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The United States on February 26, 1897

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

42 R · 39 D

89 senators · 54th Congress

House

249 R · 102 D

358 representatives

Supreme Court

6 R · 3 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

45 states

15 amendments in force

Public debt

$1.8B

as of Jul 1, 1896

1897-02-26/executiveThe administration

President Grover Cleveland D

since Mar 4, 1893

Vice President Adlai Ewing Stevenson D

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

Secretary of State Richard Olney D

since Jun 10, 1895

Attorney General Judson Harmon D

since Jun 11, 1895

1897-02-26/congress54th Congress

Senate · 42 R · 39 D · 4 P · 3 SR · 1 S

House · 249 R · 102 D · 7 P

1897-02-26/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

Edward Douglass White D

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

Rufus Wheeler Peckham D

Associate Justice · appointed by Grover Cleveland · since Dec 9, 1895

1897-02-26/weekWithin a week · Feb 19, 1897 – Mar 5, 1897

William McKinley Jr. takes office · Mar 4, 1897

Ruling Allgeyer v. Louisiana

Mar 1, 1897 · 165 U.S. 578

Ruling In re Kollock

Mar 1, 1897 · 165 U.S. 526

Ruling McCormick v. Market Bank

Mar 1, 1897 · 165 U.S. 538

Ruling Swaim v. United States

Mar 1, 1897 · 165 U.S. 553

Ruling De Vaughn v. Hutchinson

Mar 1, 1897 · 165 U.S. 566

Ruling Walker v. New Mexico and Southern Pacific Railroad Company

Mar 1, 1897 · 165 U.S. 593

Ruling Pauly v. State Loan and Trust Company

Mar 1, 1897 · 165 U.S. 606

Ruling Wade v. Lawder

Mar 1, 1897 · 165 U.S. 624

Ruling New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company v. New York

Mar 1, 1897 · 165 U.S. 628

Ruling Fourth Street Bank (Of Philadelphia) v. Yardley

Mar 1, 1897 · 165 U.S. 634

Ruling Walker v. Brown

Mar 1, 1897 · 165 U.S. 654

Ruling United States v. Santa Fe

Mar 1, 1897 · 165 U.S. 675

Ruling The Three Friends

Mar 1, 1897 · 166 U.S. 1

Ruling Barber v. Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway Company

Mar 1, 1897 · 166 U.S. 83

Ruling Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company v. Chicago

Mar 1, 1897 · 166 U.S. 226

Ruling Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company v. Chicago

Mar 1, 1897 · 166 U.S. 258

Ruling In re McCaully

Mar 1, 1897 · 165 U.S. 538

Law Tea Importation Act

Mar 2, 1897 · 29 Stat. 604

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.