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The United States on March 8, 1895

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

30 D · 21 R

55 senators · 54th Congress

House

—

0 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

44 states

15 amendments in force

Public debt

$1.6B

as of Jul 1, 1894

1895-03-08/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

Postmaster General William Lyne Wilson BD

since Mar 1, 1895

1895-03-08/congress54th Congress

Senate · 30 D · 21 R · 3 P · 1 S

House ·

1895-03-08/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

Edward Douglass White D

Associate Justice · appointed by Grover Cleveland · since Feb 19, 1894

1895-03-08/weekWithin a week · Mar 1, 1895 – Mar 15, 1895

Justice John William Showalter — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Mar 1, 1895 · Seventh Circuit

Ruling Emert v. Missouri

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 296

Ruling In re Lehigh Mining and Manufacturing Company

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 322

Ruling Brown v. Webster

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 328

Ruling Bank of Rondout v. Smith

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 330

Ruling Connell v. Smiley

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 335

Ruling Palmer v. Corning

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 342

Ruling Maricopa and Phoenix Railroad Company v. Arizona Territory

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 347

Ruling United States ex rel. Siegel v. Thoman

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 353

Ruling Waldron v. Waldron

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 361

Ruling Winter v. Montgomery

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 385

Ruling Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Brown

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 386

Ruling Hays v. Steiger

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 387

Ruling Mather v. Rillston

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 391

Ruling Cunningham v. Macon & Brunswick Railroad Company

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 400

Ruling Batchelor v. United States

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 426

Ruling Coffin v. United States

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 432

Ruling Bannon and Mulkey v. United States

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 464

Ruling Bell Silver and Copper Mining Company v. First National Bank of Butte

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 470

Ruling St. Louis, Cape Girardeau and Fort Smith Railway Company v. Missouri ex rel. Merriam

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 478

Ruling Lindsay v. First National Bank of Shreveport

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 485

Ruling Carr v. Fife

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 494

Ruling National Cash Register Company v. Boston Cash Indicator and Recorder Company

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 502

Ruling Evers v. Watson

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 527

Ruling Ard v. Brandon

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 537

Ruling Maddox v. Burnham

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 544

Ruling Wood v. Beach

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 548

Ruling United States v. Berdan Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 552

Ruling Corinne Mill Canal and Stock Company v. Johnson

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 574

Ruling Pittsburg and Southern Coal Company v. Bates

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 577

Ruling Pittsburg and Southern Coal Company v. Louisiana

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 590

Ruling Saltonstall v. Wiebusch

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 601

Ruling Grimm v. United States

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 604

Ruling Black Diamond Coal Mining Company v. Excelsior Coal Company

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 611

Ruling Johnson v. Atlantic, Gulf and West India Transit Company

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 618

Ruling St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company v. Gill

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 649

Ruling St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company v. Stevenson

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 667

Ruling Norfolk and Western Railroad Company v. Pendleton

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 667

Ruling Fox v. Haarstick

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 674

Ruling Davis v. Wakelee

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 680

Ruling Citizens' Saving and Loan Association v. Perry County

Mar 4, 1895 · 156 U.S. 692

Ruling Bate Refrigerating Company v. Sulzberger

Mar 4, 1895 · 157 U.S. 1

Ruling Frost v. Wenie

Mar 4, 1895 · 157 U.S. 46

Ruling The Ludvig Holberg

Mar 4, 1895 · 157 U.S. 60

Ruling Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company v. Mackey

Mar 4, 1895 · 157 U.S. 72

Ruling Pullman's Palace Car Company v. Metropolitan Street Railway Company

Mar 4, 1895 · 157 U.S. 94

Ruling United States v. Piatt and Salisbury

Mar 4, 1895 · 157 U.S. 113

Ruling United States v. Salisbury

Mar 4, 1895 · 157 U.S. 121

Ruling New Orleans City and Lake Railroad Company v. Louisiana ex rel. City of New Orleans

Mar 4, 1895 · 157 U.S. 219

Ruling Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Company

Mar 4, 1895 · 157 U.S. 225

Ruling Goldey v. Morning News

Mar 11, 1895 · 156 U.S. 518

Ruling The Caledonia

Mar 11, 1895 · 157 U.S. 124

Ruling Cooper v. Dobson

Mar 11, 1895 · 157 U.S. 148

Ruling Neel v. Pennsylvania Company

Mar 11, 1895 · 157 U.S. 153

Ruling Beuttell v. Magone

Mar 11, 1895 · 157 U.S. 154

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.