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The United States on March 12, 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

1877-03-12/executiveThe administration

President Rutherford Birchard Hayes R

since Mar 4, 1877

Vice President William Almon Wheeler R

Secretary of the Treasury John Sherman R

since Mar 10, 1877

Secretary of War George W. McCrary R

since Mar 12, 1877

Attorney General Charles Devens W

since Mar 12, 1877

Secretary of State William M. Evarts W

since Mar 12, 1877

Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz LRP

since Mar 12, 1877

1877-03-12/congress45th Congress

Senate · 31 R · 21 D

House ·

1877-03-12/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

1877-03-12/weekWithin a week · Mar 5, 1877 – Mar 19, 1877

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

Ruling Doyle v. Continental Insurance Company

Mar 19, 1877 · 94 U.S. 535

Ruling Morrill v. Wisconsin

Mar 19, 1877 · 154 U.S. 626

Ruling Conro v. Crane

Mar 19, 1877 · 94 U.S. 441

Ruling Clark v. Hancock

Mar 19, 1877 · 94 U.S. 493

Ruling The Margaret v. Bliss

Mar 19, 1877 · 94 U.S. 494

Ruling Cochrane v. Deener

Mar 19, 1877 · 94 U.S. 780

Ruling Phipps v. Sedgwick

Mar 19, 1877 · 95 U.S. 3

Ruling Mackall v. Richards

Mar 19, 1877 · 154 U.S. 624

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.