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json18 files changed, 899 insertions(+), 198 deletions(−)Laws enacted
+20major laws · full counts from 1973
Executive orders
—records start in 1994
Final rules
—records start in 1994
Supreme Court
3 of 9seats changed hands
Agencies
+8 −2departments & tracked agencies
Public debt
+$1.9B$17.6B → $19.5B
The presidency passed from Calvin Coolidge to Herbert Clark Hoover. 33 senators and 142 representatives took seats that they did not hold before. 3 new justices joined the Supreme Court. 1 constitutional amendment was ratified.
Executive5 files+17−12
executive/presidentThe presidency
Calvin Coolidge R
30th president
Herbert Clark Hoover R
31st president · took office Mar 4, 1929
executive/vice-presidentThe vice presidency
Charles Gates Dawes R
Charles Curtis R
took office Mar 4, 1929
executive/cabinetCabinet & senior officials
+7−8Wikidata ↗
vacant on Mar 3, 1933
next: William H. Woodin R · Mar 5, 1933
Show 2 more cabinet offices
vacant on Mar 3, 1933
next: Lewis Williams Douglas D · Mar 7, 1933
Other senior officials (3 changed)
vacant on Mar 3, 1933
next: Eugene Robert Black · May 19, 1933
vacant on Mar 3, 1933
next: Stanley Forman Reed D · Apr 1, 1935
executive/ordersExecutive orders
no dataFederal Register API ↗
Federal Register records of executive orders begin in 1994.
executive/agenciesFederal agencies
+8−2Wikidata ↗
101 → 107 tracked organizations · 10 → 10 executive departments
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
established Jan 22, 1932 · former American independent agency
Federal Bureau of Prisons
established May 14, 1930 · U.S. federal law enforcement agency
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
established Jun 14, 1930 · former agency of the United States Department of the Treasury
United States Veterans Administration
established Jul 3, 1930 · US federal agency
Veterans Benefits Administration
established Jul 21, 1930 · agency of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Hoover Dam Police
established Jan 1, 1931 · federal security police force, stationed at Hoover Dam, United States
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
established Jul 1, 1931 · free US library program of braille and audio materials
Natural Resources Conservation Service
established Jan 1, 1933 · agency of the US Department of Agriculture
National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
abolished Jan 1, 1930 · American governmental institution for veterans
United States Veterans Bureau
abolished Jul 3, 1930 · replaced by United States Veterans Administration
Agency start and end dates come from Wikidata, which covers smaller bureaus unevenly.
Military1 file±0
military/conflictsArmed conflicts
U.S. in 0 armed conflicts → 0
The U.S. was not a party to any armed conflict in this window (conflict records start in 1946).
An armed conflict here means at least 25 battle deaths in a year, with U.S. forces as a party or fighting for a government (UCDP's definition). Air strikes, raids, and advisory missions below that threshold aren't included. UN peacekeeping missions are excluded.
Legislative4 files+195−179
legislative/controlControl of Congress
70
71
72
Top: House · Bottom: Senate DemocraticRepublicanOther
70th Congress → 72nd Congress · 2 new Congresses elected
1 change of chamber control along the way
House: Republican majority
242 R · 196 D
House: null majority
221 R · 217 D
Senate: Republican majority on both dates
49 R · 45 D → 48 R · 44 D
legislative/senateSenate
+33−35congress-legislators ↗
33 new members · 35 departed · 60 served on both dates · women 0 → 1 · median age 60 → 59
16 seats changed party
Show 12 more seat flips
Who joined and who left (33 in · 35 out)
John Hollis Bankhead II D
Alabama
Hattie Wyatt Caraway D
Arkansas
Edward Prentiss Costigan D
Colorado
Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R
Colorado
Frederic Collin Walcott R
Connecticut
John Gillis Townsend Jr. R
Delaware
Lester Jesse Dickinson R
Iowa
James Hamilton Lewis D
Illinois
George McGill D
Kansas
Marvel Mills Logan D
Kentucky
Huey Pierce Long D
Louisiana
Marcus Allen Coolidge D
Massachusetts
Phillips Lee Goldsborough R
Maryland
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R
Maine
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R
Michigan
Roscoe Conkling Patterson R
Missouri
Josiah William Bailey D
North Carolina
Robert Rice Reynolds D
North Carolina
Hamilton Fish Kean R
New Jersey
William Warren Barbour R
New Jersey
Bronson Murray Cutting R
New Mexico
Robert Johns Bulkley D
Ohio
Thomas Pryor Gore D
Oklahoma
James John Davis R
Pennsylvania
Felix Hebert R
Rhode Island
James Francis Byrnes D
South Carolina
William John Bulow D
South Dakota
Cordell Hull D
Tennessee
Thomas Terry Connally D
Texas
Warren Robinson Austin R
Vermont
Elijah Sherman Grammer R
Washington
Henry Drury Hatfield R
West Virginia
Robert Davis Carey R
Wyoming
James Thomas Heflin D
Alabama
Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D
Arkansas
Lawrence Cowle Phipps R
Colorado
Charles Winfield Waterman R
Colorado
George Payne McLean R
Connecticut
Thomas Francis Bayard Jr. D
Delaware
William Julius Harris D
Georgia
Daniel Frederic Steck D
Iowa
Charles Samuel Deneen R
Illinois
Charles Curtis R
Kansas
Frederic Mosley Sackett R
Kentucky
Joseph Eugene Ransdell D
Louisiana
Frederick Huntington Gillett R
Massachusetts
William Cabell Bruce D
Maryland
Arthur Robinson Gould R
Maine
James Alexander Reed D
Missouri
Harry Bartow Hawes D
Missouri
Thomas James Walsh D
Montana
Furnifold McLendel Simmons D
North Carolina
Lee Slater Overman D
North Carolina
Edward Irving Edwards D
New Jersey
Walter Evans Edge R
New Jersey
Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo R
New Mexico
Theodore Elijah Burton R
Ohio
William Bliss Pine R
Oklahoma
William Scott Vare R
Pennsylvania
Peter Goelet Gerry D
Rhode Island
Coleman Livingston Blease D
South Carolina
William Henry McMaster R
South Dakota
Lawrence Davis Tyson D
Tennessee
Earle Bradford Mayfield D
Texas
Frank Lester Greene R
Vermont
Wesley Livsey Jones R
Washington
Guy Despard Goff R
West Virginia
Francis Emroy Warren R
Wyoming
legislative/houseHouse
+142−144congress-legislators ↗
142 new members · 144 departed · 297 served on both dates · women 4 → 6 · median age 56 → 57
20 state delegations changed
Show delegation changes
Colorado 2 D · 3 R
Colorado 1 D · 3 R
Connecticut 0 D · 5 R
Connecticut 2 D · 3 R
Iowa 0 D · 11 R
Iowa 1 D · 10 R
Illinois 7 D · 19 R
Illinois 11 D · 15 R
Indiana 3 D · 10 R
Indiana 9 D · 4 R
Kentucky 8 D · 3 R
Kentucky 9 D · 2 R
Louisiana 9 D · 0 R
Louisiana 8 D · 0 R
Massachusetts 3 D · 13 R
Massachusetts 4 D · 12 R
Maryland 5 D · 1 R
Maryland 6 D · 0 R
Minnesota 0 D · 8 R · 2 other
Minnesota 0 D · 9 R · 1 other
Missouri 12 D · 4 R
Missouri 13 D · 4 R
New Hampshire 0 D · 2 R
New Hampshire 1 D · 2 R
New York 25 D · 19 R
New York 23 D · 20 R
Ohio 6 D · 16 R
Ohio 9 D · 13 R
Oregon 0 D · 4 R
Oregon 1 D · 2 R
Pennsylvania 2 D · 35 R
Pennsylvania 3 D · 33 R
Rhode Island 0 D · 3 R
Rhode Island 1 D · 2 R
Virginia 10 D · 0 R
Virginia 9 D · 1 R
Wisconsin 0 D · 10 R · 1 other
Wisconsin 1 D · 11 R
West Virginia 1 D · 5 R
West Virginia 2 D · 4 R
Who joined and who left (142 in · 144 out)
James Wickersham R
Alaska-AL
LaFayette Lee Patterson D
Alabama-5
Effiegene Locke Wingo D
Arkansas-4
David Delano Glover D
Arkansas-6
Claude Albert Fuller D
Arkansas-3
John Elvis Miller D
Arkansas-2
Charles Forrest Curry Jr. R
California-3
William Robb Eaton R
Colorado-1
William Laurence Tierney D
Connecticut-4
Edward Wheeler Goss R
Connecticut-5
Augustine Lonergan D
Connecticut-1
Ruth Bryan Owen D
Florida-4
William Carlton Mobley D
Georgia-6
Robert C. Word Ramspeck D
Georgia-5
John Stephens Wood D
Georgia-9
Ed Hoyt Campbell R
Iowa-11
Charles Edward Swanson R
Iowa-9
Bernhard Martin Jacobsen D
Iowa-2
Fred Cramer Gilchrist R
Iowa-10
Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield R
Illinois-15
Peter Charles Granata R
Illinois-8
Charles Adam Karch D
Illinois-22
Richard Yates R
Illinois-AL
Oscar Stanton De Priest R
Illinois-1
Kent Ellsworth Keller D
Illinois-25
Claude VanCleve Parsons D
Illinois-24
Harry Peter Beam D
Illinois-4
Leonard William Schuetz D
Illinois-7
Edward Austin Kelly D
Illinois-3
Courtland Craig Gillen D
Indiana-5
Glenn Hasenfratz Griswold D
Indiana-11
Samuel Barrett Pettengill D
Indiana-13
Eugene Burgess Crowe D
Indiana-3
John William Boehne Jr. D
Indiana-1
William Henry Larrabee D
Indiana-6
Louis Leon Ludlow D
Indiana-7
Charles Isaac Sparks R
Kansas-6
Harold Clement McGugin R
Kansas-3
William Purnell Lambertson R
Kansas-1
Charles Finley R
Kentucky-11
Cap Robert Carden D
Kentucky-4
Glover H. Cary D
Kentucky-2
Andrew Jackson May D
Kentucky-10
Brent Spence D
Kentucky-6
Numa Francois Montet D
Louisiana-3
Joachim Octave Fernández D
Louisiana-1
Paul Herbert Maloney D
Louisiana-2
William Joseph Granfield D
Massachusetts-2
Pehr Gustaf Holmes R
Massachusetts-4
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R
Massachusetts-14
John William McCormack D
Massachusetts-12
David John Lewis D
Maryland-6
Donald Barrows Partridge R
Maine-2
Donald Francis Snow R
Maine-4
Seymour Howe Person R
Michigan-6
Jesse Paine Wolcott R
Michigan-7
Victor Laurence August Christgau R
Minnesota-1
William Ignatius Nolan R
Minnesota-5
Paul John Kvale FL
Minnesota-7
William Alvin Pittenger R
Minnesota-8
William Edward Barton D
Missouri-16
David William Hopkins R
Missouri-4
Robert Davis Johnson D
Missouri-7
Joseph Bernard Shannon D
Missouri-5
Robert Samuel Hall D
Mississippi-6
Wall Doxey D
Mississippi-2
Franklin Wills Hancock Jr. D
North Carolina-5
John Walter Lambeth D
North Carolina-7
Jerome Bayard Clark D
North Carolina-6
Howard Malcolm Baldrige R
Nebraska-2
William Nathaniel Rogers D
New Hampshire-1
Peter Angelo Cavicchia R
New Jersey-9
William Halstead Sutphin D
New Jersey-3
Fred Allan Hartley Jr. R
New Jersey-8
Dennis Chavez D
New Mexico-1
Edmund Francis Cooke R
New York-41
Ruth Sears Baker Pratt R
New York-17
James Lucius Whitley R
New York-38
William Frank Brunner D
New York-2
Stephen Andrew Rudd D
New York-9
Charles Dunsmore Millard R
New York-25
Francis Dugan Culkin R
New York-32
Joseph Andrew Gavagan D
New York-21
Martin John Kennedy D
New York-18
Walter Gresham Andrews R
New York-40
John Joseph Delaney D
New York-7
John Levi Cable R
Ohio-4
Charles Blaine McClintock R
Ohio-16
Grant Earl Mouser Jr. R
Ohio-8
Francis Seiberling R
Ohio-14
Wilbur McKee White R
Ohio-9
Charles Franklin West D
Ohio-17
William Louis Fiesinger D
Ohio-13
Byron Berry Harlan D
Ohio-3
Frank Charles Kniffin D
Ohio-5
Arthur Philip Lamneck D
Ohio-12
Chester Castle Bolton R
Ohio-22
William Emil Hess R
Ohio-2
James Gould Polk D
Ohio-6
Wesley Ernest Disney D
Oklahoma-1
Robert Reyburn Butler R
Oregon-2
Charles Henry Martin D
Oregon-3
William Radford Coyle R
Pennsylvania-30
Robert Lee Davis R
Pennsylvania-6
Edmund Frederick Erk R
Pennsylvania-32
Norton Lewis Lichtenwalner D
Pennsylvania-14
Patrick Joseph Sullivan R
Pennsylvania-34
George Franklin Brumm R
Pennsylvania-13
Charles Murray Turpin R
Pennsylvania-12
Patrick Joseph Boland D
Pennsylvania-11
Harry Luther Haines D
Pennsylvania-22
John Roland Kinzer R
Pennsylvania-10
James Wolfenden R
Pennsylvania-8
Robert Fleming Rich R
Pennsylvania-16
Francis Bernard Condon D
Rhode Island-3
Oscar Byrd Lovette R
Tennessee-1
Edward Hull Crump D
Tennessee-10
John Ridley Mitchell D
Tennessee-4
Jere Cooper D
Tennessee-9
Oliver Harlan Cross D
Texas-11
Robert Ewing Thomason D
Texas-16
Martin Dies Jr. D
Texas-2
John William Wright Patman D
Texas-1
Frederick Charles Loofbourow R
Utah-2
John Wood Fishburne D
Virginia-7
Joel West Flood D
Virginia-10
Menalcus Lankford R
Virginia-2
Thomas Granville Burch D
Virginia-5
John William Flannagan Jr. D
Virginia-9
Howard Worth Smith D
Virginia-8
John Eliakim Weeks R
Vermont-1
Ralph Ashley Horr R
Washington-1
William Henry Stafford R
Wisconsin-5
Thomas Ryum Amlie R
Wisconsin-1
Gerald John Boileau R
Wisconsin-8
Michael Kieran Reilly D
Wisconsin-6
Gardner Robert Withrow R
Wisconsin-7
Robert Lynn Hogg R
West Virginia-4
Lynn Sedwick Hornor D
West Virginia-3
Hugh Ike Shott R
West Virginia-5
Joseph Luther Smith D
West Virginia-6
Vincent Michael Carter R
Wyoming-AL
Daniel Alexander Sutherland R
Alaska-AL
William Bismarck Bowling D
Alabama-5
William Allan Oldfield D
Arkansas-2
James Byron Reed D
Arkansas-6
John Newton Tillman D
Arkansas-3
Otis Theodore Wingo D
Arkansas-4
Charles Forrest Curry R
California-3
William Newell Vaile R
Colorado-AL
Sebastian Harrison White D
Colorado-1
Edward Hart Fenn R
Connecticut-1
James Peter Glynn R
Connecticut-5
Schuyler Merritt R
Connecticut-4
William Joseph Sears D
Florida-4
Thomas Montgomery Bell D
Georgia-9
Leslie Jasper Steele D
Georgia-5
Samuel Rutherford D
Georgia-6
William Dayton Boies R
Iowa-11
William Raymond Green R
Iowa-9
Fred Dickinson Letts R
Iowa-2
Lester Jesse Dickinson R
Iowa-10
Edward John King R
Illinois-15
Martin Barnaby Madden R
Illinois-1
Henry Riggs Rathbone R
Illinois-AL
Edward Everett Denison R
Illinois-25
Thomas Aloysius Doyle D
Illinois-4
Edward Michael Irwin R
Illinois-22
Magne Alfred Michaelson R
Illinois-7
Elliott Wilford Sproul R
Illinois-3
Thomas Sutler Williams R
Illinois-24
Stanley Henry Kunz D
Illinois-8
Frank Gardner D
Indiana-3
Ralph Eugene Updike R
Indiana-7
Richard Nash Elliott R
Indiana-6
Albert Richardson Hall R
Indiana-11
Andrew James Hickey R
Indiana-13
Harry Emerson Rowbottom R
Indiana-1
Noble Jacob Johnson R
Indiana-5
Daniel Read Anthony Jr. R
Kansas-1
Hays Baxter White R
Kansas-6
William Henry Sproul R
Kansas-3
Henry DeHaven Moorman D
Kentucky-4
Orie Solomon Ware D
Kentucky-6
David Hayes Kincheloe D
Kentucky-2
Katherine Gudger Langley R
Kentucky-10
John Marshall Robsion R
Kentucky-11
Ladislas Lazaro D
Louisiana-AL
Whitmell Pugh Martin D
Louisiana-3
James O’Connor D
Louisiana-1
James Zacharie Spearing D
Louisiana-2
Henry Leland Bowles R
Massachusetts-2
Louis Adams Frothingham R
Massachusetts-14
James Ambrose Gallivan D
Massachusetts-12
George Russell Stobbs R
Massachusetts-4
Frederick Nicholas Zihlman R
Maryland-6
Ira Greenlief Hersey R
Maine-4
Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R
Maine-2
Louis Convers Cramton R
Michigan-7
Grant Martin Hudson R
Michigan-6
William Leighton Carss FL
Minnesota-8
Allen John Furlow R
Minnesota-1
Ole Juulson Kvale FL
Minnesota-7
Walter Hughes Newton R
Minnesota-5
George Hamilton Combs Jr. D
Missouri-5
Charles Lee Faust R
Missouri-4
Thomas Lewis Rubey D
Missouri-16
Bill Green Lowrey D
Mississippi-2
Thomas Webber Wilson D
Mississippi-6
Homer Le Grand Lyon D
North Carolina-6
William Cicero Hammer D
North Carolina-7
Charles Manly Stedman D
North Carolina-5
Willis Gratz Sears R
Nebraska-2
Paul John Moore D
New Jersey-8
Franklin William Fort R
New Jersey-9
Harold Giles Hoffman R
New Jersey-3
John Morrow D
New Mexico-1
William Wolfe Cohen D
New York-17
Meyer Jacobstein D
New York-38
John Joseph Kindred D
New York-2
Clarence MacGregor R
New York-41
Walter Warren Magee R
New York-AL
Thaddeus C. Sweet R
New York-32
John Francis Carew D
New York-18
Stephen Wallace Dempsey R
New York-40
David Joseph O’Connell D
New York-9
John Francis Quayle D
New York-7
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright R
New York-25
Royal Hurlburt Weller D
New York-21
James Thomas Begg R
Ohio-13
Martin Luther Davey D
Ohio-14
William Thomas Fitzgerald R
Ohio-4
Ambrose Everett Burnside Stephens R
Ohio-AL
Charles Tatgenhorst Jr. R
Ohio-2
William Wallace Chalmers R
Ohio-9
Roy Gerald Fitzgerald R
Ohio-3
Charles Cyrus Kearns R
Ohio-6
William Mitchell Morgan R
Ohio-17
John Charles Speaks R
Ohio-12
Charles James Thompson R
Ohio-5
Thomas Brooks Fletcher D
Ohio-8
John McSweeney D
Ohio-16
Everette Burgess Howard D
Oklahoma-1
Maurice Edgar Crumpacker R
Oregon-AL
Nicholas John Sinnott R
Oregon-2
Franklin Frederick Korell R
Oregon-3
Robert Grey Bushong R
Pennsylvania-14
Thomas Stalker Butler R
Pennsylvania-8
James Miller Hazlett R
Pennsylvania-AL
Everett Kent D
Pennsylvania-30
John Mary Morin R
Pennsylvania-34
Cyrus Maffet Palmer R
Pennsylvania-13
John Joseph Casey D
Pennsylvania-12
William Walton Griest R
Pennsylvania-10
Edgar Raymond Kiess R
Pennsylvania-16
Franklin Menges R
Pennsylvania-22
Stephen Geyer Porter R
Pennsylvania-32
Laurence Hawley Watres R
Pennsylvania-11
George Austin Welsh R
Pennsylvania-6
Louis Monast R
Rhode Island-3
Finis James Garrett D
Tennessee-9
Hubert Frederick Fisher D
Tennessee-10
Cordell Hull D
Tennessee-4
Brazilla Carroll Reece R
Tennessee-1
Eugene Black D
Texas-1
John Calvin Box D
Texas-2
Claude Benton Hudspeth D
Texas-16
Thomas Terry Connally D
Texas-11
Elmer O. Leatherwood R
Utah-2
Joseph Thomas Deal D
Virginia-2
Thomas Walter Harrison D
Virginia-7
George Campbell Peery D
Virginia-9
Robert Walton Moore D
Virginia-8
Joseph Whitehead D
Virginia-5
Henry St. George Tucker D
Virginia-10
Elbert Sidney Brigham R
Vermont-1
John Franklin Miller R
Washington-1
Joseph David Beck R
Wisconsin-7
Victor Luitpold Berger S
Wisconsin-5
Edward Everts Browne R
Wisconsin-8
Florian Lampert R
Wisconsin-6
Edward Theodore England R
West Virginia-6
William Smith O’Brien D
West Virginia-3
James French Strother R
West Virginia-5
James Anthony Hughes R
West Virginia-4
Charles Edwin Winter R
Wyoming-AL
legislative/lawsLaws enacted
Complete lists of public laws start with the 93rd Congress (Jan 3, 1973). Earlier years show notable and landmark acts only.
20 laws recorded · 0 landmark · 20 notable
Agricultural Marketing Act of 1929
Pub. L. 71-10 · Jun 15, 1929
Reapportionment Act of 1929
Pub. L. 71-13 · Jun 18, 1929
Federal Bureau of Prisons Act
Ch. 274, 71st Cong. · May 14, 1930
Ransdell Act
Pub. L. 71-251 · May 26, 1930
Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930
Pub. L. 71-325 · Jun 10, 1930
Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
Pub. L. 71-361 · Jun 17, 1930
Veterans Administration Act
Ch. 863, 71st Cong. · Jul 3, 1930
An Act To make The Star-Spangled Banner the national anthem of the United States of America
Ch. 436, 71st Cong. · Mar 3, 1931
Davis–Bacon Act of 1931
Pub. L. 71-798 · Mar 3, 1931
Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act
Pub. L. 72-2 · Jan 22, 1932
Show 10 more notable laws
Banking Act of 1932 (Glass–Steagall Act of 1932)
Pub. L. 72-44 · Feb 27, 1932
Norris–La Guardia Act
Pub. L. 72-65 · Mar 23, 1932
Revenue Act of 1932
Pub. L. 72-154 · Jun 6, 1932
Federal Kidnapping Act
Pub. L. 72-189 · Jun 22, 1932
Economy Act of 1932
Ch. 314, Sess. 1, 72nd Cong. · Jun 30, 1932
Emergency Relief and Construction Act
Pub. L. 72-302 · Jul 21, 1932
Federal Home Loan Bank Act
Pub. L. 72-304 · Jul 22, 1932
Hare–Hawes–Cutting Act
Ch. 11, Sess. 2, 72nd Cong. · Jan 17, 1933
Blaine Act
Feb 20, 1933
Buy American Act
Pub. L. 72-428 · Mar 3, 1933
Judicial3 files+686−3
judicial/supreme-courtThe Supreme Court
Bench by appointing party: 7 R · 2 D → 7 R · 2 D · every justice ↗
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. R
appointed by Theodore Roosevelt · 1902
William Howard Taft R
appointed by Warren G. Harding · 1921
Edward Terry Sanford R
appointed by Warren G. Harding · 1923
Charles Evans Hughes R
appointed by Herbert Hoover · 1930
Owen Josephus Roberts R
appointed by Herbert Hoover · 1930
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo R
appointed by Herbert Hoover · 1932
6 justices served on both dates
Willis Van Devanter R
appointed by William H. Taft · 1910
James Clark McReynolds D
appointed by Woodrow Wilson · 1914
Louis Dembitz Brandeis D
appointed by Woodrow Wilson · 1916
George Sutherland R
appointed by Warren G. Harding · 1922
Pierce Butler R
appointed by Warren G. Harding · 1922
Harlan Fiske Stone R
appointed by Calvin Coolidge · 1925
judicial/lower-courtsAppeals & district courts
Courts of appeals (active judges): 26 R · 12 D → 32 R · 8 D · 3 N(
District courts (active judges): 108 R · 31 D · 3 N( → 129 R · 18 D · 3 N(
None (reassignment) N( appointed 4 judges
4 appeals
Herbert Hoover R appointed 72 judges
3 Supreme Court · 16 appeals · 46 district · 7 other
3 circuits flipped majority
First Circuit 3 D · 0 R (D majority)
First Circuit 1 D · 2 R (R majority)
Third Circuit 2 D · 1 R (D majority)
Third Circuit 2 D · 2 R (tie majority)
Fifth Circuit 2 D · 1 R (D majority)
Fifth Circuit 1 D · 3 R (R majority)
D and R describe the party of the appointing president, not the judge. Active service ends when a judge takes senior status.
judicial/rulingsSupreme Court decisions
607 argued decisions · 6 landmark
Go-Bart Importing Company v. United States
282 U.S. 344 · Jan 5, 1931 · Decided 9–0 · Criminal Procedure · Reversed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Near v. Minnesota ex rel. Olson
283 U.S. 697 · Jun 1, 1931 · Decided 5–4 · First Amendment · Dismissed · Struck down state law
Heiner v. Donnan
285 U.S. 312 · Mar 21, 1932 · Decided 6–2 · Federal Taxation · Declared federal law unconstitutional
United States v. Lefkowitz
285 U.S. 452 · Apr 11, 1932 · Decided 8–0 · Criminal Procedure · Affirmed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Ozie Powell v. Alabama
287 U.S. 45 · Nov 7, 1932 · Decided 7–2 · Civil Rights · Reversed and remanded
Grau v. United States
287 U.S. 124 · Nov 7, 1932 · Decided 7–2 · Criminal Procedure · Reversed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Landmark means the Court overruled precedent, struck down a federal law, or the case is on a curated landmark list.
Fiscal2 files±0
fiscal/budgetThe federal budget
Fiscal year 1929 → fiscal year 1933 · inflation-adjusted with the GDP price index
Spending $3.1B
FY1929
Spending $4.6B
FY1933 · +47% nominal
Revenue $3.9B
FY1929
Revenue $2.0B
FY1933 · −48% nominal
Surplus / deficit $734M
FY1929
Surplus / deficit −$2.6B
FY1933 · −$3.3B
fiscal/debtTotal public debt outstanding
+$1.9BTreasury Fiscal Data ↗
$17.6B
as of Jun 30, 1928
$19.5B
as of Jun 30, 1932
Constitution & Union1 file+1
constitution/amendmentsAmendments & statehood
19 → 20 amendments in force · 48 → 48 states
Amendment XX Terms of office ("Lame Duck" amendment)
ratified Jan 23, 1933 · Moves inauguration to January 20 and the start of Congress to January 3.
Reverts1 file−4
revert/undoneWhat was undone
0 executive orders revoked or superseded · 0 rules struck down by Congress · 4 Supreme Court precedents overruled
4 decisions that overruled precedent
The Farmers Loan & Trust Company v. Minnesota
Jan 6, 1930 · 7-2 · Economic Activity
East Ohio Gas Co. v. Tax Commission of Ohio
May 18, 1931 · 9-0 · Economic Activity
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Co. v. Industrial Commission of Illinois
Jan 4, 1932 · 9-0 · Economic Activity
Fox Film Corp. v. Doyal
May 16, 1932 · 9-0 · Economic Activity
Revocations are full revocations or supersessions recorded in the Federal Register (partial amendments aren't counted), and those records begin in 1994. Congressional Review Act disapprovals are identified by title. Laws repealed outright aren't tracked yet. Agencies abolished are in the Executive section.
Log1 file±0
logEverything in between
32 events
- presidentHerbert Clark Hoover takes office
- lawAgricultural Marketing Act of 1929
- lawReapportionment Act of 1929
- justiceCharles Evans Hughes — Chief Justice
- lawFederal Bureau of Prisons Act
- justiceOwen Josephus Roberts — Associate Justice
- lawRansdell Act
- lawPerishable Agricultural Commodities Act of 1930
- lawSmoot–Hawley Tariff Act
- lawVeterans Administration Act
- rulingGo-Bart Importing Company v. United States
- lawAn Act To make The Star-Spangled Banner the national anthem of the United States of America
- lawDavis–Bacon Act of 1931
- rulingNear v. Minnesota ex rel. Olson
- agency+Reconstruction Finance Corporation
- lawReconstruction Finance Corporation Act
- lawBanking Act of 1932 (Glass–Steagall Act of 1932)
- justiceBenjamin Nathan Cardozo — Associate Justice
- rulingHeiner v. Donnan
- lawNorris–La Guardia Act
- rulingUnited States v. Lefkowitz
- lawRevenue Act of 1932
- lawFederal Kidnapping Act
- lawEconomy Act of 1932
- lawEmergency Relief and Construction Act
- lawFederal Home Loan Bank Act
- rulingOzie Powell v. Alabama
- rulingGrau v. United States
- lawHare–Hawes–Cutting Act
- amendmentTerms of office ("Lame Duck" amendment)
- lawBlaine Act
- lawBuy American Act