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json18 files changed, 1,475 insertions(+), 298 deletions(−)Laws enacted
+11major laws · full counts from 1973
Executive orders
—records start in 1994
Final rules
—records start in 1994
Supreme Court
2 of 9seats changed hands
Agencies
+4 −0departments & tracked agencies
Public debt
+$181M$1.6B → $1.8B
The presidency passed from Benjamin Harrison to Grover Cleveland. 31 senators and 278 representatives took seats that they did not hold before. 2 new justices joined the Supreme Court.
Executive5 files+12−9
executive/presidentThe presidency
Benjamin Harrison R
23rd president
Grover Cleveland D
24th president · took office Mar 4, 1893
executive/vice-presidentThe vice presidency
Levi Parsons Morton R
Adlai Ewing Stevenson D
took office Mar 4, 1893
executive/cabinetCabinet & senior officials
+6−7Wikidata ↗
Secretary of State · 2 people took this office in between
William F. Wharton R (acting)
Attorney General · 2 people took this office in between
Postmaster General · 2 people took this office in between
vacant on Mar 3, 1897
next: Ethan A. Hitchcock R · Feb 20, 1899
Other senior officials (1 changed)
Postmaster General · 2 people took this office in between
1 offices unchanged
Solicitor General: William Howard Taft R
executive/ordersExecutive orders
no dataFederal Register API ↗
Federal Register records of executive orders begin in 1994.
executive/agenciesFederal agencies
53 → 57 tracked organizations · 8 → 8 executive departments
Bureau of Entomology
established Jan 1, 1894 · federal agency of the United States government
Army and Air Force Exchange Service
established Jan 1, 1895 · company
Wildlife Services
established Jan 1, 1895 · United States federal agency unit that resolves wildlife interactions that threaten public health and safety, as well as agricultural, property, and natural resources
United States Copyright Office
established Jan 1, 1897 · government body that maintains records of copyright registration in the United States including a copyright catalog
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+320−285
legislative/controlControl of Congress
52
53
54
Top: House · Bottom: Senate DemocraticRepublicanOther
52nd Congress → 54th Congress · 2 new Congresses elected
2 changes of chamber control along the way
House: Democrat majority
240 D · 87 R
House: null majority
249 R · 102 D
Senate: Republican majority
47 R · 39 D
Senate: Democrat majority
42 R · 39 D
legislative/senateSenate
+31−30congress-legislators ↗
31 new members · 30 departed · 58 served on both dates · women 0 → 0 · median age 59 → 58
12 seats changed party
Show 8 more seat flips
Who joined and who left (31 in · 30 out)
George Clement Perkins R
California
Stephen Mallory White D
California
Augustus Octavius Bacon D
Georgia
John Henry Gear R
Iowa
Lucien Baker R
Kansas
William Lindsay D
Kentucky
Newton Crain Blanchard D
Louisiana
Henry Cabot Lodge R
Massachusetts
Julius Caesar Burrows R
Michigan
Knute Nelson R
Minnesota
Lee Mantle SR
Montana
Thomas Henry Carter R
Montana
Jeter Connelly Pritchard R
North Carolina
Marion Butler P
North Carolina
William Nathaniel Roach D
North Dakota
William Vincent Allen P
Nebraska
John Mellen Thurston R
Nebraska
James Smith Jr. D
New Jersey
William Joyce Sewell R
New Jersey
Edward Murphy Jr. D
New York
George Wycliffe McBride R
Oregon
George Peabody Wetmore R
Rhode Island
Benjamin Ryan Tillman D
South Carolina
Horace Chilton D
Texas
Arthur Brown R
Utah
Frank Jenne Cannon SR
Utah
Thomas Staples Martin D
Virginia
John Lockwood Wilson R
Washington
John Lendrum Mitchell D
Wisconsin
Stephen Benton Elkins R
West Virginia
Clarence Don Clark R
Wyoming
Charles Norton Felton R
California
Leland Stanford R
California
Anthony Higgins R
Delaware
Alfred Holt Colquitt D
Georgia
James Falconer Wilson R
Iowa
Bishop Walden Perkins R
Kansas
John Griffin Carlisle D
Kentucky
Edward Douglass White D
Louisiana
Henry Laurens Dawes R
Massachusetts
Francis Brown Stockbridge R
Michigan
William Drew Washburn R
Minnesota
Wilbur Fiske Sanders R
Montana
Thomas Charles Power R
Montana
Matt Whitaker Ransom D
North Carolina
Zebulon Baird Vance D
North Carolina
Lyman Rufus Casey R
North Dakota
Algernon Sidney Paddock R
Nebraska
Charles Frederick Manderson R
Nebraska
Rufus Blodgett D
New Jersey
John Rhoderic McPherson D
New Jersey
Frank Hiscock R
New York
Joseph Norton Dolph R
Oregon
Nathan Fellows Dixon R
Rhode Island
Matthew Calbraith Butler D
South Carolina
Richard Coke D
Texas
Eppa Hunton D
Virginia
John Beard Allen R
Washington
Philetus Sawyer R
Wisconsin
John Edward Kenna D
West Virginia
Joseph Maull Carey R
Wyoming
legislative/houseHouse
+278−255congress-legislators ↗
278 new members · 255 departed · 80 served on both dates · women 0 → 0 · median age 50 → 50
37 state delegations changed
Show delegation changes
Alabama 8 D · 0 R
Alabama 6 D · 2 R · 1 other
Arkansas 5 D · 0 R
Arkansas 6 D · 0 R
Arizona 1 D · 0 R
Arizona 0 D · 1 R
California 2 D · 4 R
California 1 D · 6 R
Colorado 0 D · 1 R
Colorado 0 D · 1 R · 1 other
Connecticut 3 D · 1 R
Connecticut 0 D · 4 R
Delaware 1 D · 0 R
Delaware 0 D · 1 R
Georgia 10 D · 0 R
Georgia 11 D · 0 R
Iowa 6 D · 5 R
Iowa 0 D · 11 R
Illinois 14 D · 6 R
Illinois 2 D · 21 R
Indiana 11 D · 2 R
Indiana 0 D · 13 R
Kansas 0 D · 2 R · 5 other
Kansas 0 D · 7 R · 1 other
Kentucky 10 D · 1 R
Kentucky 5 D · 6 R
Massachusetts 7 D · 5 R
Massachusetts 1 D · 12 R
Maryland 6 D · 0 R
Maryland 3 D · 3 R
Michigan 7 D · 4 R
Michigan 0 D · 12 R
Minnesota 3 D · 1 R · 1 other
Minnesota 0 D · 6 R
Missouri 14 D · 0 R
Missouri 5 D · 10 R
Montana 1 D · 0 R
Montana 0 D · 1 R
North Carolina 8 D · 1 R
North Carolina 3 D · 3 R · 3 other
Nebraska 1 D · 0 R · 2 other
Nebraska 0 D · 5 R · 1 other
New Hampshire 2 D · 0 R
New Hampshire 0 D · 2 R
New Jersey 5 D · 2 R
New Jersey 0 D · 8 R
New Mexico 1 D · 0 R
New Mexico 0 D · 1 R
Nevada 0 D · 1 R
Nevada 1 D · 0 R
New York 23 D · 11 R
New York 6 D · 29 R
Ohio 14 D · 7 R
Ohio 2 D · 19 R
Oregon 0 D · 1 R
Oregon 0 D · 2 R
Pennsylvania 11 D · 17 R
Pennsylvania 2 D · 27 R
Rhode Island 2 D · 0 R
Rhode Island 0 D · 2 R
South Carolina 7 D · 0 R
South Carolina 6 D · 1 R
Tennessee 8 D · 2 R
Tennessee 6 D · 4 R
Texas 11 D · 0 R
Texas 12 D · 1 R
Utah 1 D · 0 R
Utah 0 D · 1 R
Virginia 10 D · 0 R
Virginia 9 D · 1 R
Wisconsin 8 D · 1 R
Wisconsin 0 D · 10 R
West Virginia 4 D · 0 R
West Virginia 0 D · 4 R
Who joined and who left (278 in · 255 out)
Truman Heminway Aldrich R
Alabama-9
George Paul Harrison D
Alabama-3
Milford Wriarson Howard P
Alabama-7
William Farrington Aldrich R
Alabama-4
Jesse Francis Stallings D
Alabama-2
Robert Neill D
Arkansas-6
Philip Doddridge McCulloch Jr. D
Arkansas-1
Hugh Anderson Dinsmore D
Arkansas-5
John Sebastian Little D
Arkansas-2
Nathan Oakes Murphy R
Arizona-AL
Grove Lawrence Johnson R
California-2
Samuel Greeley Hilborn R
California-3
James George Maguire D
California-4
John All Barham R
California-1
James McLachlan R
California-6
John Calhoun Bell P
Colorado-2
John Franklin Shafroth R
Colorado-1
Nehemiah Day Sperry R
Connecticut-2
Edward Stevens Henry R
Connecticut-1
Ebenezer J. Hill R
Connecticut-4
Jonathan Spencer Willis R
Delaware-AL
Charles Merian Cooper D
Florida-2
Stephen Milancthon Sparkman D
Florida-1
James Conquest Cross Black D
Georgia-10
Benjamin Edward Russell D
Georgia-2
John W. Maddox D
Georgia-7
Farish Carter Tate D
Georgia-9
Charles Lafayette Bartlett D
Georgia-6
Samuel Mercer Clark R
Iowa-1
George Martin Curtis R
Iowa-2
Alva Lysander Hager R
Iowa-9
Thomas Updegraff R
Iowa-4
John Fletcher Lacey R
Iowa-6
Robert Gordon Cousins R
Iowa-5
William Peters Hepburn R
Iowa-8
Edgar Wilson R
Idaho-1
James Franklin Aldrich R
Illinois-1
Orlando Burrell R
Illinois-20
Finis Ewing Downing D
Illinois-16
William Flavius Lester Hadley R
Illinois-18
Everett Jerome Murphy R
Illinois-21
Benson Wood R
Illinois-19
Charles Walhart Woodman R
Illinois-4
James Austin Connolly R
Illinois-17
Edward Dean Cooke R
Illinois-6
George Elon White R
Illinois-5
Walter Reeves R
Illinois-11
Vespasian Warner R
Illinois-13
Benjamin Franklin Marsh R
Illinois-15
Joseph Verdi Graff R
Illinois-14
William Lorimer R
Illinois-2
George Washington Prince R
Illinois-10
George Edmund Foss R
Illinois-7
Joseph Gurney Cannon R
Illinois-12
James Franklin Hanly R
Indiana-AL
Alexander Merrill Hardy R
Indiana-2
Jethro Ayers Hatch R
Indiana-10
Jacob D. Leighty R
Indiana-12
Robert John Tracewell R
Indiana-3
Charles Lewis Henry R
Indiana-7
Lemuel Willard Royse R
Indiana-13
George Washington Faris R
Indiana-8
George Washington Steele R
Indiana-11
James Alexander Hemenway R
Indiana-1
Jesse Overstreet R
Indiana-5
James Eli Watson R
Indiana-4
Richard Whiting Blue R
Kansas-AL
Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick R
Kansas-3
Orrin Larrabee Miller R
Kansas-2
Chester Isaiah Long R
Kansas-7
William Alexander Calderhead R
Kansas-5
Charles Curtis R
Kansas-4
John Kerr Hendrick D
Kentucky-1
Nathan Thomas Hopkins R
Kentucky-10
John William Lewis R
Kentucky-4
William Claiborne Owens D
Kentucky-7
John Daniel Clardy D
Kentucky-2
David Grant Colson R
Kentucky-11
Walter Evans R
Kentucky-5
Albert Seaton Berry D
Kentucky-6
Samuel Johnson Pugh R
Kentucky-9
Whiteside Godfrey Hunter R
Kentucky-3
Charles Francis Buck D
Louisiana-2
Henry Warren Ogden D
Louisiana-4
Lewis Dewart Apsley R
Massachusetts-4
Harrison Henry Atwood R
Massachusetts-10
William Franklin Draper R
Massachusetts-11
William Emerson Barrett R
Massachusetts-7
John Simpkins R
Massachusetts-13
Ashley Bascom Wright R
Massachusetts-1
William Shadrach Knox R
Massachusetts-5
Samuel Walker McCall R
Massachusetts-8
John Francis Fitzgerald D
Massachusetts-9
Frederick Huntington Gillett R
Massachusetts-2
Charles Edward Coffin R
Maryland-5
John Kissig Cowen D
Maryland-4
Joshua Weldon Miles D
Maryland-1
George Louis Wellington R
Maryland-6
William Benjamin Baker R
Maryland-2
David Demerest Aitken R
Michigan-6
John Avery R
Michigan-11
William Seelye Linton R
Michigan-8
Alfred Milnes R
Michigan-3
Henry Franklin Thomas R
Michigan-4
Horace Greeley Snover R
Michigan-7
George Spalding R
Michigan-2
John Blaisdell Corliss R
Michigan-1
Rousseau Owen Crump R
Michigan-10
Roswell Peter Bishop R
Michigan-9
William Alden Smith R
Michigan-5
Andrew Robert Kiefer R
Minnesota-4
Frank Marion Eddy R
Minnesota-7
Joel Prescott Heatwole R
Minnesota-3
Loren Fletcher R
Minnesota-5
James Thompson McCleary R
Minnesota-2
James Albertus Tawney R
Minnesota-1
Charles Germman Burton R
Missouri-15
Charles Nelson Clark R
Missouri-1
George Calhoun Crowther R
Missouri-4
Uriel Sebree Hall D
Missouri-2
Joel Douglas Hubbard R
Missouri-8
Norman Adolphus Mozley R
Missouri-14
John Henry Raney R
Missouri-13
John Plank Tracey R
Missouri-7
William Mitchellson Treloar R
Missouri-9
Charles Frederick Joy R
Missouri-11
Richard Bartholdt R
Missouri-10
Walter McKennon Denny D
Mississippi-6
James Grafton Spencer D
Mississippi-7
Hernando De Soto Money D
Mississippi-4
John Sharp Williams D
Mississippi-5
Charles Sampson Hartman R
Montana-1
James Alexander Lockhart D
North Carolina-6
Thomas Settle R
North Carolina-5
John Gilbert Shaw D
North Carolina-3
Frederick Augustus Woodard D
North Carolina-2
Alonzo Craig Shuford P
North Carolina-7
Harry Skinner P
North Carolina-1
William Franklin Strowd P
North Carolina-4
Romulus Zachariah Linney R
North Carolina-8
Richmond Pearson R
North Carolina-9
Eugene Jerome Hainer R
Nebraska-4
George de Rue Meiklejohn R
Nebraska-3
Jesse Burr Strode R
Nebraska-1
David Henry Mercer R
Nebraska-2
William Ezekiel Andrews R
Nebraska-5
Henry Moore Baker R
New Hampshire-2
Cyrus Adams Sulloway R
New Hampshire-1
Thomas McEwan Jr. R
New Jersey-7
Mahlon Pitney R
New Jersey-4
James Fleming Stewart R
New Jersey-5
Charles Newell Fowler R
New Jersey-8
Benjamin Franklin Howell R
New Jersey-3
John James Gardner R
New Jersey-2
Henry Clay Loudenslager R
New Jersey-1
Richard Wayne Parker R
New Jersey-6
Thomas Benton Catron R
New Mexico-AL
Francis Griffith Newlands D
Nevada-AL
Franklin Bartlett D
New York-7
Frank Swett Black R
New York-19
Newton Martin Curtis R
New York-22
Charles Daniels R
New York-33
Jacob Le Fever R
New York-18
Richard Cunningham McCormick R
New York-1
Henry Clay Miner D
New York-9
Theodore Lewis Poole R
New York-27
James Joseph Walsh D
New York-8
Charles Goodwin Bennett R
New York-5
Henry Colvin Brewster R
New York-31
Israel Frederick Fischer R
New York-4
Wallace Turner Foote Jr. R
New York-23
James Robinson Howe R
New York-6
Denis Michael Hurley R
New York-2
Philip Burrill Low R
New York-15
Rowland Blennerhassett Mahany R
New York-32
Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R
New York-17
Lemuel Ely Quigg R
New York-14
Richard Cutts Shannon R
New York-13
David Forrest Wilber R
New York-21
Francis Henry Wilson R
New York-3
Charles Addison Chickering R
New York-24
Charles William Gillet R
New York-29
George Brinton McClellan D
New York-12
Charles Arnette Towne R
New York-AL
James Schoolcraft Sherman R
New York-25
George Newell Southwick R
New York-20
William Sulzer D
New York-11
Benjamin Lewis Fairchild R
New York-16
Francis Byron De Witt R
Ohio-5
Stephen Ross Harris R
Ohio-13
George Washington Hulick R
Ohio-6
Addison S. McClure R
Ohio-17
Paul John Sorg D
Ohio-3
Luther Martin Strong R
Ohio-8
Charles Phelps Taft R
Ohio-1
David Kemper Watson R
Ohio-12
George Washington Wilson R
Ohio-7
Clifton Bailey Beach R
Ohio-20
Lucien Jerome Fenton R
Ohio-10
Stephen Asa Northway R
Ohio-19
Lorenzo Danford R
Ohio-16
Winfield Scott Kerr R
Ohio-14
Jacob Henry Bromwell R
Ohio-2
Robert Walker Tayler R
Ohio-18
Henry Clay Van Voorhis R
Ohio-15
Charles Henry Grosvenor R
Ohio-11
James Harding Southard R
Ohio-9
Theodore Elijah Burton R
Ohio-21
Dennis Thomas Flynn R
Oklahoma-AL
William Russell Ellis R
Oregon-2
Constantine Jacob Erdman D
Pennsylvania-9
Frederick Halterman R
Pennsylvania-3
Joseph Johnson Hart D
Pennsylvania-8
Daniel Brodhead Heiner R
Pennsylvania-21
John Leisenring R
Pennsylvania-12
Fred Churchill Leonard R
Pennsylvania-16
Thomas Wharton Phillips R
Pennsylvania-25
Joseph Augustine Scranton R
Pennsylvania-11
James Alonzo Stahle R
Pennsylvania-19
Ephraim Milton Woomer R
Pennsylvania-14
William Carlile Arnold R
Pennsylvania-28
James Hodge Codding R
Pennsylvania-15
Josiah Duane Hicks R
Pennsylvania-20
Monroe Henry Kulp R
Pennsylvania-17
Galusha Aaron Grow R
Pennsylvania-AL
Robert Adams Jr. R
Pennsylvania-2
Thaddeus Maclay Mahon R
Pennsylvania-18
Ernest Francis Acheson R
Pennsylvania-24
Charles Napoleon Brumm R
Pennsylvania-13
Irving Price Wanger R
Pennsylvania-7
Warren Otis Arnold R
Rhode Island-2
Melville Bull R
Rhode Island-1
George Washington Murray R
South Carolina-1
John Lowndes McLaurin D
South Carolina-6
Thomas Jefferson Strait D
South Carolina-5
Stanyarne Wilson D
South Carolina-4
James William Stokes D
South Carolina-7
William Jasper Talbert D
South Carolina-2
Asbury Churchwell Latimer D
South Carolina-3
John Alfred Pickler R
South Dakota-AL
William Coleman Anderson R
Tennessee-1
Foster Vincent Brown R
Tennessee-3
John Ethridge McCall R
Tennessee-8
James Calvin McDearmon D
Tennessee-9
Henry Richard Gibson R
Tennessee-2
Charles Keith Bell D
Texas-8
Jeremiah Vardaman Cockrell D
Texas-13
Miles Crowley D
Texas-10
Joseph Chappell Hutcheson D
Texas-1
George Henry Noonan R
Texas-12
George Cassety Pendleton D
Texas-7
Charles Henderson Yoakum D
Texas-3
Samuel Bronson Cooper D
Texas-2
Clarence Emir Allen R
Utah-1
Tazewell Ellett D
Virginia-3
William Robertson McKenney D
Virginia-4
Elisha Edward Meredith D
Virginia-8
Smith Spangler Turner D
Virginia-7
David Gardiner Tyler D
Virginia-2
James Alexander Walker R
Virginia-9
Peter Johnston Otey D
Virginia-6
Claude Augustus Swanson D
Virginia-5
William Hall Doolittle R
Washington-AL
Samuel Andrew Cook R
Wisconsin-6
Michael Griffin R
Wisconsin-7
Edward Sauerhering R
Wisconsin-2
Alexander Stewart R
Wisconsin-9
Samuel Stebbins Barney R
Wisconsin-5
Joseph Weeks Babcock R
Wisconsin-3
Edward Sloman Minor R
Wisconsin-8
Theobald Otjen R
Wisconsin-4
John James Jenkins R
Wisconsin-10
Henry Allen Cooper R
Wisconsin-1
James Hall Huling R
West Virginia-3
Warren Miller R
West Virginia-4
Alston Gordon Dayton R
West Virginia-2
Blackburn Barrett Dovener R
West Virginia-1
Franklin Wheeler Mondell R
Wyoming-AL
William Henry Forney D
Alabama-7
Hilary Abner Herbert D
Alabama-2
William Calvin Oates D
Alabama-3
Louis Washington Turpin D
Alabama-4
William Henderson Cate D
Arkansas-1
Samuel West Peel D
Arkansas-5
Clifton Rodes Breckinridge D
Arkansas-2
Marcus Aurelius Smith D
Arizona-AL
John Tyler Cutting R
California-4
Joseph McKenna R
California-3
Anthony Caminetti D
California-2
Thomas J. Geary D
California-1
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
James Henderson Blount D
Georgia-6
Robert William Everett D
Georgia-7
Thomas Elisha Winn D
Georgia-9
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
Walter Ingalls Hayes D
Iowa-2
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
Thomas Jefferson Henderson R
Illinois-7
Edward Lane D
Illinois-17
William McKendree Springer D
Illinois-13
James Robert Williams D
Illinois-19
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
William Dallas Bynum D
Indiana-7
George William Cooper D
Indiana-5
Augustus Newton Martin D
Indiana-11
Daniel Webster Waugh R
Indiana-9
William Steele Holman D
Indiana-4
Benjamin Franklin Shively D
Indiana-13
Benjamin Hutchinson Clover P
Kansas-3
John Grant Otis P
Kansas-4
John Davis P
Kansas-5
Edward Hogue Funston R
Kansas-2
Jeremiah Simpson P
Kansas-7
W. W. Dickerson D
Kentucky-6
John Wilkerson Kendall D
Kentucky-10
John Henry Wilson R
Kentucky-11
William Campbell Preston Breckinridge D
Kentucky-7
Asher Graham Caruth D
Kentucky-5
William Thomas Ellis D
Kentucky-2
Isaac Herschel Goodnight D
Kentucky-3
Alexander Brooks Montgomery D
Kentucky-4
William Johnson Stone D
Kentucky-1
Thomas Hanson Paynter D
Kentucky-9
Matthew Diamond Lagan D
Louisiana-2
Newton Crain Blanchard D
Louisiana-4
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
Henry Cabot Lodge R
Massachusetts-6
John Brewer Brown D
Maryland-1
Herman Stump D
Maryland-2
Barnes Compton D
Maryland-5
William McMahon McKaig D
Maryland-6
Isidor Rayner D
Maryland-4
Charles Eugene Belknap R
Michigan-5
James O’Donnell R
Michigan-3
Byron Gray Stout D
Michigan-6
Harrison H. Wheeler D
Michigan-9
Henry Melville Youmans D
Michigan-8
John Logan Chipman D
Michigan-1
James Sedgwick Gorman D
Michigan-2
Thomas Addis Emmet Weadock D
Michigan-10
Justin Rice Whiting D
Michigan-7
Julius Caesar Burrows R
Michigan-4
James Nathan Castle D
Minnesota-4
Kittel Halvorson P
Minnesota-5
William Henry Harries D
Minnesota-1
Osee Matson Hall D
Minnesota-3
John Lind R
Minnesota-2
Samuel Byrns D
Missouri-10
Charles Harley Mansur D
Missouri-2
Richard Henry Norton D
Missouri-7
Robert Patterson Clark Wilson D
Missouri-4
Marshall Arnold D
Missouri-14
Robert Washington Fyan D
Missouri-13
William Henry Hatch D
Missouri-1
John Taddeus Heard D
Missouri-6
John Joseph O’Neill D
Missouri-8
Richard Parks Bland D
Missouri-11
Joseph Henry Beeman D
Mississippi-5
Clarke Lewis D
Mississippi-4
Thomas Ringland Stockdale D
Mississippi-6
Charles Edward Hooker D
Mississippi-7
William Wirt Dixon D
Montana-1
Henry Plummer Cheatham R
North Carolina-2
William Henry Harrison Cowles D
North Carolina-8
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
John Steele Henderson D
North Carolina-7
William Thomas Crawford D
North Carolina-9
William Jennings Bryan D
Nebraska-1
William Arthur McKeighan P
Nebraska-2
Warren Fisher Daniell D
New Hampshire-2
Luther Franklin McKinney D
New Hampshire-1
Christopher Augustus Bergen R
New Jersey-1
James Buchanan R
New Jersey-2
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
Antonio Joseph D
New Mexico-AL
Horace Franklin Bartine R
Nevada-AL
Henry Bacon D
New York-15
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
Francis Barretto Spinola D
New York-10
William Griggs Stahlnecker D
New York-14
George Van Horn D
New York-24
Timothy John Campbell D
New York-8
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
Ashbel Parmelee Fitch D
New York-13
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
James Jerome Belden R
New York-25
John Henry Ketcham R
New York-16
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
Ezra Booth Taylor R
Ohio-19
Joseph Danner Taylor R
Ohio-18
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
Joseph Hodson Outhwaite D
Ohio-9
Albert Jackson Pearson D
Ohio-17
Bellamy Storer R
Ohio-1
David Archibald Harvey R
Oklahoma-AL
Lemuel Amerman D
Pennsylvania-11
Louis Evans Atkinson R
Pennsylvania-18
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
Edward Scull R
Pennsylvania-20
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
Charles O’Neill R
Pennsylvania-2
James Bernard Reilly D
Pennsylvania-13
Simon Peter Wolverton D
Pennsylvania-17
Myron Benjamin Wright R
Pennsylvania-15
William McAleer D
Pennsylvania-3
George Franklin Huff R
Pennsylvania-21
Oscar Lapham D
Rhode Island-1
Charles Harrison Page D
Rhode Island-2
John James Hemphill D
South Carolina-5
George Johnstone D
South Carolina-3
Eli Thomas Stackhouse D
South Carolina-6
George Dionysius Tillman D
South Carolina-2
William Huggins Brawley D
South Carolina-1
George Washington Shell D
South Carolina-4
William Elliott D
South Carolina-7
John Rankin Gamble R
South Dakota-AL
Leonidas Campbell Houk R
Tennessee-2
Benjamin Augustine Enloe D
Tennessee-8
Henry Clay Snodgrass D
Tennessee-3
Alfred Alexander Taylor R
Tennessee-1
Rice Alexander Pierce D
Tennessee-9
John Benjamin Long D
Texas-2
Littleton Wilde Moore D
Texas-8
Charles Stewart D
Texas-1
Constantine Buckley Kilgore D
Texas-3
Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham D
Texas-11
Edwin Le Roy Antony D
Texas-9
John Thomas Caine D
Utah-AL
John Alexander Buchanan D
Virginia-9
John William Lawson D
Virginia-2
William Henry Fitzhugh Lee D
Virginia-8
Posey Green Lester D
Virginia-5
Paul Carrington Edmunds D
Virginia-6
James Fletcher Epes D
Virginia-4
Charles Triplett O’Ferrall D
Virginia-7
George Douglas Wise D
Virginia-3
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
Nils Pederson Haugen R
Wisconsin-8
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
William Lyne Wilson D
West Virginia-2
Clarence Don Clark 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.
11 laws recorded · 0 landmark · 11 notable
Utah Enabling Act
Jul 16, 1894
Wilson–Gorman Tariff Act
Ch. 349, Sess. 2, 53rd Cong. · Aug 27, 1894
Printing Act of 1895 (An Act Providing for the Public Printing and Binding and the Distribution of Public Documents)
Ch. 23, Sess. 3, 53rd Cong. · Jan 12, 1895
Maguire Act of 1895
Ch. 97, Sess. 3, 53rd Cong. · Feb 18, 1895
Oil Pipe Line Act
Ch. 212, 54th Cong. · May 21, 1896
Condemned Cannon Act
29 Stat. 133 · May 22, 1896
United States Commissioners Act
29 Stat. 184 · May 28, 1896
Married Women's Rights Act (District of Columbia)
29 Stat. 193 · Jun 1, 1896
Filled Cheese Act
29 Stat. 253 · Jun 6, 1896
Stock Reservoir Act
29 Stat. 484 · Jan 13, 1897
Show 1 more notable laws
Tea Importation Act
29 Stat. 604 · Mar 2, 1897
Judicial3 files+1,142−2
judicial/supreme-courtThe Supreme Court
Bench by appointing party: 8 R · 1 D → 6 R · 3 D · every justice ↗
Samuel M. Blatchford R
appointed by Chester A. Arthur · 1882
Howell Edmunds Jackson R
appointed by Benjamin Harrison · 1893
Edward Douglass White D
appointed by Grover Cleveland · 1894
Rufus Wheeler Peckham D
appointed by Grover Cleveland · 1895
7 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
Melville Weston Fuller 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
judicial/lower-courtsAppeals & district courts
Courts of appeals (active judges): 10 R · 8 N( → 10 R · 9 D · 6 N(
District courts (active judges): 57 R · 14 D · 2 N( → 47 R · 23 D · 1 N(
Grover Cleveland D appointed 37 judges
2 Supreme Court · 9 appeals · 18 district · 8 other
4 circuits flipped majority
Fourth Circuit 0 D · 1 R (R majority)
Fourth Circuit 1 D · 1 R (tie majority)
Sixth Circuit 0 D · 1 R (R majority)
Sixth Circuit 1 D · 1 R (tie majority)
Seventh Circuit 0 D · 1 R (R majority)
Seventh Circuit 2 D · 1 R (D majority)
Eighth Circuit 0 D · 1 R (R majority)
Eighth Circuit 1 D · 1 R (tie majority)
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
+1,103Supreme Court Database ↗
1,103 argued decisions · 8 landmark
Monongahela Navigation Company v. United States
148 U.S. 312 · Mar 27, 1893 · Decided 7–0 · Due Process · Reversed and remanded · Declared federal law unconstitutional
United States v. E.C. Knight Company
156 U.S. 1 · Jan 21, 1895 · Decided 7–1 · Economic Activity · Affirmed
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company
157 U.S. 429 · Apr 8, 1895 · Decided 6–2 · Federal Taxation · Reversed and remanded · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Hyde v. Continental Trust Company
157 U.S. 654 · Apr 8, 1895 · Decided 6–2 · Federal Taxation · Reversed and remanded · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company. (Rehearing)
158 U.S. 601 · May 20, 1895 · Decided 5–4 · Federal Taxation · Reversed and remanded · Overruled precedent · Declared federal law unconstitutional
In re Debs
158 U.S. 564 · May 27, 1895 · Decided 8–0 · Criminal Procedure · Dismissed
Wong Wing v. United States
163 U.S. 228 · May 18, 1896 · Decided 9–0 · Criminal Procedure · Reversed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Plessy v. Ferguson
163 U.S. 537 · May 18, 1896 · Decided 7–1 · 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
+$181MTreasury Fiscal Data ↗
$1.6B
as of Jul 1, 1892
$1.8B
as of Jul 1, 1896
Constitution & Union1 file+1
constitution/amendmentsAmendments & statehood
15 → 15 amendments in force · 44 → 45 states
Utah joins the Union
admitted Jan 4, 1896
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
Roberts v. Lewis
May 14, 1894 · 9-0 · Private Action
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company. (Rehearing)
May 20, 1895 · 5-4 · Federal Taxation
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
23 events
- presidentGrover Cleveland takes office
- rulingMonongahela Navigation Company v. United States
- justiceEdward Douglass White — Associate Justice
- lawUtah Enabling Act
- lawWilson–Gorman Tariff Act
- lawPrinting Act of 1895 (An Act Providing for the Public Printing and Binding and the Distribution of Public Documents)
- rulingUnited States v. E.C. Knight Company
- lawMaguire Act of 1895
- rulingPollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company
- rulingHyde v. Continental Trust Company
- rulingPollock v. Farmers' Loan and Trust Company. (Rehearing)
- rulingIn re Debs
- justiceRufus Wheeler Peckham — Associate Justice
- stateUtah
- rulingWong Wing v. United States
- rulingPlessy v. Ferguson
- lawOil Pipe Line Act
- lawCondemned Cannon Act
- lawUnited States Commissioners Act
- lawMarried Women's Rights Act (District of Columbia)
- lawFilled Cheese Act
- lawStock Reservoir Act
- lawTea Importation Act