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The United States on November 24, 1931

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

President

Hoover

Herbert Clark Hoover R · since Mar 4, 1929

Senate

34 R · 28 D

63 senators · 72nd Congress

House

—

0 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

48 states

19 amendments in force

Prices

$1 ≈ $22.61

in today's dollars

Public debt

$16.8B

as of Jun 30, 1931

1931-11-24/executiveThe administration

President Herbert Clark Hoover R

since Mar 4, 1929

Vice President Charles Curtis R

Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon R

since Mar 9, 1921

Attorney General William D. Mitchell R

since Mar 4, 1929

Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur R

since Mar 5, 1929

Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams III R

since Mar 5, 1929

Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde R

since Mar 6, 1929

Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson R

since Mar 28, 1929

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Clawson Roop R

since Aug 15, 1929

Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley R

since Dec 9, 1929

1931-11-24/congress72nd Congress

Senate · 34 R · 28 D · 1 FL

House ·

1931-11-24/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

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

Harlan Fiske Stone R

Associate Justice · appointed by Calvin Coolidge · since Feb 5, 1925

Charles Evans Hughes R

Chief Justice · appointed by Herbert Hoover · since Feb 13, 1930

Owen Josephus Roberts R

Associate Justice · appointed by Herbert Hoover · since May 20, 1930

1931-11-24/weekWithin a week · Nov 17, 1931 – Dec 1, 1931

Ruling State Tax Commission of Mississippi v. Interstate Natural Gas Co., Inc.

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 41

Ruling Cumberland Coal Co. v. Board of Revision of Tax Assessments in Greene County

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 23

Ruling Santovincenzo v. Egan

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 30

Ruling Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Kuhn

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 44

Ruling Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Bolle

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 74

Ruling Handy & Harman v. Burnet

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 136

Ruling United States v. Murdock

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 141

Ruling Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. Glidden Co.

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 151

Ruling Phillips v. Dime Trust & Safe Deposit Co.

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 160

Ruling United States v. Ryan

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 167

Ruling Mecom v. Fitzsimmons Drilling Co., Inc.

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 183

Ruling Southern Railway Co. v. Walter

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 190

Ruling De Laval Steam Turbine Co. v. United States

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 61

Ruling Sun Insurance Office v. Scott

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 177

Ruling Bandini Petroleum Co. v. Superior Court

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 8

Ruling Western Pacific California Railroad Co. v. Southern Pacific Co.

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 47

Ruling Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. United States

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 80

Ruling Louisiana Public Service Commission v. Texas & New Orleans Railroad Co.

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 125

Ruling Permutit Co. v. Graver Corporation

Nov 23, 1931 · 284 U.S. 52

Ruling Hoeper v. Tax Commission of Wisconsin

Nov 30, 1931 · 284 U.S. 206

Ruling United States v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.

Nov 30, 1931 · 284 U.S. 195

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.