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The United States on March 6, 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

Hayes

Rutherford Birchard Hayes R · since Mar 4, 1877

Senate

31 R · 21 D

52 senators · 45th Congress

House

—

0 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 1 D

8 justices by appointing party

Union

38 states

15 amendments in force

Public debt

$2.2B

as of Jul 1, 1876

1877-03-06/executiveThe administration

President Rutherford Birchard Hayes R

since Mar 4, 1877

Vice President William Almon Wheeler R

Secretary of State Hamilton Fish R

since Mar 17, 1869

Secretary of the Treasury Lot M. Morrill R

since Jul 7, 1876

1877-03-06/congress45th Congress

Senate · 31 R · 21 D

House ·

1877-03-06/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

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

1877-03-06/weekWithin a week · Feb 27, 1877 – Mar 13, 1877

Rutherford Birchard Hayes takes office · Mar 4, 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

Law Desert Land Act

Mar 3, 1877 · Ch. 107, 44th Cong.

Ruling Inman Steamship Company v. Tinker

Mar 13, 1877 · 94 U.S. 238

Ruling Foster v. Master and Wardens of the Port of New Orleans

Mar 13, 1877 · 94 U.S. 246

Ruling Commissioners of Johnson County v. January

Mar 13, 1877 · 94 U.S. 202

Ruling Atlantic Delaine Company v. James

Mar 13, 1877 · 94 U.S. 207

Ruling United States v. Smith

Mar 13, 1877 · 94 U.S. 214

Ruling United States v. Phisterer

Mar 13, 1877 · 94 U.S. 219

Ruling Ex parte Jordan

Mar 13, 1877 · 94 U.S. 248

Ruling Township of East Oakland v. Skinner

Mar 13, 1877 · 94 U.S. 255

Ruling Chorpenning v. United States

Mar 13, 1877 · 94 U.S. 397

Ruling United States v. Martin

Mar 13, 1877 · 94 U.S. 400

Ruling McClure v. Township of Oxford

Mar 13, 1877 · 94 U.S. 429

Ruling Dutcher v. Wright

Mar 13, 1877 · 94 U.S. 553

Ruling Erskine v. Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company

Mar 13, 1877 · 94 U.S. 619

Ruling Commissioners of Johnson County v. Thayer

Mar 13, 1877 · 94 U.S. 631

Ruling Jerome v. McCarter

Mar 13, 1877 · 94 U.S. 734

Ruling Melendy v. Rice

Mar 13, 1877 · 94 U.S. 796

Ruling American Bridge Company v. Heidelbach

Mar 13, 1877 · 94 U.S. 798

Ruling Haynes v. Pickett

Mar 13, 1877 · 154 U.S. 627

Ruling Ruckman v. Bergholz

Mar 13, 1877 · 131 U.S. cxliii

Ruling Mevs v. Conover

Mar 13, 1877 · 131 U.S. cxlii

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.