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The United States on March 13, 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

26 D · 25 R

51 senators · 50th Congress

House

—

0 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

1887-03-13/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

1887-03-13/congress50th Congress

Senate · 26 D · 25 R

House ·

1887-03-13/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

1887-03-13/weekWithin a week · Mar 6, 1887 – Mar 20, 1887

Ruling Baldwin v. Franks

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 678

Ruling Robbins v. Shelby County Taxing District

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 489

Ruling Corson v. Maryland

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 502

Ruling Speidel v. Henrici

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 377

Ruling Rolston v. Missouri Fund Commissioners

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 390

Ruling Grier v. Wilt

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 412

Ruling Hopt v. Utah

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 430

Ruling Plummer v. Sargent

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 442

Ruling Rosenbaum v. Bauer

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 450

Ruling Herron v. Dater

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 464

Ruling United States v. Arjona

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 479

Ruling Schuler v. Israel

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 506

Ruling Laclede Bank v. Schuler

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 511

Ruling Carter County v. Sinton

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 517

Ruling Accident Insurance Company v. Crandal

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 527

Ruling Fletcher v. Fuller

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 534

Ruling People's Savings Bank v. Bates

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 556

Ruling Chicago, Burlington, and Kansas City Railroad v. Guffey

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 569

Ruling Schley v. Pullman Car Company

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 575

Ruling Gilmer v. Stone

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 586

Ruling Bolles v. Brimfield

Mar 7, 1887 · 120 U.S. 759

Ruling Marsh v. Shepard

Mar 14, 1887 · 120 U.S. 595

Ruling Marsh v. Nichols

Mar 14, 1887 · 120 U.S. 595

Ruling East St. Louis v. Amy

Mar 14, 1887 · 120 U.S. 600

Ruling Gonzales v. Ross

Mar 14, 1887 · 120 U.S. 605

Ruling Dushane v. Benedict

Mar 14, 1887 · 120 U.S. 630

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.