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The United States on April 11, 1927

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

President
Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge R · since Mar 4, 1925
Senate
34 D · 30 R
65 senators · 70th Congress
House
—
0 representatives
Supreme Court
7 R · 2 D
9 justices by appointing party
Union
48 states
19 amendments in force
Prices
$1 ≈ $19.48
in today's dollars
Public debt
$19.6B
as of Jun 30, 1926
1927-04-11/executiveThe administration
President Calvin Coolidge R
since Mar 4, 1925
Vice President Charles Gates Dawes R
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover R
since Mar 5, 1921
Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon R
since Mar 9, 1921
Director of the Office of Management and Budget Herbert Mayhew Lord R
since Jul 1, 1922
Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work R
since Mar 4, 1923
Postmaster General Harry Stewart New R
since Mar 4, 1923
Secretary of Agriculture William Marion Jardine R
since Mar 5, 1925
Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg R
since Mar 5, 1925
Attorney General John G. Sargent R
since Mar 7, 1925
Secretary of War Dwight Filley Davis Sr. R
since Oct 14, 1925
1927-04-11/congress70th Congress
Senate · 34 D · 30 R · 1 FL
James Thomas Heflin (Democrat, AL)Joseph Taylor Robinson (Democrat, AR)Henry Fountain Ashurst (Democrat, AZ)Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. (Democrat, DE)Park Trammell (Democrat, FL)William Julius Harris (Democrat, GA)Daniel Frederic Steck (Democrat, IA)Joseph Eugene Ransdell (Democrat, LA)David Ignatius Walsh (Democrat, MA)William Cabell Bruce (Democrat, MD)Woodbridge Nathan Ferris (Democrat, MI)James Alexander Reed (Democrat, MO)Hubert Durrett Stephens (Democrat, MS)Byron Patton Harrison (Democrat, MS)Burton Kendall Wheeler (Democrat, MT)Thomas James Walsh (Democrat, MT)Furnifold McLendel Simmons (Democrat, NC)Edward Irving Edwards (Democrat, NJ)Andrieus Aristieus Jones (Democrat, NM)Sam Gilbert Bratton (Democrat, NM)Key Pittman (Democrat, NV)Royal Samuel Copeland (Democrat, NY)Peter Goelet Gerry (Democrat, RI)Coleman Livingston Blease (Democrat, SC)Kenneth Douglas McKellar (Democrat, TN)Lawrence Davis Tyson (Democrat, TN)Earle Bradford Mayfield (Democrat, TX)Morris Sheppard (Democrat, TX)William Henry King (Democrat, UT)Claude Augustus Swanson (Democrat, VA)Carter Glass (Democrat, VA)Clarence Cleveland Dill (Democrat, WA)Matthew Mansfield Neely (Democrat, WV)John Benjamin Kendrick (Democrat, WY)Henrik Shipstead (Farmer-Labor, MN)Hiram Warren Johnson (Republican, CA)Lawrence Cowle Phipps (Republican, CO)Charles Winfield Waterman (Republican, CO)George Payne McLean (Republican, CT)Thomas Coleman du Pont (Republican, DE)William Edgar Borah (Republican, ID)Charles Samuel Deneen (Republican, IL)Arthur Raymond Robinson (Republican, IN)Arthur Capper (Republican, KS)Frederic Mosley Sackett (Republican, KY)Frederick Huntington Gillett (Republican, MA)Frederick Hale (Republican, ME)Arthur Robinson Gould (Republican, ME)James Couzens (Republican, MI)Thomas David Schall (Republican, MN)Lynn Joseph Frazier (Republican, ND)Robert Beecher Howell (Republican, NE)George William Norris (Republican, NE)Henry Wilder Keyes (Republican, NH)Walter Evans Edge (Republican, NJ)Simeon Davison Fess (Republican, OH)William Bliss Pine (Republican, OK)Charles Linza McNary (Republican, OR)David Aiken Reed (Republican, PA)Jesse Houghton Metcalf (Republican, RI)William Henry McMaster (Republican, SD)Frank Lester Greene (Republican, VT)Robert Marion La Follette Jr. (Republican, WI)Guy Despard Goff (Republican, WV)Francis Emroy Warren (Republican, WY)
House ·
1927-04-11/supreme-courtThe bench
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. R
Associate Justice · appointed by Theodore Roosevelt · since Dec 4, 1902
Willis Van Devanter R
Associate Justice · appointed by William H. Taft · since Dec 16, 1910
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
William Howard Taft R
Chief Justice · appointed by Warren G. Harding · since Jun 30, 1921
George Sutherland R
Associate Justice · appointed by Warren G. Harding · since Sep 5, 1922
Pierce Butler R
Associate Justice · appointed by Warren G. Harding · since Dec 21, 1922
Edward Terry Sanford R
Associate Justice · appointed by Warren G. Harding · since Jan 29, 1923
Harlan Fiske Stone R
Associate Justice · appointed by Calvin Coolidge · since Feb 5, 1925
1927-04-11/weekWithin a week · Apr 4, 1927 – Apr 18, 1927
Ruling Southern Railway Company v. Kentucky
Apr 11, 1927 · 274 U.S. 76
Ruling Ohio Public Service Company v. Ohio ex rel. Fritz
Apr 11, 1927 · 274 U.S. 12
Ruling Fairmont Creamery Company v. Minnesota
Apr 11, 1927 · 274 U.S. 1
Ruling Beech-Nut Packing Company v. P. Lorillard Company
Apr 11, 1927 · 273 U.S. 629
Ruling McDonald v. Maxwell
Apr 11, 1927 · 274 U.S. 91
Ruling Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Company, Inc. v. Yeldell
Apr 11, 1927 · 274 U.S. 112
Ruling Fidelity National Bank & Trust Company of Kansas City v. Swope
Apr 11, 1927 · 274 U.S. 123
Ruling New York Dock Company v. Steamship Poznan
Apr 11, 1927 · 274 U.S. 117
Ruling Hodgson v. Federal Oil and Development Company
Apr 11, 1927 · 274 U.S. 15
Ruling United States ex rel. Norwegian Nitrogen Products Company, Inc. v. United States Tariff Commission
Apr 11, 1927 · 274 U.S. 106
Ruling Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company v. United States
Apr 11, 1927 · 274 U.S. 29
Ruling Bedford Cut Stone Company v. Journeymen Stone Cutters' Association of North America
Apr 11, 1927 · 274 U.S. 37
Ruling American National Company v. United States
Apr 11, 1927 · 274 U.S. 99
Ruling Hoffman v. Missouri ex rel. Foraker
Apr 11, 1927 · 274 U.S. 21
Ruling Shields v. United States
Apr 11, 1927 · 273 U.S. 583
Ruling Kelley v. Oregon
Apr 11, 1927 · 273 U.S. 589
Ruling Ford v. United States
Apr 11, 1927 · 273 U.S. 593
Ruling Railroad and Warehouse Commission of Minnesota v. Duluth Street Railway Company
Apr 11, 1927 · 273 U.S. 625
Ruling Lowe v. Dickson
Apr 11, 1927 · 274 U.S. 23
Ruling Northern Railway Company v. Page
Apr 11, 1927 · 274 U.S. 65
Ruling United States v. Shelby Iron Company
Apr 11, 1927 · 273 U.S. 571
Ruling Road Improvement District No. 1 of Franklin County v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Apr 18, 1927 · 274 U.S. 188
Ruling Morris v. Duby
Apr 18, 1927 · 274 U.S. 135
Ruling Federal Trade Commission v. Klesner
Apr 18, 1927 · 274 U.S. 145
Ruling Federal Trade Commission v. Claire Furnace Company
Apr 18, 1927 · 274 U.S. 160
Ruling Kadow v. Commissioner
Apr 18, 1927 · 274 U.S. 175
Ruling Timken Roller Bearing Company v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Apr 18, 1927 · 274 U.S. 181

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.