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The United States on March 22, 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

1877-03-22/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

Secretary of the Navy Richard W. Thompson W

since Mar 13, 1877

1877-03-22/congress45th Congress

Senate · 31 R · 21 D

House ·

1877-03-22/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

1877-03-22/weekWithin a week · Mar 15, 1877 – Mar 29, 1877

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

Ruling Town of South Ottawa v. Perkins

Mar 26, 1877 · 94 U.S. 260

Ruling United States v. Young

Mar 26, 1877 · 94 U.S. 258

Ruling Mackall v. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company

Mar 26, 1877 · 94 U.S. 308

Ruling Township of Burlington v. Beasley

Mar 26, 1877 · 94 U.S. 310

Ruling People v. Commissioners of Taxes and Assessments

Mar 26, 1877 · 94 U.S. 415

Ruling Ex parte Loring

Mar 26, 1877 · 94 U.S. 418

Ruling Ex parte Smith

Mar 26, 1877 · 94 U.S. 455

Ruling Hinckley v. Gilman, Clinton, and Springfield Railroad Company

Mar 26, 1877 · 94 U.S. 467

Ruling The Edith

Mar 26, 1877 · 94 U.S. 518

Ruling Casey v. Galli

Mar 26, 1877 · 94 U.S. 673

Ruling Collins v. Gilbert

Mar 26, 1877 · 94 U.S. 753

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.