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json18 files changed, 1,445 insertions(+), 267 deletions(−)Laws enacted
+16major laws · full counts from 1973
Executive orders
—records start in 1994
Final rules
—records start in 1994
Supreme Court
4 of 9seats changed hands
Agencies
+4 −1departments & tracked agencies
Public debt
−$104M$1.7B → $1.6B
The presidency passed from Grover Cleveland to Benjamin Harrison. 34 senators and 231 representatives took seats that they did not hold before. 4 new justices joined the Supreme Court.
Executive5 files+14−11
executive/presidentThe presidency
Grover Cleveland D
22nd president
Benjamin Harrison R
23rd president · took office Mar 4, 1889
executive/vice-presidentThe vice presidency
vacant
Levi Parsons Morton R
took office Mar 4, 1889
executive/cabinetCabinet & senior officials
+8−8Wikidata ↗
Secretary of State · 2 people took this office in between
William F. Wharton R (acting)
Secretary of the Treasury · 2 people took this office in between
vacant on Mar 3, 1893
next: John Davis Long R · Mar 6, 1897
Other senior officials (3 changed)
vacant on Mar 3, 1893
next: John Davis Long R · Mar 6, 1897
executive/ordersExecutive orders
no dataFederal Register API ↗
Federal Register records of executive orders begin in 1994.
executive/agenciesFederal agencies
+4−1Wikidata ↗
50 → 53 tracked organizations · 8 → 8 executive departments
Climate Prediction Center
established Jan 1, 1890 · United States federal agency that is one of the National Centers for Environmental Prediction
United States Board on Geographic Names
established Sep 4, 1890 · US geographic naming government agency
United States Weather Bureau
established Jul 1, 1891 · former United States federal agency
Bureau of Public Roads
established Jan 1, 1893 · former agency in the United States Department of Agriculture and Department of Commerce
Division of Telegrams and Reports for the Benefit of Commerce and Agriculture
abolished Jul 1, 1891 · predecessor to United States Weather Bureau · replaced by United States Weather Bureau
Agency start and end dates come from Wikidata, which covers smaller bureaus unevenly.
Military1 file±0
military/conflictsArmed conflicts
U.S. in 0 armed conflicts → 0
The U.S. was not a party to any armed conflict in this window (conflict records start in 1946).
An armed conflict here means at least 25 battle deaths in a year, with U.S. forces as a party or fighting for a government (UCDP's definition). Air strikes, raids, and advisory missions below that threshold aren't included. UN peacekeeping missions are excluded.
Legislative4 files+281−250
legislative/controlControl of Congress
50
51
52
Top: House · Bottom: Senate DemocraticRepublicanOther
50th Congress → 52nd Congress · 2 new Congresses elected
2 changes of chamber control along the way
House: Democrat majority
172 D · 154 R
House: null majority
240 D · 87 R
Senate: Republican majority on both dates
39 R · 37 D → 47 R · 39 D
legislative/senateSenate
+34−22congress-legislators ↗
34 new members · 22 departed · 54 served on both dates · women 0 → 0 · median age 59 → 59
7 seats changed party
Show 3 more seat flips
Who joined and who left (34 in · 22 out)
Charles Norton Felton R
California
Edward Oliver Wolcott R
Colorado
Anthony Higgins R
Delaware
John Brown Gordon D
Georgia
George Laird Shoup R
Idaho
Fred Thomas Dubois R
Idaho
John McAuley Palmer D
Illinois
William Alfred Peffer P
Kansas
Bishop Walden Perkins R
Kansas
John Griffin Carlisle D
Kentucky
Donelson Caffery D
Louisiana
Edward Douglass White D
Louisiana
Charles Hopper Gibson D
Maryland
James McMillan R
Michigan
William Drew Washburn R
Minnesota
Wilbur Fiske Sanders R
Montana
Thomas Charles Power R
Montana
Lyman Rufus Casey R
North Dakota
Henry Clay Hansbrough R
North Dakota
Jacob Harold Gallinger R
New Hampshire
David Bennett Hill D
New York
Calvin Stewart Brice D
Ohio
Nathan Fellows Dixon R
Rhode Island
John Laurens Manning Irby D
South Carolina
Richard Franklin Pettigrew R
South Dakota
James Henderson Kyle P
South Dakota
Roger Quarles Mills D
Texas
Eppa Hunton D
Virginia
Redfield Proctor R
Vermont
John Beard Allen R
Washington
Watson Carvosso Squire R
Washington
William Freeman Vilas D
Wisconsin
Joseph Maull Carey R
Wyoming
Francis Emroy Warren R
Wyoming
George Hearst D
California
Thomas Mead Bowen R
Colorado
Eli Saulsbury D
Delaware
Joseph Emerson Brown D
Georgia
Charles Benjamin Farwell R
Illinois
Preston B. Plumb R
Kansas
John James Ingalls R
Kansas
James Burnie Beck D
Kentucky
Randall Lee Gibson D
Louisiana
James Biddle Eustis D
Louisiana
Ephraim King Wilson D
Maryland
Thomas Witherell Palmer R
Michigan
Dwight May Sabin R
Minnesota
Henry William Blair R
New Hampshire
William Maxwell Evarts R
New York
Henry B. Payne D
Ohio
Jonathan Chace R
Rhode Island
Wade Hampton D
South Carolina
John Henninger Reagan D
Texas
Harrison Holt Riddleberger R
Virginia
George Franklin Edmunds R
Vermont
John Coit Spooner R
Wisconsin
legislative/houseHouse
+231−228congress-legislators ↗
231 new members · 228 departed · 104 served on both dates · women 0 → 0 · median age 49 → 50
25 state delegations changed
Show delegation changes
Iowa 1 D · 8 R · 2 other
Iowa 6 D · 5 R
Illinois 6 D · 14 R
Illinois 14 D · 6 R
Indiana 6 D · 7 R
Indiana 11 D · 2 R
Kansas 0 D · 6 R · 1 other
Kansas 0 D · 2 R · 5 other
Kentucky 8 D · 3 R
Kentucky 10 D · 1 R
Massachusetts 4 D · 8 R
Massachusetts 7 D · 5 R
Maryland 5 D · 1 R
Maryland 6 D · 0 R
Michigan 5 D · 6 R
Michigan 7 D · 4 R
Minnesota 3 D · 2 R
Minnesota 3 D · 1 R · 1 other
Missouri 12 D · 2 R
Missouri 14 D · 0 R
North Carolina 7 D · 1 R · 1 other
North Carolina 8 D · 1 R
North Dakota 0 D · 0 R
North Dakota 0 D · 1 R
Nebraska 1 D · 2 R
Nebraska 1 D · 0 R · 2 other
New Hampshire 1 D · 1 R
New Hampshire 2 D · 0 R
New Jersey 2 D · 5 R
New Jersey 5 D · 2 R
New York 15 D · 19 R
New York 23 D · 11 R
Ohio 6 D · 15 R
Ohio 14 D · 7 R
Oklahoma 0 D · 0 R
Oklahoma 0 D · 1 R
Pennsylvania 8 D · 20 R
Pennsylvania 11 D · 17 R
Rhode Island 0 D · 2 R
Rhode Island 2 D · 0 R
South Dakota 0 D · 0 R
South Dakota 0 D · 1 R
Virginia 3 D · 6 R · 1 other
Virginia 10 D · 0 R
Washington 1 D · 0 R
Washington 0 D · 1 R
Wisconsin 1 D · 7 R · 1 other
Wisconsin 8 D · 1 R
West Virginia 3 D · 1 R
West Virginia 4 D · 0 R
Who joined and who left (231 in · 228 out)
Louis Washington Turpin D
Alabama-4
Richard Henry Clarke D
Alabama-1
William Henderson Cate D
Arkansas-1
William Leake Terry D
Arkansas-4
John Tyler Cutting R
California-4
Anthony Caminetti D
California-2
Thomas J. Geary D
California-1
William Wallace Bowers R
California-6
Eugene Francis Loud R
California-5
Hosea Townsend R
Colorado-1
Washington Frederick Willcox D
Connecticut-2
Robert Elliott De Forest D
Connecticut-4
Lewis Sperry D
Connecticut-1
John Williams Causey D
Delaware-AL
Robert Bullock D
Florida-2
Stephen Russell Mallory D
Florida-1
Robert William Everett D
Georgia-7
Thomas Elisha Winn D
Georgia-9
Thomas Graves Lawson D
Georgia-8
Charles Leavell Moses D
Georgia-4
Rufus Ezekiel Lester D
Georgia-1
Leonidas Felix Livingston D
Georgia-5
Thomas Edward Watson D
Georgia-10
Thomas Bowman D
Iowa-9
Walter Halben Butler D
Iowa-4
James Patton Flick R
Iowa-8
John Taylor Hamilton D
Iowa-5
John Joseph Seerley D
Iowa-1
Frederick Edward White D
Iowa-6
George Douglas Perkins R
Iowa-11
Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver R
Iowa-10
John Albert Tiffin Hull R
Iowa-7
Willis Sweet R
Idaho-1
Samuel Thompson Busey D
Illinois-15
Benjamin Taylor Cable D
Illinois-11
Walter Cass Newberry D
Illinois-4
Owen Scott D
Illinois-14
Herman Wilber Snow D
Illinois-9
Lewis Steward D
Illinois-8
Abner Taylor R
Illinois-1
Scott Wike D
Illinois-12
Allan Cathcart Durborow Jr. D
Illinois-3
George Washington Fithian D
Illinois-16
William St. John Forman D
Illinois-18
Lawrence Edward McGann D
Illinois-2
James Robert Williams D
Illinois-19
George Washington Smith R
Illinois-20
Charles A. O. McClellan D
Indiana-12
William Fletcher Parrett D
Indiana-1
David Henry Patton D
Indiana-10
John Lewis Bretz D
Indiana-2
Elijah Voorhees Brookshire D
Indiana-8
Jason Brevoort Brown D
Indiana-3
George William Cooper D
Indiana-5
Augustus Newton Martin D
Indiana-11
Daniel Webster Waugh R
Indiana-9
Henry Underwood Johnson R
Indiana-6
Benjamin Hutchinson Clover P
Kansas-3
John Grant Otis P
Kansas-4
John Davis P
Kansas-5
William Baker P
Kansas-6
Case Broderick R
Kansas-1
Jeremiah Simpson P
Kansas-7
W. W. Dickerson D
Kentucky-6
John Wilkerson Kendall D
Kentucky-10
John Henry Wilson R
Kentucky-11
William Thomas Ellis D
Kentucky-2
Isaac Herschel Goodnight D
Kentucky-3
Thomas Hanson Paynter D
Kentucky-9
Charles Jahleal Boatner D
Louisiana-5
Andrew Price D
Louisiana-3
Samuel Matthews Robertson D
Louisiana-6
Adolph Meyer D
Louisiana-1
John Forrester Andrew D
Massachusetts-3
Frederick Spaulding Coolidge D
Massachusetts-11
John Crawford Crosby D
Massachusetts-12
Sherman Hoar D
Massachusetts-5
George Fred Williams D
Massachusetts-9
Joseph Henry O’Neil D
Massachusetts-4
Charles Sturtevant Randall R
Massachusetts-1
Moses Tyler Stevens D
Massachusetts-8
Elijah Adams Morse R
Massachusetts-2
Joseph Henry Walker R
Massachusetts-10
John Brewer Brown D
Maryland-1
Herman Stump D
Maryland-2
William McMahon McKaig D
Maryland-6
Charles Eugene Belknap R
Michigan-5
Byron Gray Stout D
Michigan-6
Harrison H. Wheeler D
Michigan-9
Henry Melville Youmans D
Michigan-8
James Sedgwick Gorman D
Michigan-2
Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D
Michigan-10
Samuel Merritt Stephenson R
Michigan-11
James Nathan Castle D
Minnesota-4
Kittel Halvorson P
Minnesota-5
William Henry Harries D
Minnesota-1
Osee Matson Hall D
Minnesota-3
Samuel Byrns D
Missouri-10
Richard Henry Norton D
Missouri-7
Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D
Missouri-4
Marshall Arnold D
Missouri-14
Robert Washington Fyan D
Missouri-13
Seth Wallace Cobb D
Missouri-9
John Charles Tarsney D
Missouri-5
David Albaugh De Armond D
Missouri-12
Joseph Henry Beeman D
Mississippi-5
Clarke Lewis D
Mississippi-4
John Curtis Kyle D
Mississippi-2
William Wirt Dixon D
Montana-1
Henry Plummer Cheatham R
North Carolina-2
Archibald Hunter Arrington Williams D
North Carolina-5
Sydenham Benoni Alexander D
North Carolina-6
William Augustus Blount Branch D
North Carolina-1
Benjamin Hickman Bunn D
North Carolina-4
Benjamin Franklin Grady D
North Carolina-3
William Thomas Crawford D
North Carolina-9
Martin Nelson Johnson R
North Dakota-1
William Jennings Bryan D
Nebraska-1
William Arthur McKeighan P
Nebraska-2
Omer Madison Kem P
Nebraska-3
Warren Fisher Daniell D
New Hampshire-2
Christopher Augustus Bergen R
New Jersey-1
Samuel Fowler D
New Jersey-4
Edward Francis McDonald D
New Jersey-7
Cornelius Andrew Cadmus D
New Jersey-5
Thomas Dunn English D
New Jersey-6
Jacob Augustus Geissenhainer D
New Jersey-3
Horace Franklin Bartine R
Nevada-AL
Henry Wilbur Bentley D
New York-23
David Augustus Boody D
New York-2
Thomas Lathrop Bunting D
New York-33
Alfred Clark Chapin D
New York-1
Isaac Newton Cox D
New York-17
Roswell Pettibone Flower D
New York-12
Halbert Stevens Greenleaf D
New York-30
John Adam Quackenbush R
New York-18
John Raines R
New York-29
Hosea Hunt Rockwell D
New York-28
Leslie W. Russell R
New York-22
John Sanford R
New York-20
George Van Horn D
New York-24
John Michael Clancy D
New York-4
William Jerome Coombs D
New York-3
Edward John Dunphy D
New York-7
John R. Fellows D
New York-6
Daniel Newton Lockwood D
New York-32
Thomas Francis Magner D
New York-5
Charles Tracey D
New York-19
John De Witt Warner D
New York-11
John Madison Wever R
New York-21
Warren Brewster Hooker R
New York-34
George Washington Ray R
New York-26
James Wolcott Wadsworth R
New York-31
Sereno Elisha Payne R
New York-27
Robert Eachus Doan R
Ohio-10
James Irvine Dungan D
Ohio-13
Martin Kissinger Gantz D
Ohio-4
William Elisha Haynes D
Ohio-7
Lewis Philip Ohliger D
Ohio-16
James W. Owens D
Ohio-14
John M. Pattison D
Ohio-11
Vincent Albert Taylor R
Ohio-20
John Alexander Caldwell R
Ohio-2
Dennis D. Donovan D
Ohio-6
William Henry Enochs R
Ohio-12
Darius Dodge Hare D
Ohio-8
Michael Daniel Harter D
Ohio-15
George Washington Houk D
Ohio-3
Tom Loftin Johnson D
Ohio-21
Albert Jackson Pearson D
Ohio-17
Bellamy Storer R
Ohio-1
Fernando Coello Layton D
Ohio-5
David Archibald Harvey R
Oklahoma-AL
Lemuel Amerman D
Pennsylvania-11
David B. Brunner D
Pennsylvania-9
Alexander Kerr Craig D
Pennsylvania-24
Eugene Pierce Gillespie D
Pennsylvania-25
Edwin Hallowell D
Pennsylvania-7
John Winebrenner Rife R
Pennsylvania-14
George Washington Shonk R
Pennsylvania-12
Frank Eckels Beltzhoover D
Pennsylvania-19
Albert Cole Hopkins R
Pennsylvania-16
George Frederic Kribbs D
Pennsylvania-28
William Mutchler D
Pennsylvania-8
James Bernard Reilly D
Pennsylvania-13
Simon Peter Wolverton D
Pennsylvania-17
Myron Benjamin Wright R
Pennsylvania-15
Matthew Griswold R
Pennsylvania-26
John Buchanan Robinson R
Pennsylvania-6
Charles Warren Stone R
Pennsylvania-27
William Alexis Stone R
Pennsylvania-23
William McAleer D
Pennsylvania-3
Marriott Brosius R
Pennsylvania-10
John Edgar Reyburn R
Pennsylvania-4
George Franklin Huff R
Pennsylvania-21
Oscar Lapham D
Rhode Island-1
Charles Harrison Page D
Rhode Island-2
George Johnstone D
South Carolina-3
Eli Thomas Stackhouse D
South Carolina-6
William Huggins Brawley D
South Carolina-1
George Washington Shell D
South Carolina-4
John Rankin Gamble R
South Dakota-AL
Henry Clay Snodgrass D
Tennessee-3
Alfred Alexander Taylor R
Tennessee-1
Josiah Patterson D
Tennessee-10
Nicholas Nichols Cox D
Tennessee-7
Rice Alexander Pierce D
Tennessee-9
John Benjamin Long D
Texas-2
Joseph Weldon Bailey D
Texas-5
Edwin Le Roy Antony D
Texas-9
John Alexander Buchanan D
Virginia-9
John William Lawson D
Virginia-2
Posey Green Lester D
Virginia-5
Paul Carrington Edmunds D
Virginia-6
James Fletcher Epes D
Virginia-4
William Atkinson Jones D
Virginia-1
Henry St. George Tucker D
Virginia-10
Horace Henry Powers R
Vermont-1
John Lockwood Wilson R
Washington-1
Clinton Babbitt D
Wisconsin-1
Allen Ralph Bushnell D
Wisconsin-3
Frank Potter Coburn D
Wisconsin-7
Lucas Miltiades Miller D
Wisconsin-6
Charles Barwig D
Wisconsin-2
George H. Brickner D
Wisconsin-5
Thomas Lynch D
Wisconsin-9
John Lendrum Mitchell D
Wisconsin-4
John Duffy Alderson D
West Virginia-3
James Capehart D
West Virginia-4
John Overton Pendleton D
West Virginia-1
Clarence Don Clark R
Wyoming-AL
Alexander Caldwell Davidson D
Alabama-4
James Taylor Jones D
Alabama-1
Poindexter Dunn D
Arkansas-1
John Henry Rogers D
Arkansas-4
Thomas Larkin Thompson D
California-1
Marion Biggs D
California-2
William W. Morrow R
California-4
William Vandever R
California-6
Charles Norton Felton R
California-5
George Gifford Symes R
Colorado-1
Carlos French D
Connecticut-2
Miles Tobey Granger D
Connecticut-4
Robert Johnstone Vance D
Connecticut-1
John Brown Penington D
Delaware-AL
Charles Dougherty D
Florida-2
Robert Hamilton McWhorta Davidson D
Florida-1
Thomas Manson Norwood D
Georgia-1
George Thomas Barnes D
Georgia-10
Allen Daniel Candler D
Georgia-9
Henry Hull Carlton D
Georgia-8
Judson Claudius Clements D
Georgia-7
Thomas Wingfield Grimes D
Georgia-4
John David Stewart D
Georgia-5
Albert Raney Anderson IR
Iowa-8
William Elijah Fuller R
Iowa-4
Adoniram Judson Holmes R
Iowa-10
Joseph Lyman R
Iowa-9
James Baird Weaver NG
Iowa-6
Edwin Hurd Conger R
Iowa-7
Daniel Kerr R
Iowa-5
Isaac S. Struble R
Iowa-11
John Henry Gear R
Iowa-1
Fred Thomas Dubois R
Idaho-AL
George Alburtus Anderson D
Illinois-12
Ransom Williams Dunham R
Illinois-1
Silas Zephaniah Landes D
Illinois-16
Ralph Plumb R
Illinois-8
John Robert Thomas R
Illinois-20
George Everett Adams R
Illinois-4
William Harrison Gest R
Illinois-11
Frank Lawler D
Illinois-2
Lewis Edwin Payson R
Illinois-9
Jonathan Harvey Rowell R
Illinois-14
Richard Wellington Townshend D
Illinois-19
Jehu Baker R
Illinois-18
Joseph Gurney Cannon R
Illinois-15
William Ernest Mason R
Illinois-3
Alvin Peterson Hovey R
Indiana-1
Jonas George Howard D
Indiana-3
James Thomas Johnston R
Indiana-8
Courtland Cushing Matson D
Indiana-5
James Bain White R
Indiana-12
Thomas McLelland Browne R
Indiana-6
Joseph Bonaparte Cheadle R
Indiana-9
John Henry O’Neall D
Indiana-2
William Dale Owen R
Indiana-10
George Washington Steele R
Indiana-11
John Alexander Anderson IR
Kansas-5
Edmund Needham Morrill R
Kansas-1
Samuel Ritter Peters R
Kansas-7
Thomas Ryan R
Kansas-4
Erastus Johnson Turner R
Kansas-6
Bishop Walden Perkins R
Kansas-3
Polk Laffoon D
Kentucky-2
William Preston Taulbee D
Kentucky-10
George Morgan Thomas R
Kentucky-9
Hugh Franklin Finley R
Kentucky-11
John Griffin Carlisle D
Kentucky-6
Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R
Kentucky-3
Cherubusco Newton D
Louisiana-5
Edward White Robertson D
Louisiana-6
Edward James Gay D
Louisiana-3
Theodore Stark Wilkinson D
Louisiana-1
Charles Herbert Allen R
Massachusetts-8
Edward Burnett D
Massachusetts-9
Patrick Andrew Collins D
Massachusetts-4
Robert Thompson Davis R
Massachusetts-1
Edward Daniel Hayden R
Massachusetts-5
John Davis Long R
Massachusetts-2
Leopold Morse D
Massachusetts-3
John Edwards Russell D
Massachusetts-10
William Whiting R
Massachusetts-11
Francis Williams Rockwell R
Massachusetts-12
Frank Thomas Shaw D
Maryland-2
Charles Hopper Gibson D
Maryland-1
Louis Emory McComas R
Maryland-6
Spencer Oliver Fisher D
Michigan-10
Seth Crittenden Moffatt R
Michigan-11
Timothy Edward Tarsney D
Michigan-8
Edward Payson Allen R
Michigan-2
Mark Spencer Brewer R
Michigan-6
Byron M. Cutcheon R
Michigan-9
Melbourne Haddock Ford D
Michigan-5
John Lewis MacDonald D
Minnesota-3
Edmund Rice D
Minnesota-4
Thomas Wilson D
Minnesota-1
Knute Nelson R
Minnesota-5
Martin Linn Clardy D
Missouri-10
John Milton Glover D
Missouri-9
John Edward Hutton D
Missouri-7
James Nelson Burnes D
Missouri-4
William Henry Wade R
Missouri-13
James Peter Walker D
Missouri-14
William Warner R
Missouri-5
William Joel Stone D
Missouri-12
Frederick George Barry D
Mississippi-4
Chapman Levy Anderson D
Mississippi-5
James Bright Morgan D
Mississippi-2
Joseph Kemp Toole D
Montana-AL
Thomas Dillard Johnston D
North Carolina-9
Louis Charles Latham D
North Carolina-1
John Nichols I
North Carolina-4
John Morehead Brower R
North Carolina-5
Charles Washington McClammy D
North Carolina-3
Alfred Rowland D
North Carolina-6
Furnifold McLendel Simmons D
North Carolina-2
John Albert McShane D
Nebraska-1
George Washington Emery Dorsey R
Nebraska-3
James Laird R
Nebraska-2
Jacob Harold Gallinger R
New Hampshire-2
George Hires R
New Jersey-1
William Walter Phelps R
New Jersey-5
James Nelson Pidcock D
New Jersey-4
Herman Lehlbach R
New Jersey-6
William McAdoo D
New Jersey-7
John Kean R
New Jersey-3
William Woodburn R
Nevada-AL
Perry Belmont D
New York-1
Archibald Meserole Bliss D
New York-5
Lloyd Stephens Bryce D
New York-7
Ira Davenport R
New York-29
Edward Whitford Greenman D
New York-18
Stephen Tyng Hopkins R
New York-17
Nicholas Thomas Kane D
New York-19
Peter Paul Mahoney D
New York-4
Truman Adams Merriman D
New York-11
Abraham X. Parker R
New York-22
John Baptiste Weber R
New York-33
George West R
New York-20
Stephen Van Culen White R
New York-3
Charles Simeon Baker R
New York-30
Felix Campbell D
New York-2
Samuel Sullivan Cox D
New York-9
Milton De Lano R
New York-26
John McCreath Farquhar R
New York-32
Thomas Schmeck Flood R
New York-28
William Grant Laidlaw R
New York-34
John Henry Moffitt R
New York-21
Newton Wright Nutting R
New York-27
John Gilbert Sawyer R
New York-31
David Wilber R
New York-24
James Schoolcraft Sherman R
New York-23
William Bourke Cockran D
New York-12
Charles Elwood Brown R
Ohio-2
James Edwin Campbell D
Ohio-7
George Washington Crouse R
Ohio-20
Martin Ambrose Foran D
Ohio-21
Jacob Romeis R
Ohio-10
Beriah Wilkins D
Ohio-16
Melvin Morella Boothman R
Ohio-6
Benjamin Butterworth R
Ohio-1
William Craig Cooper R
Ohio-9
Robert Patterson Kennedy R
Ohio-8
Jacob Joseph Pugsley R
Ohio-12
George Ebbert Seney D
Ohio-5
Albert Clifton Thompson R
Ohio-11
Charles Preston Wickham R
Ohio-14
Elihu Stephen Williams R
Ohio-3
Samuel S. Yoder D
Ohio-4
William McKinley Jr. R
Ohio-18
Charles Henry Grosvenor R
Ohio-15
Franklin Bound R
Pennsylvania-14
Frank Charles Bunnell R
Pennsylvania-15
Norman Hall D
Pennsylvania-26
John Andrew Hiestand R
Pennsylvania-9
Oscar Lawrence Jackson R
Pennsylvania-24
John Lynch D
Pennsylvania-12
James Thompson Maffett R
Pennsylvania-25
Welty McCullogh R
Pennsylvania-21
John Patton R
Pennsylvania-20
William Lawrence Scott D
Pennsylvania-27
William Henry Sowden D
Pennsylvania-10
Thomas McKee Bayne R
Pennsylvania-23
Charles Rollin Buckalew D
Pennsylvania-11
Smedley Darlington R
Pennsylvania-6
William Darrah Kelley R
Pennsylvania-4
Levi Maish D
Pennsylvania-19
Henry Clay McCormick R
Pennsylvania-16
Edwin Sylvanus Osborne R
Pennsylvania-AL
Samuel Jackson Randall D
Pennsylvania-3
Robert Morris Yardley R
Pennsylvania-7
Daniel Ermentrout D
Pennsylvania-8
Charles Napoleon Brumm R
Pennsylvania-13
Henry Joshua Spooner R
Rhode Island-1
Warren Otis Arnold R
Rhode Island-2
James Sproull Cothran D
South Carolina-3
George William Dargan D
South Carolina-6
Samuel Dibble D
South Carolina-1
William Hayne Perry D
South Carolina-4
Roderick Randum Butler R
Tennessee-1
Presley Thornton Glass D
Tennessee-9
John Randolph Neal D
Tennessee-3
James Phelan D
Tennessee-10
Washington Curran Whitthorne D
Tennessee-7
Silas Hare D
Texas-5
William Harrison Martin D
Texas-2
Roger Quarles Mills D
Texas-9
Henry Bowen R
Virginia-9
John Robert Brown R
Virginia-5
William Embre Gaines R
Virginia-4
Samuel Isaac Hopkins U
Virginia-6
George Edwin Bowden R
Virginia-2
Thomas Henry Bayly Browne R
Virginia-1
Jacob Yost R
Virginia-10
John Wolcott Stewart R
Vermont-1
Charles Stewart Voorhees D
Washington-AL
Richard William Guenther R
Wisconsin-2
Thomas Richard Hudd D
Wisconsin-5
Henry Smith U
Wisconsin-4
Lucien Bonaparte Caswell R
Wisconsin-1
Charles Benjamin Clark R
Wisconsin-6
Ormsby Brunson Thomas R
Wisconsin-7
Isaac Stephenson R
Wisconsin-9
Robert Marion La Follette R
Wisconsin-3
Charles Edgar Hogg D
West Virginia-4
Charles Philip Snyder D
West Virginia-3
Nathan Goff R
West Virginia-1
Joseph Maull Carey R
Wyoming-AL
legislative/lawsLaws enacted
Complete lists of public laws start with the 93rd Congress (Jan 3, 1973). Earlier years show notable and landmark acts only.
16 laws recorded · 1 landmark · 15 notable
Oklahoma Organic Act
Ch. 182, Sess. 1, 51st Cong. · May 2, 1890
Dependent Pension Act
Jun 27, 1890
Dependent and Disability Pension Act
Ch. 634, Sess. 1, 51st Cong. · Jun 27, 1890
Sherman Silver Purchase Act
Ch. 708, Sess. 1, 51st Cong. · Jul 14, 1890
Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act
Aug 30, 1890
Morrill Act of 1890
Ch. 841, Sess. 1, 51st Cong. · Aug 30, 1890
McKinley Tariff
Ch. 1244, Sess. 1, 51st Cong. · Oct 1, 1890
Merchant Marine Act of 1891
Mar 3, 1891
Forest Reserve Act of 1891
Mar 3, 1891
Show 6 more notable laws
Judiciary Act of 1891 (Evarts Act)
Ch. 517, Sess. 2, 51st Cong. · Mar 3, 1891
Immigration Act of 1891
Ch. 551, Sess. 2, 51st Cong. · Mar 3, 1891
Land Revision Act of 1891
Ch. 561, Sess. 2, 51st Cong. · Mar 3, 1891
International Copyright Act of 1891
Ch. 565, Sess. 2, 51st Cong. · Mar 3, 1891
Geary Act
Ch. 60, Sess. 1, 52nd Cong. · May 5, 1892
Harter Act (Carriage of Goods by Sea)
Ch. 105, Sess. 2, 52nd Cong. · Feb 13, 1893
Judicial3 files+1,144−4
judicial/supreme-courtThe Supreme Court
Bench by appointing party: 7 R · 2 D → 8 R · 1 D · every justice ↗
Samuel Freeman Miller R
appointed by Abraham Lincoln · 1862
Joseph P. Bradley R
appointed by Ulysses Grant · 1870
Stanley Matthews R
appointed by James A. Garfield · 1881
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D
appointed by Grover Cleveland · 1888
David Josiah Brewer R
appointed by Benjamin Harrison · 1889
Henry Billings Brown R
appointed by Benjamin Harrison · 1890
George Shiras, Jr. R
appointed by Benjamin Harrison · 1892
Howell Edmunds Jackson R
appointed by Benjamin Harrison · 1893
5 justices served on both dates
Stephen Johnson Field R
appointed by Abraham Lincoln · 1863
John Marshall Harlan R
appointed by Rutherford B. Hayes · 1877
Horace Gray R
appointed by Chester A. Arthur · 1881
Samuel M. Blatchford R
appointed by Chester A. Arthur · 1882
Melville Weston Fuller D
appointed by Grover Cleveland · 1888
judicial/lower-courtsAppeals & district courts
Courts of appeals (active judges): → 10 R · 8 N(
District courts (active judges): 43 R · 18 D · 4 N( → 57 R · 14 D · 2 N(
Benjamin Harrison R appointed 54 judges
4 Supreme Court · 10 appeals · 27 district · 13 other
None (assignment) N( appointed 10 judges
10 appeals
D and R describe the party of the appointing president, not the judge. Active service ends when a judge takes senior status.
judicial/rulingsSupreme Court decisions
+1,076Supreme Court Database ↗
1,076 argued decisions · 1 landmark
The Chinese Exclusion Case
130 U.S. 581 · May 13, 1889 · Decided 8–0 · Civil Rights · Affirmed
Landmark means the Court overruled precedent, struck down a federal law, or the case is on a curated landmark list.
Fiscal2 files±0
fiscal/budgetThe federal budget
Fiscal year undefined → fiscal year undefined · inflation-adjusted with the GDP price index
fiscal/debtTotal public debt outstanding
−$104MTreasury Fiscal Data ↗
$1.7B
as of Jul 1, 1888
$1.6B
as of Jul 1, 1892
Constitution & Union1 file+6
constitution/amendmentsAmendments & statehood
15 → 15 amendments in force · 38 → 44 states
North Dakota joins the Union
admitted Nov 2, 1889
South Dakota joins the Union
admitted Nov 2, 1889
Montana joins the Union
admitted Nov 8, 1889
Washington joins the Union
admitted Nov 11, 1889
Idaho joins the Union
admitted Jul 3, 1890
Wyoming joins the Union
admitted Jul 10, 1890
Reverts1 file−2
revert/undoneWhat was undone
0 executive orders revoked or superseded · 0 rules struck down by Congress · 2 Supreme Court precedents overruled
2 decisions that overruled precedent
Leisy v. Hardin
Apr 28, 1890 · 6-3 · Economic Activity
Brenham v. German American Bank
Mar 28, 1892 · 5-3 · Economic Activity
Revocations are full revocations or supersessions recorded in the Federal Register (partial amendments aren't counted), and those records begin in 1994. Congressional Review Act disapprovals are identified by title. Laws repealed outright aren't tracked yet. Agencies abolished are in the Executive section.
Log1 file±0
logEverything in between
28 events
- presidentBenjamin Harrison takes office
- rulingThe Chinese Exclusion Case
- stateNorth Dakota
- stateSouth Dakota
- stateMontana
- stateWashington
- justiceDavid Josiah Brewer — Associate Justice
- lawOklahoma Organic Act
- lawDependent Pension Act
- lawDependent and Disability Pension Act
- lawSherman Antitrust Act of 1890
- stateIdaho
- stateWyoming
- lawSherman Silver Purchase Act
- lawMorrill Land-Grant Colleges Act
- lawMorrill Act of 1890
- lawMcKinley Tariff
- justiceHenry Billings Brown — Associate Justice
- lawMerchant Marine Act of 1891
- lawForest Reserve Act of 1891
- lawJudiciary Act of 1891 (Evarts Act)
- lawImmigration Act of 1891
- lawLand Revision Act of 1891
- lawInternational Copyright Act of 1891
- lawGeary Act
- justiceGeorge Shiras, Jr. — Associate Justice
- lawHarter Act (Carriage of Goods by Sea)
- justiceHowell Edmunds Jackson — Associate Justice