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The United States on May 13, 1888

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

39 R · 37 D

76 senators · 50th Congress

House

172 D · 154 R

332 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 1 D

8 justices by appointing party

Union

38 states

15 amendments in force

Public debt

$1.7B

as of Jul 1, 1887

1888-05-13/executiveThe administration

President Grover Cleveland D

since Mar 4, 1885

Vice President vacant

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 Charles Stebbins Fairchild D

since Apr 1, 1887

Secretary of the Interior William Freeman Vilas D

since Jan 16, 1888

1888-05-13/congress50th Congress

Senate · 39 R · 37 D

House · 172 D · 154 R · 2 IR · 2 U · 1 I · 1 NG

1888-05-13/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

John Marshall Harlan R

Associate Justice · appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes · since Nov 29, 1877

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

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D

Associate Justice · appointed by Grover Cleveland · since Jan 16, 1888

1888-05-13/weekWithin a week · May 6, 1888 – May 20, 1888

Ruling Callan v. Wilson

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 540

Ruling Ratterman v. Western Union Telegraph Company

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 411

Ruling Leloup v. Port of Mobile

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 640

Ruling Providence and Stonington Steamship Company v. Clare's Administratrix

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 45

Ruling Wisconsin v. Pelican Insurance Company

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 265

Ruling Mosler Safe and Lock Company v. Mosler

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 354

Ruling Herrman v. Arthur's Executors

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 363

Ruling Hendy v. Golden State and Miners' Iron Works

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 370

Ruling St. Paul Plough Works v. Starling

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 376

Ruling Arkansas Valley Smelting Company v. Belden Mining Company

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 379

Ruling Mosher v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 390

Ruling Holland v. Shipley

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 396

Ruling Hosford v. Germania Fire Insurance Company

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 399

Ruling Hosford v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 404

Ruling Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company v. United States

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 406

Ruling Barnard v. District of Columbia

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 409

Ruling United States v. McLaughlin

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 428

Ruling Benson v. McMahon

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 457

Ruling Glacier Mountain Silver Mining Company v. Willis

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 471

Ruling Hegler v. Faulkner

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 482

Ruling Jenkins v. International Bank of Chicago

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 484

Ruling Taylor v. Holmes

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 489

Ruling Robertson v. Sichel

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 507

Ruling Stuart v. Gay

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 518

Ruling Easton v. German-American Bank

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 532

Ruling Joyce v. Chillicothe Foundry

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 557

Ruling Flower v. Detroit

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 563

Ruling Arthur's Executors v. Vietor

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 572

Ruling Brown v. District of Columbia

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 579

Ruling Allen v. Gillette

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 589

Ruling Falk v. Moebs

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 597

Ruling Robertson v. Downing

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 607

Ruling St. Romes v. Levee Steam Cotton Press Company

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 614

Ruling Robbins v. Rollins's Executor

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 622

Ruling Calhoun v. Lanaux

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 634

Ruling Farmers' Loan and Trust Company v. Newman

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 649

Ruling Travellers' Insurance Company v. McConkey

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 661

Ruling Nickerson v. Nickerson

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 668

Ruling Mahon v. Justice

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 700

Ruling Sewall v. Haymaker

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 719

Ruling In re Coy

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 731

Ruling Craig v. Leitensdorfer

May 14, 1888 · 127 U.S. 764

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.