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The United States on February 3, 1887

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

President

Cleveland

Grover Cleveland D · since Mar 4, 1885

Senate

42 R · 34 D

76 senators · 49th Congress

House

187 D · 143 R

332 representatives

Supreme Court

9 R

9 justices by appointing party

Union

38 states

15 amendments in force

Public debt

$1.8B

as of Jul 1, 1886

1887-02-03/executiveThe administration

President Grover Cleveland D

since Mar 4, 1885

Vice President vacant

Postmaster General William Freeman Vilas D

since Mar 6, 1885

Secretary of the Interior Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D

since Mar 6, 1885

Attorney General Augustus Hill Garland D

since Mar 6, 1885

Secretary of the Navy William Collins Whitney D

since Mar 7, 1885

Secretary of State Thomas F. Bayard D

since Mar 7, 1885

Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Manning D

since Mar 8, 1885

1887-02-03/congress49th Congress

Senate · 42 R · 34 D

House · 187 D · 143 R · 1 ID · 1 NG

1887-02-03/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

1887-02-03/weekWithin a week · Jan 27, 1887 – Feb 10, 1887

Ruling Hibernia Insurance Company v. St. Louis Transportation Company

Jan 31, 1887 · 120 U.S. 166

Ruling United States v. Hill

Jan 31, 1887 · 120 U.S. 169

Ruling Phoenix Life Insurance Company v. Raddin

Jan 31, 1887 · 120 U.S. 183

Ruling Boffinger v. Tuyes

Jan 31, 1887 · 120 U.S. 198

Ruling Meyers v. Block

Jan 31, 1887 · 120 U.S. 206

Ruling Everhart v. Huntsville College

Jan 31, 1887 · 120 U.S. 223

Ruling King Bridge Company v. Otoe County

Jan 31, 1887 · 120 U.S. 225

Ruling United States v. Pacific Railroad

Jan 31, 1887 · 120 U.S. 227

Ruling Quincy v. Steel

Jan 31, 1887 · 120 U.S. 241

Ruling Indianapolis Rolling Mill v. St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita Railroad

Jan 31, 1887 · 120 U.S. 256

Ruling Beard v. Nichols

Jan 31, 1887 · 120 U.S. 260

Ruling Schlesinger v. Beard

Jan 31, 1887 · 120 U.S. 264

Ruling Bank of Maysville v. Claypool

Jan 31, 1887 · 120 U.S. 268

Ruling Grant v. Phoenix Life Insurance Company

Jan 31, 1887 · 120 U.S. 271

Ruling Winchester v. Heiskell

Jan 31, 1887 · 120 U.S. 273

Ruling Meriwether v. Muhlenburg County Court

Jan 31, 1887 · 120 U.S. 354

Law Electoral Count Act

Feb 3, 1887 · Ch. 90, Sess. 2, 49th Cong.

Law Interstate Commerce Act of 1887

Feb 4, 1887 · Ch. 104, Sess. 2, 49th Cong.

Ruling United States v. Dunn

Feb 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 249

Ruling In re Sno

Feb 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 274

Ruling Farley v. Kittson

Feb 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 303

Ruling Pensacola ICE Company v. Perry

Feb 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 318

Ruling Sherman v. Jerome

Feb 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 319

Ruling United States v. Northway

Feb 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 327

Ruling The L. P. Dayton

Feb 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 337

Ruling Harmon v. Adams

Feb 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 363

Ruling Durand v. Martin

Feb 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 366

Ruling Martin v. Thompson

Feb 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 376

Law Dawes Act (Indian General Allotment Act)

Feb 8, 1887 · Ch. 119, Sess. 2, 49th Cong.

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.