The United States Secretary of the Interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. ... March 9, 1857 Franklin Pierce: 5: Jacob Thompson: Mississippi: March 10, 1857 January 8, 1861 James Buchanan: 6: Caleb B. Smith: Indiana: March 5, 1861 December 31, 1862 Abraham Lincoln: 7:

The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. The officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies.

Since California became a U.S. state in 1850, it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms. These are tables of congressional delegations from California to the United States Senate and the United States …

The cent, the United States one-cent coin (symbol: ¢), often called the "penny", is a unit of currency equaling one one-hundredth of a United States dollar.It has been the lowest face-value physical unit of U.S. currency since the abolition of the half-cent in 1857 (the abstract mill, which has never been minted, equal to a tenth of a cent, continues to see limited use in the fields of ...

History. First authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792 on April 2, 1792, the coin was produced in the United States from 1793 to 1857. The half-cent piece was made of 100% copper and was valued at five milles, or one two-hundredth of a dollar.It was slightly smaller than a modern U.S. quarter with diameters 22 mm (1793), 23.5 mm (1794–1836) and 23 mm (1840–1857).

California elects United States senators to Class 1 and Class 3. The state has been represented by 47 people in the Senate since it was admitted to the Union on September 9, 1850. ... March 4, 1857: 37 years and 1 month William Knowland: June 26, 1908: August 26, 1945: 37 years and 2 months John C. Frémont: January 21, 1813:

In accordance of Rule XXV of the United States Senate, all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects is referred to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works: ... 1857–1883. Jesse D. Bright (D-IN) 1857–1861; Solomon Foot (R-VT) 1861–1866; B. Gratz Brown (R-MO ...

The Sixth Amendment (Amendment VI) to the United States Constitution sets forth rights related to criminal prosecutions. It was ratified in 1791 as part of the United States Bill of Rights.The Supreme Court has applied the protections of this amendment to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.. The Sixth Amendment grants criminal …

The United States, Appellants, v. The Libellants and Claimants of the schooner Amistad, her tackle, apparel, and furniture, ... described it in 1969 as the most important court case involving slavery before being eclipsed by that of Dred Scott in 1857. La Amistad was traveling along the coast of Cuba on her way to a port for re-sale of the slaves.

May 10, 2022 · EnlargeDownload Link Citation: Judgment in the U.S. Supreme Court Case Dred Scott v. John F. A. Sandford; 3/6/1857; Dred Scott, Plaintiff in Error, v. John F. A. Sandford; Appellate Jurisdiction Case Files, 1792 - 2010; Records of the Supreme Court of the United States, Record Group 267; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. View All Pages in …