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The United States on March 8, 1883

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

President

Arthur

Chester Alan Arthur R · since Sep 19, 1881

Senate

28 R · 23 D

51 senators · 48th Congress

House

—

0 representatives

Supreme Court

9 R

9 justices by appointing party

Union

38 states

15 amendments in force

Public debt

$1.9B

as of Jul 1, 1882

1883-03-08/executiveThe administration

President Chester Alan Arthur R

since Sep 19, 1881

Vice President vacant

Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln R

since Mar 5, 1881

Secretary of the Treasury Charles J. Folger R

since Nov 14, 1881

Attorney General Benjamin H. Brewster R

since Dec 16, 1881

Secretary of State Frederick T. Frelinghuysen R

since Dec 19, 1881

1883-03-08/congress48th Congress

Senate · 28 R · 23 D

House ·

1883-03-08/supreme-courtThe bench

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

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

Stanley Matthews R

Associate Justice · appointed by James A. Garfield · since May 12, 1881

Horace Gray R

Associate Justice · appointed by Chester A. Arthur · since Dec 20, 1881

Samuel M. Blatchford R

Associate Justice · appointed by Chester A. Arthur · since Mar 22, 1882

1883-03-08/weekWithin a week · Mar 1, 1883 – Mar 15, 1883

Law Tariff of 1883 (Mongrel Tariff)

Mar 3, 1883 · Ch. 121, Sess. 2, 47th Cong.

Ruling Louisiana v. Jumel

Mar 5, 1883 · 107 U.S. 711

Ruling Antoni v. Greenhow

Mar 5, 1883 · 107 U.S. 769

Ruling New Hampshire v. Louisiana

Mar 5, 1883 · 108 U.S. 76

Ruling Cushing v. Laird

Mar 5, 1883 · 107 U.S. 69

Ruling Green Bay and Minnesota Railroad Company v. Union Steamboat Company

Mar 5, 1883 · 107 U.S. 98

Ruling Kendall v. United States

Mar 5, 1883 · 107 U.S. 123

Ruling Montclair v. Ramsdell

Mar 5, 1883 · 107 U.S. 147

Ruling Montclair v. Dana

Mar 5, 1883 · 107 U.S. 162

Ruling Russell v. Allen

Mar 5, 1883 · 107 U.S. 163

Ruling Jones v. Habersham

Mar 5, 1883 · 107 U.S. 174

Ruling Atlantic Works v. Brady

Mar 5, 1883 · 107 U.S. 192

Ruling Bowden v. Johnson

Mar 5, 1883 · 107 U.S. 251

Ruling Wiggins Ferry Company v. East St. Louis

Mar 5, 1883 · 107 U.S. 365

Ruling Close v. Glenwood Cemetery

Mar 5, 1883 · 107 U.S. 466

Ruling Pana v. Bowler

Mar 5, 1883 · 107 U.S. 529

Ruling Read v. Plattsmouth

Mar 5, 1883 · 107 U.S. 568

Ruling Escanaba Company v. Chicago

Mar 5, 1883 · 107 U.S. 678

Ruling Stucky v. Masonic Savings Bank

Mar 5, 1883 · 108 U.S. 74

Ruling New York Guaranty Company v. Memphis Water Company

Mar 12, 1883 · 107 U.S. 205

Ruling Union Trust Company v. Souther

Mar 12, 1883 · 107 U.S. 591

Ruling Union Trust Company v. Walker

Mar 12, 1883 · 107 U.S. 596

Ruling Crossley v. City of New Orleans

Mar 12, 1883 · 108 U.S. 105

Ruling The Union Trust Company of New York v. Fitzgerald

Mar 12, 1883 · 107 U.S. 595n

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.