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The United States on March 5, 1879

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

28 D · 22 R

51 senators · 46th Congress

House

—

0 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

1879-03-05/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

1879-03-05/congress46th Congress

Senate · 28 D · 22 R · 1 I

House ·

1879-03-05/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

1879-03-05/weekWithin a week · Feb 26, 1879 – Mar 12, 1879

Law To Promote a Knowledge of Steam Engineering and Iron Shipbuilding Act

Feb 26, 1879 · Ch. 105, Sess. 3, 45th Cong.

Agency + United States Geological Survey

Mar 3, 1879 · sub_agency

Ruling Coleman v. Tennessee

Mar 3, 1879 · 97 U.S. 509

Ruling United States v. Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company

Mar 3, 1879 · 98 U.S. 334

Ruling Cleveland Insurance Company v. Globe Insurance Company

Mar 3, 1879 · 98 U.S. 366

Ruling Boom Company v. Patterson

Mar 3, 1879 · 98 U.S. 403

Ruling Carr v. United States

Mar 3, 1879 · 98 U.S. 433

Ruling Barnet v. National Bank

Mar 3, 1879 · 98 U.S. 555

Ruling Wolf v. Stix

Mar 3, 1879 · 99 U.S. 1

Ruling Hussey v. Smith

Mar 3, 1879 · 99 U.S. 20

Ruling Burbank v. Semmes

Mar 3, 1879 · 99 U.S. 138

Ruling Harris v. McGovern

Mar 3, 1879 · 99 U.S. 161

Ruling Express Company v. Railroad Company

Mar 3, 1879 · 99 U.S. 191

Ruling Farrell v. United States

Mar 3, 1879 · 99 U.S. 221

Ruling United States v. Pugh

Mar 3, 1879 · 99 U.S. 265

Ruling Myrick v. Thompson

Mar 3, 1879 · 99 U.S. 291

Ruling Keely v. Sanders

Mar 3, 1879 · 99 U.S. 441

Ruling Sherry v. McKinley

Mar 3, 1879 · 99 U.S. 496

Ruling Wilson v. Salamanca

Mar 3, 1879 · 99 U.S. 499

Ruling United States v. County of Macon

Mar 3, 1879 · 99 U.S. 582

Ruling Commissioners v. Sellew

Mar 3, 1879 · 99 U.S. 624

Ruling Transportation Company v. Chicago

Mar 3, 1879 · 99 U.S. 635

Ruling Hussey v. Merritt

Mar 3, 1879 · 99 U.S. 25n

Ruling City of Leavenworth v. Kinney

Mar 3, 1879 · 154 U.S. 642

Ruling United States v. Perot

Mar 10, 1879 · 98 U.S. 428

Ruling Fosdick v. Schall

Mar 10, 1879 · 99 U.S. 235

Ruling Fosdick v. Car Company

Mar 10, 1879 · 99 U.S. 256

Ruling Huidekoper v. Locomotive Works

Mar 10, 1879 · 99 U.S. 258

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.