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The United States on July 5, 1878

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

39 R · 36 D

76 senators · 45th Congress

House

157 D · 141 R

300 representatives

Supreme Court

8 R · 1 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

38 states

15 amendments in force

Public debt

$2.3B

as of Jul 1, 1878

1878-07-05/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

1878-07-05/congress45th Congress

Senate · 39 R · 36 D · 1 I

House · 157 D · 141 R · 2 ID

1878-07-05/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

John Marshall Harlan R

Associate Justice · appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes · since Nov 29, 1877

1878-07-05/weekWithin a week · Jun 28, 1878 – Jul 12, 1878

Nothing recorded within a week of this date.

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.