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The United States on October 23, 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 · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

38 states

15 amendments in force

Public debt

$1.7B

as of Jul 1, 1888

1888-10-23/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

1888-10-23/congress50th Congress

Senate · 39 R · 37 D

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

1888-10-23/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

Melville Weston Fuller D

Chief Justice · appointed by Grover Cleveland · since Jul 20, 1888

1888-10-23/weekWithin a week · Oct 16, 1888 – Oct 30, 1888

Ruling Williams v. Conger

Oct 22, 1888 · 131 U.S. 390

Ruling Kidd v. Pearson

Oct 22, 1888 · 128 U.S. 1

Ruling Leather Manufacturers' Bank v. Merchants' Bank

Oct 22, 1888 · 128 U.S. 26

Ruling Western Union Telegraph Company v. Pennsylvania

Oct 22, 1888 · 128 U.S. 39

Ruling United States ex rel. Dunlap v. Black

Oct 22, 1888 · 128 U.S. 40

Ruling Robinson v. Fair

Oct 22, 1888 · 128 U.S. 53

Ruling Kane v. Northern Central Railway Company

Oct 22, 1888 · 128 U.S. 91

Ruling Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway v. Alabama

Oct 22, 1888 · 128 U.S. 96

Ruling Asher v. Texas

Oct 29, 1888 · 128 U.S. 129

Ruling Livingston County v. First National Bank of Portsmouth

Oct 29, 1888 · 128 U.S. 102

Ruling Chappell v. Bradsha

Oct 29, 1888 · 128 U.S. 132

Ruling Culliford v. Gomila

Oct 29, 1888 · 128 U.S. 135

Ruling Georgia Railroad and Banking Company v. Smith

Oct 29, 1888 · 128 U.S. 174

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.