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The United States on October 29, 1918

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

President

Wilson

Woodrow Wilson D · since Mar 4, 1917

Senate

52 D · 44 R

96 senators · 65th Congress

House

215 D · 209 R

431 representatives

Supreme Court

6 R · 3 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

48 states

17 amendments in force

Prices

$1 ≈ $21.46

in today's dollars

Public debt

$14.6B

as of Jul 1, 1918

1918-10-29/executiveThe administration

President Woodrow Wilson D

since Mar 4, 1917

Vice President Thomas Riley Marshall D

Postmaster General Albert Sidney Burleson D

since Mar 5, 1913

Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels D

since Mar 5, 1913

Secretary of Labor William Bauchop Wilson D

since Mar 5, 1913

Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo D

since Mar 6, 1913

Secretary of Agriculture David Franklin Houston D

since Mar 6, 1913

Secretary of the Interior Franklin Knight Lane D

since Mar 6, 1913

Attorney General Thomas Watt Gregory D

since Aug 29, 1914

Secretary of State Robert Lansing D

since Jun 9, 1915

Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker Jr. D

since Jan 1, 1916

1918-10-29/congress65th Congress

Senate · 52 D · 44 R

House · 215 D · 209 R · 3 P · 1 IR · 1 P · 1 O · 1 S

1918-10-29/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

1918-10-29/weekWithin a week · Oct 22, 1918 – Nov 5, 1918

Justice George Weston Anderson — U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Oct 24, 1918 · First Circuit

Ruling Pittsburgh Melting Company v. Totten

Nov 4, 1918 · 248 U.S. 1

Ruling Watts v. Unione Austriaca Di Navigazione &co

Nov 4, 1918 · 248 U.S. 9

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.