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The United States on March 4, 1881

Who held every office, how Congress and the Court were made up, and what happened within a week. Diff this day against today →

President

Garfield

James Abram Garfield R · since Mar 4, 1881

Senate

28 D · 23 R

52 senators · 47th Congress

House

1 R

1 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 1 D

8 justices by appointing party

Union

38 states

15 amendments in force

Public debt

$2.1B

as of Jul 1, 1880

1881-03-04/executiveThe administration

President James Abram Garfield R

since Mar 4, 1881

Vice President Chester Alan Arthur R

Secretary of State William M. Evarts W

since Mar 12, 1877

Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz LRP

since Mar 12, 1877

Secretary of War Alexander Ramsey W

since Dec 10, 1879

1881-03-04/congress47th Congress

Senate · 28 D · 23 R · 1 I

House · 1 R

1881-03-04/supreme-courtThe bench

Nathan Clifford D

Associate Justice · appointed by James Buchanan · since Jan 12, 1858

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

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

William Burnham Woods R

Associate Justice · appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes · since Dec 21, 1880

1881-03-04/weekWithin a week · Feb 25, 1881 – Mar 11, 1881

James Abram Garfield takes office · Mar 4, 1881

Ruling Kilbourn v. Thompson

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 168

Ruling Wolff v. New Orleans

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 358

Ruling Railroad Company v. Commissioners

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 1

Ruling Prewit v. Wilson

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 22

Ruling Folger v. United States

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 30

Ruling Pennock v. Commissioners

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 44

Ruling Mitchell v. Overman

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 62

Ruling Chicago v. Tilley

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 146

Ruling Tilley v. County of Cook

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 155

Ruling Ex parte Burtis

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 238

Ruling Weightman v. Clark

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 256

Ruling Louisiana v. United States

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 289

Ruling Moyer v. Dewey

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 301

Ruling Coddington v. Railroad Company

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 409

Ruling Wilson v. Gaines

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 417

Ruling Terry v. McLure

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 442

Ruling Jones v. Walker

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 444

Ruling Unity v. Burrage

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 447

Ruling Wicke v. Ostrum

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 461

Ruling Harter v. Kernochan

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 562

Ruling Ashburner v. California

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 575

Ruling National Bank v. City Bank

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 668

Ruling Steamship Company v. United States

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 721

Ruling County of Jasper v. Ballou

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 745

Ruling Crouch v. Roemer

Feb 28, 1881 · 103 U.S. 797

Ruling Railroad Company v. Hamersley

Feb 28, 1881 · 104 U.S. 1

Ruling People v. Commissioners

Feb 28, 1881 · 104 U.S. 466

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.