Incumbents
- President: James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
- Vice President: Daniel D. Tompkins (Democratic-Republican)
- Chief Justice: John Marshall
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: Philip Pendleton Barbour (Dem.-Rep.-Virginia) (until March 4), Henry Clay (Dem.-Rep.-Kentucky) (starting December 1)
- Congress: 17th (until March 4), 18th (starting March 4)
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