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The United States on October 9, 1900

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

President

Jr.

William McKinley Jr. R · since Mar 4, 1897

Senate

54 R · 29 D

87 senators · 56th Congress

House

188 R · 161 D

358 representatives

Supreme Court

6 R · 3 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

45 states

15 amendments in force

Public debt

$2.1B

as of Jul 1, 1900

1900-10-09/executiveThe administration

President William McKinley Jr. R

since Mar 4, 1897

Vice President vacant

Secretary of the Treasury Lyman J. Gage R

since Mar 6, 1897

Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long R

since Mar 6, 1897

Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson R

since Mar 6, 1897

Attorney General John W. Griggs R

since Jan 25, 1898

Secretary of State John Hay R

since Sep 30, 1898

Secretary of the Interior Ethan A. Hitchcock R

since Feb 20, 1899

Secretary of War Elihu Root R

since Aug 1, 1899

1900-10-09/congress56th Congress

Senate · 54 R · 29 D · 3 P · 1 SR

House · 188 R · 161 D · 6 P · 2 SR · 1 O

1900-10-09/supreme-courtThe bench

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

Joseph McKenna R

Associate Justice · appointed by William McKinley · since Jan 21, 1898

1900-10-09/weekWithin a week · Oct 2, 1900 – Oct 16, 1900

Ruling Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company v. Reliance Marine Insurance Company

Oct 15, 1900 · 179 U.S. 1

Ruling Saxlehner v. Eisner & Mendelson Company

Oct 15, 1900 · 179 U.S. 19

Ruling Saxlehner v. Siegel-Cooper Company

Oct 15, 1900 · 179 U.S. 42

Ruling Saxlehner v. Nielsen

Oct 15, 1900 · 179 U.S. 43

Ruling Looker v. Maynard

Oct 15, 1900 · 179 U.S. 46

Ruling Wiley v. Sinkler

Oct 15, 1900 · 179 U.S. 58

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.