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The United States on March 7, 1921

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President

Harding

Warren Gamaliel Harding R · since Mar 4, 1921

Senate

33 R · 30 D

63 senators · 67th Congress

House

—

0 representatives

Supreme Court

6 R · 3 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

48 states

19 amendments in force

Prices

$1 ≈ $18.31

in today's dollars

Public debt

$26.0B

as of Jul 1, 1920

1921-03-07/executiveThe administration

President Warren Gamaliel Harding R

since Mar 4, 1921

Vice President Calvin Coolidge R

Attorney General Harry Micajah Daugherty R

since Mar 4, 1921

Postmaster General William Harrison Hays R

since Mar 5, 1921

Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall R

since Mar 5, 1921

Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes R

since Mar 5, 1921

Secretary of War John W. Weeks R

since Mar 5, 1921

Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover R

since Mar 5, 1921

Secretary of the Navy Edwin Denby R

since Mar 6, 1921

1921-03-07/congress67th Congress

Senate · 33 R · 30 D

House ·

1921-03-07/supreme-courtThe bench

Joseph McKenna R

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. R

Associate Justice · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt · since Dec 4, 1902

William Rufus Day R

Associate Justice · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt · since Feb 23, 1903

Edward Douglass White R

Chief Justice · appointed by William H. Taft · since Dec 12, 1910

Willis Van Devanter R

Associate Justice · appointed by William H. Taft · since Dec 16, 1910

Mahlon Pitney R

Associate Justice · appointed by William H. Taft · since Mar 13, 1912

James Clark McReynolds D

Associate Justice · appointed by Woodrow Wilson · since Aug 29, 1914

Louis Dembitz Brandeis D

Associate Justice · appointed by Woodrow Wilson · since Jun 1, 1916

John Hessin Clarke D

Associate Justice · appointed by Woodrow Wilson · since Jul 24, 1916

1921-03-07/weekWithin a week · Feb 28, 1921 – Mar 14, 1921

Warren Gamaliel Harding takes office · Mar 4, 1921

Ruling Weeds, Inc. v. United States

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 109

Ruling United States v. L. Cohen Grocery Company

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 81

Ruling C.A. Weed & Company v. Lockwood

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 104

Ruling Vandalia Railroad Company v. Schnull

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 113

Ruling Gouled v. United States

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 298

Ruling Amos v. United States

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 313

Ruling El Banco Popular de Economias Y Prestamos de San Juan v. Wilcox

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 72

Ruling T. M. Duche & Sons, Limited v. American Schooner John Twohy

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 77

Ruling Tedrow v. A. T. Lewis & Son Dry Goods Company

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 98

Ruling Kennington v. Palmer

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 100

Ruling Kinnane v. Detroit Creamery Company

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 102

Ruling G.S. Willard Company v. Palmer

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 106

Ruling Oglesby Grocery Company v. United States

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 108

Ruling Postal Telegraph-Cable Company v. City of Fremont

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 124

Ruling Hartford, Life Insurance Company v. Blincoe

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 129

Ruling United States v. Russell

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 138

Ruling Lower Vein Coal Company v. Industrial Board of Indiana

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 144

Ruling Silver King Coalition Mines Company v. Conkling Mining Company

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 151

Ruling United States v. Rogers

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 163

Ruling United States v. Highsmith

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 170

Ruling Detroit United Railway v. City of Detroit

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 171

Ruling Smith v. Kansas City Title & Trust Company

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 180

Ruling The Pesaro

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 216

Ruling The Carlo Poma

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 219

Ruling Bodkin v. Edwards

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 221

Ruling Baender v. Barnett

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 224

Ruling Payne v. Central Pacific Railway Company

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 228

Ruling Stoehr v. Wallace

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 239

Ruling St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company v. J. F. Hasty & Sons

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 252

Ruling United States v. Field

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 257

Ruling New Orleans Land Company v. Leader Realty Company, Ltd.

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 266

Ruling Edward Rutledge Timber Company v. Farrell

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 268

Ruling Maguire v. Reardon

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 271

Ruling Ex parte in the Matter of Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 273

Ruling Armour & Company v. City of Dallas

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 280

Ruling Dawson v. Kentucky Distilleries & Warehouse Company

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 288

Ruling Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Burke

Feb 28, 1921 · 255 U.S. 317

Law Patent Act of 1921 (Nolan Act)

Mar 3, 1921

Law Federal Water Power Act Amendment (Jones-Esch Act)

Mar 3, 1921

Ruling United States v. Diamond Coal & Coke Company

Mar 7, 1921 · 255 U.S. 323

Ruling Williams v. United States

Mar 7, 1921 · 255 U.S. 336

Ruling Oregon - Washington Railroad & Navigation Company v. United States

Mar 7, 1921 · 255 U.S. 339

Ruling Western Pacific Railroad Company v. United States

Mar 7, 1921 · 255 U.S. 349

Ruling Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur v. Cauble

Mar 7, 1921 · 255 U.S. 356

Ruling Payne v. New Mexico

Mar 7, 1921 · 255 U.S. 367

Ruling Winton v. Amos

Mar 7, 1921 · 255 U.S. 373

Ruling Pierce v. United States

Mar 7, 1921 · 255 U.S. 398

Ruling United States ex rel. Milwaukee Social Democratic Publishing Company v. Burleson

Mar 7, 1921 · 255 U.S. 407

Ruling Payne v. United States ex rel. Newton

Mar 14, 1921 · 255 U.S. 438

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.