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The United States on March 7, 1889

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

President

Harrison

Benjamin Harrison R · since Mar 4, 1889

Senate

26 R · 24 D

50 senators · 51st Congress

House

1 R

1 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

1889-03-07/executiveThe administration

President Benjamin Harrison R

since Mar 4, 1889

Vice President Levi Parsons Morton R

Secretary of War Redfield Proctor R

since Mar 5, 1889

Postmaster General John Wanamaker R

since Mar 5, 1889

Secretary of Agriculture Jeremiah McLain Rusk R

since Mar 6, 1889

Secretary of the Treasury William Windom R

since Mar 7, 1889

Secretary of State James G. Blaine R

since Mar 7, 1889

Attorney General William H. H. Miller R

since Mar 7, 1889

Secretary of the Interior John Willock Noble R

since Mar 7, 1889

1889-03-07/congress51st Congress

Senate · 26 R · 24 D

House · 1 R

1889-03-07/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

1889-03-07/weekWithin a week · Feb 28, 1889 – Mar 14, 1889

Benjamin Harrison takes office · Mar 4, 1889

Ruling Liverpool and Great Western Steam Company v. Phenix Insurance Company

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 397

Ruling Liverpool and Great Western Steam Company v. Insurance Company of North America

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 464

Ruling Allen v. Smith

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 465

Ruling United States ex rel. Levey v. Stockslager

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 470

Ruling Norton v. Board of Commissioners of the Taxing District of Brownsville

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 479

Ruling Commissioners of the Taxing District of Brownsville v. Loague

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 493

Ruling Norton v. Commissioners of the Taxing District of Brownsville

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 505

Ruling McKenna v. Simpson

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 506

Ruling Kimberly v. Arms

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 512

Ruling Peters v. Active Manufacturing Company

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 530

Ruling Peters v. Hanson

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 541

Ruling City National Bank of Fort Worth v. Hunter

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 557

Ruling United States v. Marshall Silver Mining Company

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 579

Ruling Shotwell v. Moore

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 590

Ruling Goodwin v. Fox

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 601

Ruling Insurance Company of North America v. Guardiola

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 642

Ruling Woodstock Iron Company v. Richmond and Danville Extension Company

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 643

Ruling Ralston v. Turpin

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 663

Ruling Chapman v. Barney

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 677

Ruling Bene v. Jeantet

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 683

Ruling Schraeder Mining and Manufacturing Company v. Packer

Mar 5, 1889 · 129 U.S. 688

Ruling Oregon Railway and Navigation Company v. Oregonian Railway Company, Limited

Mar 5, 1889 · 130 U.S. 1

Ruling Badger v. Cusimano

Mar 5, 1889 · 130 U.S. 39

Ruling Parker v. Dacres

Mar 5, 1889 · 130 U.S. 43

Ruling Ballard v. Searls

Mar 5, 1889 · 130 U.S. 50

Ruling Collins Company v. Coes

Mar 5, 1889 · 130 U.S. 56

Ruling Arkansas Valley Land and Cattle Company v. Mann

Mar 5, 1889 · 130 U.S. 69

Ruling United States v. Watson

Mar 11, 1889 · 130 U.S. 80

Ruling Calton v. Utah

Mar 11, 1889 · 130 U.S. 83

Ruling Brown v. District of Columbia

Mar 11, 1889 · 130 U.S. 87

Ruling Bullitt County v. Washer

Mar 11, 1889 · 130 U.S. 142

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.