · 94 U.S. 179

Ruling Winona and St. Peter Railroad Company v. Blake

Mar 1, 1877 · 94 U.S. 180

Ruling Stone v. Wisconsin

Mar 1, 1877 · 94 U.S. 181

Ruling Fuller v. Yentzer

Mar 2, 1877 · 94 U.S. 288

Ruling Fuller v. Yentzer

Mar 2, 1877 · 94 U.S. 299

Ruling Kibbe v. Ditto

Mar 2, 1877 · 93 U.S. 674

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.