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The United States on May 17, 1919

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
34 D · 31 R
65 senators · 66th Congress
House
—
0 representatives
Supreme Court
6 R · 3 D
9 justices by appointing party
Union
48 states
18 amendments in force
Prices
$1 ≈ $20.18
in today's dollars
Public debt
$14.6B
as of Jul 1, 1918
1919-05-17/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 Agriculture David Franklin Houston D
since Mar 6, 1913
Secretary of the Interior Franklin Knight Lane D
since Mar 6, 1913
Secretary of State Robert Lansing D
since Jun 9, 1915
Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker Jr. D
since Jan 1, 1916
Secretary of the Treasury Carter Glass D
since Dec 16, 1918
Attorney General Alexander Mitchell Palmer D
since Mar 5, 1919
1919-05-17/congress66th Congress
Senate · 34 D · 31 R
Oscar Wilder Underwood (Democrat, AL)William Fosgate Kirby (Democrat, AR)Joseph Taylor Robinson (Democrat, AR)Marcus Aurelius Smith (Democrat, AZ)Henry Fountain Ashurst (Democrat, AZ)James Duval Phelan (Democrat, CA)Charles Spalding Thomas (Democrat, CO)Josiah Oliver Wolcott (Democrat, DE)Duncan Upshaw Fletcher (Democrat, FL)Park Trammell (Democrat, FL)Hoke Smith (Democrat, GA)John Frost Nugent (Democrat, ID)John Crepps Wickliffe Beckham (Democrat, KY)Edward James Gay (Democrat, LA)John Walter Smith (Democrat, MD)James Alexander Reed (Democrat, MO)John Sharp Williams (Democrat, MS)Henry Lee Myers (Democrat, MT)Lee Slater Overman (Democrat, NC)Gilbert Monell Hitchcock (Democrat, NE)Andrieus Aristieus Jones (Democrat, NM)Key Pittman (Democrat, NV)Charles Belknap Henderson (Democrat, NV)Atlee Pomerene (Democrat, OH)Thomas Pryor Gore (Democrat, OK)George Earle Chamberlain (Democrat, OR)Peter Goelet Gerry (Democrat, RI)Ellison DuRant Smith (Democrat, SC)Edwin Stockton Johnson (Democrat, SD)Kenneth Douglas McKellar (Democrat, TN)Charles Allen Culberson (Democrat, TX)William Henry King (Democrat, UT)Claude Augustus Swanson (Democrat, VA)John Benjamin Kendrick (Democrat, WY)Hiram Warren Johnson (Republican, CA)Frank Bosworth Brandegee (Republican, CT)George Payne McLean (Republican, CT)Albert Baird Cummins (Republican, IA)Lawrence Yates Sherman (Republican, IL)James Eli Watson (Republican, IN)Harry Stewart New (Republican, IN)Charles Curtis (Republican, KS)Henry Cabot Lodge (Republican, MA)Joseph Irvin France (Republican, MD)Frederick Hale (Republican, ME)Charles Elroy Townsend (Republican, MI)Frank Billings Kellogg (Republican, MN)Selden Palmer Spencer (Republican, MO)Asle Jorgenson Gronna (Republican, ND)Porter James McCumber (Republican, ND)George Higgins Moses (Republican, NH)Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen (Republican, NJ)James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (Republican, NY)William Musgrave Calder (Republican, NY)Warren Gamaliel Harding (Republican, OH)Boies Penrose (Republican, PA)Philander Chase Knox (Republican, PA)Reed Smoot (Republican, UT)William Paul Dillingham (Republican, VT)Carroll Smalley Page (Republican, VT)Wesley Livsey Jones (Republican, WA)Miles Poindexter (Republican, WA)Robert Marion La Follette (Republican, WI)Irvine Luther Lenroot (Republican, WI)Howard Sutherland (Republican, WV)
House ·
1919-05-17/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
1919-05-17/weekWithin a week · May 10, 1919 – May 24, 1919
Ruling Portsmouth Harbor Land & Hotel Company v. United States
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 1
Ruling American Fire Insurance Company v. King Lumber & Manufacturing Company
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 2
Ruling Caldwell v. United States
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 14
Ruling Tayabas Land Company v. Manila Railroad Company
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 22
Ruling Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company v. Houston ICE & Brewing Company
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 28
Ruling Coleman v. United States
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 30
Ruling Sage v. United States
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 33
Ruling Ball Engineering Company v. J.G. White & Company
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 46
Ruling Kenny v. Miles
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 58
Ruling Parker v. Riley
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 66
Ruling Rust Land & Lumber Company v. Jackson
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 71
Ruling Fillippon v. Albion Vein Slate Company
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 76
Ruling New York Central Railroad Company v. Goldberg
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 85
Ruling Brothers v. United States
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 88
Ruling Mackay Telegraph & Cable Company v. City of Little Rock
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 94
Ruling Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington Railroad Company v. Smith
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 101
Ruling United States v. Reynolds
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 104
Ruling United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company v. Oklahoma
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 111
Ruling Berkman v. United States
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 114
Ruling Carey v. South Dakota
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 118
Ruling Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Company v. United States
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 123
Ruling Kinzell v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
May 19, 1919 · 250 U.S. 130

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.