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The United States on October 24, 1893

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, 1893

Senate

44 D · 37 R

85 senators · 53rd Congress

House

220 D · 123 R

356 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 1 D

8 justices by appointing party

Union

44 states

15 amendments in force

Public debt

$1.5B

as of Jul 1, 1893

1893-10-24/executiveThe administration

President Grover Cleveland D

since Mar 4, 1893

Vice President Adlai Ewing Stevenson D

Attorney General Richard Olney D

since Mar 6, 1893

Secretary of State Walter Quintin Gresham KN

since Mar 7, 1893

Secretary of Agriculture Julius Sterling Morton D

since Mar 7, 1893

Secretary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle D

since Mar 7, 1893

1893-10-24/congress53rd Congress

Senate · 44 D · 37 R · 3 P · 1 S

House · 220 D · 123 R · 11 P · 2 ID

1893-10-24/supreme-courtThe bench

Stephen Johnson Field R

Associate Justice · appointed by Abraham Lincoln · since Mar 10, 1863

John Marshall Harlan R

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

Horace Gray R

Associate Justice · appointed by Chester A. Arthur · since Dec 20, 1881

Melville Weston Fuller D

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

David Josiah Brewer R

Associate Justice · appointed by Benjamin Harrison · since Dec 18, 1889

Henry Billings Brown R

Associate Justice · appointed by Benjamin Harrison · since Dec 29, 1890

George Shiras, Jr. R

Associate Justice · appointed by Benjamin Harrison · since Jul 26, 1892

Howell Edmunds Jackson R

Associate Justice · appointed by Benjamin Harrison · since Feb 18, 1893

1893-10-24/weekWithin a week · Oct 17, 1893 – Oct 31, 1893

Ruling United States v. Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company

Oct 23, 1893 · 150 U.S. 1

Ruling United States v. Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company

Oct 23, 1893 · 150 U.S. 16

Ruling Wood v. Brady

Oct 23, 1893 · 150 U.S. 18

Ruling New York and Texas Land Company v. Votaw

Oct 23, 1893 · 150 U.S. 24

Ruling Aspen Mining and Smelting Company v. Billings

Oct 23, 1893 · 150 U.S. 31

Ruling Corbin Cabinet Lock Company v. Eagle Lock Company

Oct 30, 1893 · 150 U.S. 38

Ruling Gordon v. Warder

Oct 30, 1893 · 150 U.S. 47

Ruling United States v. Baird

Oct 30, 1893 · 150 U.S. 54

Ruling Moore v. United States

Oct 30, 1893 · 150 U.S. 57

Ruling Collins v. United States

Oct 30, 1893 · 150 U.S. 62

Ruling United States v. Patterson

Oct 30, 1893 · 150 U.S. 65

Ruling Magone v. Heller

Oct 30, 1893 · 150 U.S. 70

Ruling Hall v. United States

Oct 30, 1893 · 150 U.S. 76

Ruling Bushnell v. Crooke Mining and Smelting Company

Oct 30, 1893 · 150 U.S. 82

Ruling Schuyler National Bank v. Bollong

Oct 30, 1893 · 150 U.S. 85

Ruling Schuyler National Bank v. Bollong

Oct 30, 1893 · 150 U.S. 90

Ruling Holder v. United States

Oct 30, 1893 · 150 U.S. 91

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.