How did the United States change between Mar 3, 1933 and Dec 31, 1939?
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$ civicdiff 1933-03-03..1939-12-31 # 6.8 years
jsonLaws enacted
+82major laws · full counts from 1973
Executive orders
—records start in 1994
Final rules
—records start in 1994
Supreme Court
4 of 8seats changed hands
Agencies
+39 −10departments & tracked agencies
Public debt
+$21.0B$19.5B → $40.4B
The presidency passed from Herbert Clark Hoover to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 56 senators and 305 representatives took seats that they did not hold before. 4 new justices joined the Supreme Court. 1 constitutional amendment was ratified.
Executive
executive/presidentThe presidencyHerbert Clark Hoover R
31st president
Franklin Delano Roosevelt D
32nd president · took office Mar 4, 1933
executive/vice-presidentThe vice presidencyCharles Curtis R
John Nance Garner D
took office Jan 20, 1937
executive/cabinetCabinet & senior officials+14−9Wikidata ↗
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury · 2 people took this office in between
Secretary of War
Attorney General · 2 people took this office in between
Postmaster General
Secretary of the Navy
vacant or abolished
Show 5 more cabinet offices
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce · 2 people took this office in between
Secretary of Labor
Director of the Office of Management and Budget · 3 people took this office in between
Other senior officials (5 changed)
Postmaster General
Secretary of the Navy
vacant or abolished
Chair of the Federal Reserve · 2 people took this office in between
Director of the FBI
office did not exist
Solicitor General · 2 people took this office in between
executive/ordersExecutive ordersno dataFederal Register API ↗
Federal Register records of executive orders begin in 1994.
executive/agenciesFederal agencies+39−10Wikidata ↗
107 → 136 tracked organizations · 10 → 10 executive departments
Farm Credit Administration
established Mar 27, 1933 · US federal government independent agency regulating farm loans
Emergency Conservation Work
established Apr 5, 1933 · United States government program and predecessor to the Civilian Conservation Corps
Civilian Conservation Corps
established Apr 5, 1933 · United States federal government public work relief program part of the New Deal
Tennessee Valley Authority
established May 18, 1933 · federally-owned electric utility corporation in the United States
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
established Jun 16, 1933 · US government agency providing deposit insurance
National Mediation Board
established Jan 1, 1934 · labor relations in U.S. rail and air industries
Export-Import Bank of the United States
established Feb 2, 1934 · American public bank
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
established Jun 6, 1934 · U.S. federal agency that enforces securities laws and regulates securities markets and major market participants (public companies, brokers, exchanges, and asset managers)
Federal Communications Commission
established Jun 19, 1934 · independent U.S. government agency
National Archives and Records Administration
established Jun 19, 1934 · United States government agency
Show 39 more
Resettlement Administration
established May 1, 1935 · New Deal agency relocated urban and rural families to United States federal government planned communities
Works Progress Administration
established May 6, 1935 · United States government New Deal agency (1935–1939) employing millions of unemployed people to carry out public works projects
National Labor Relations Board
established Jul 5, 1935 · independent agency of the United States Government
Social Security Administration
established Aug 14, 1935 · independent agency of the U.S. federal government
U.S. AbilityOne Commission
established Jan 1, 1938 · United States independent federal government agency
Maritime Labor Board
established Jan 1, 1938
Federal Security Agency
established Jul 1, 1939 · United States government agency from 1939 to 1953
National Labor Board
established Aug 5, 1933 · independent agency of the United States Government
Executive Office of the President of the United States
established Jan 1, 1939 · U.S. federal government office of the president of the United States
Office of the Vice President of the United States
established Jan 1, 1939 · U.S. federal government office of the vice president of the United States
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
established May 12, 1933 · New Deal-era U.S. government agency
United States Immigration and Naturalization Service
established Jun 10, 1933 · former immigration service of the United States
Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
established Jul 8, 1933 · New Deal predecessor agency of the United States Public Works Administration
Soil Erosion Service
established Sep 13, 1933 · predecessor to the Soil Conservation Service
Civil Works Administration
established Nov 8, 1933 · New Deal-era job creation program implemented by the U.S. federal government
National Emergency Council
established Nov 17, 1933
Federal Housing Administration
established Jan 1, 1934 · U.S. government agency responsible for mortgage insurance
United States Grazing Service
established Jan 1, 1934 · organization
U.S. Bureau of Labor Standards
established Jan 1, 1934 · U.S. Department of Labor agency, 1934-1971
Office of Insular Affairs
established Sep 14, 1934 · subsidiary of the Department of the Interior
Supreme Court Police
established Jan 1, 1935 · law enforcement agency for the U.S. Supreme Court
Bonneville Power Administration
established Jan 1, 1937 · United States federal agency that provides power supply to the Pacific Northwest
Farm Security Administration
established Sep 1, 1937 · New Deal agency to combat rural poverty during the Great Depression in the United States
United States Housing Authority
established Sep 1, 1937 · United States federal government agency created as part of the New Deal
Wage and Hour Division
established Jan 1, 1938 · federal office in the United States
United States Maritime Service
established Apr 7, 1939 · American government agency
Public Works Administration
established Jul 1, 1939 · administered a comprehensive public works program to promote and stabilize employment
Federal Works Agency
established Jul 1, 1939 · independent New Deal agency of the United States federal government
Administrative Office of the United States Courts
established Aug 7, 1939 · administrative agency of the U.S. federal court system
Emergency Conservation Work
abolished Jun 30, 1937 · United States government program and predecessor to the Civilian Conservation Corps
Resettlement Administration
abolished Sep 1, 1937 · New Deal agency relocated urban and rural families to United States federal government planned communities · replaced by Farm Security Administration
National Labor Board
abolished Jun 29, 1934 · independent agency of the United States Government
Bureau of Entomology
abolished Jan 1, 1934 · federal agency of the United States government
Civil Works Administration
abolished May 1, 1934 · New Deal-era job creation program implemented by the U.S. federal government · replaced by Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Soil Erosion Service
abolished Apr 27, 1935 · predecessor to the Soil Conservation Service · replaced by United States Soil Conservation Service
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
abolished Jun 30, 1938 · New Deal-era U.S. government agency
National Emergency Council
abolished Jun 30, 1939
United States Lighthouse Service
abolished Jul 1, 1939 · former agency of the United States government · replaced by United States Coast Guard
Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
abolished Jul 1, 1939 · New Deal predecessor agency of the United States Public Works Administration · replaced by Public Works Administration
Agency start and end dates come from Wikidata, which covers smaller bureaus unevenly.
Military
military/conflictsArmed conflictsU.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.
Legislative
legislative/controlControl of Congress72
73
74
75
76
Top: House · Bottom: Senate DemocraticRepublican
72nd Congress → 76th Congress · 4 new Congresses elected
2 changes of chamber control along the way
House: Republican majority
221 R · 217 D
House: Democrat majority
261 D · 168 R
Senate: Republican majority
48 R · 45 D
Senate: Democrat majority
69 D · 24 R
legislative/senateSenate+56−54congress-legislators ↗
56 new members · 54 departed · 40 served on both dates · women 1 → 1 · median age 59 → 61
32 seats changed party
Robert Beecher Howell R
Nebraska
Edward Raymond Burke D
Nebraska
Simeon Davison Fess R
Ohio
Alvin Victor Donahey D
Ohio
Henry Drury Hatfield R
West Virginia
Rush Dew Holt D
West Virginia
Arthur Raymond Robinson R
Indiana
Sherman Minton D
Indiana
Show 28 more seat flips
Felix Hebert R
Rhode Island
Peter Goelet Gerry D
Rhode Island
David Aiken Reed R
Pennsylvania
Joseph F. Guffey D
Pennsylvania
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R
Wisconsin
Robert Marion La Follette Jr. P
Wisconsin
Frederic Collin Walcott R
Connecticut
Francis Thomas Maloney D
Connecticut
Phillips Lee Goldsborough R
Maryland
George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D
Maryland
Henrik Shipstead FL
Minnesota
Henrik Shipstead R
Minnesota
Roscoe Conkling Patterson R
Missouri
Harry S. Truman D
Missouri
Bronson Murray Cutting R
New Mexico
Dennis Chavez D
New Mexico
Thomas David Schall R
Minnesota
Ernest Lundeen FL
Minnesota
James Couzens R
Michigan
Prentiss Marsh Brown D
Michigan
Lester Jesse Dickinson R
Iowa
Clyde LaVerne Herring D
Iowa
Daniel Oren Hastings R
Delaware
James Hurd Hughes D
Delaware
George William Norris R
Nebraska
George William Norris I
Nebraska
Robert Davis Carey R
Wyoming
Henry Herman Schwartz D
Wyoming
Marcus Allen Coolidge D
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R
Massachusetts
Jesse Houghton Metcalf R
Rhode Island
Theodore Francis Green D
Rhode Island
William Warren Barbour R
New Jersey
William Howell Smathers D
New Jersey
Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R
Colorado
Alva Blanchard Adams D
Colorado
James Eli Watson R
Indiana
Frederick Van Nuys D
Indiana
Elijah Sherman Grammer R
Washington
Homer Truett Bone D
Washington
John Thomas R
Idaho
David Worth Clark D
Idaho
Samuel Morgan Shortridge R
California
Sheridan Downey D
California
Otis Ferguson Glenn R
Illinois
Scott Wike Lucas D
Illinois
George McGill D
Kansas
Clyde Martin Reed R
Kansas
Reed Smoot R
Utah
Elbert Duncan Thomas D
Utah
Smith Wildman Brookhart R
Iowa
Guy Mark Gillette D
Iowa
Tasker Lowndes Oddie R
Nevada
Patrick Anthony McCarran D
Nevada
Robert Johns Bulkley D
Ohio
Robert Alphonso Taft R
Ohio
Who joined and who left (56 in · 54 out)
Joseph Lister Hill D
Alabama
John Elvis Miller D
Arkansas
Sheridan Downey D
California
Edwin Carl Johnson D
Colorado
Alva Blanchard Adams D
Colorado
Francis Thomas Maloney D
Connecticut
John Anthony Danaher R
Connecticut
James Hurd Hughes D
Delaware
Charles Oscar Andrews D
Florida
Claude Denson Pepper D
Florida
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D
Georgia
Clyde LaVerne Herring D
Iowa
Guy Mark Gillette D
Iowa
David Worth Clark D
Idaho
Scott Wike Lucas D
Illinois
James Michael Slattery D
Illinois
Sherman Minton D
Indiana
Frederick Van Nuys D
Indiana
Clyde Martin Reed R
Kansas
Albert Benjamin Chandler D
Kentucky
Allen Joseph Ellender D
Louisiana
John Holmes Overton D
Louisiana
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R
Massachusetts
George Lovic Pierce Radcliffe D
Maryland
Prentiss Marsh Brown D
Michigan
Ernest Lundeen FL
Minnesota
Harry S. Truman D
Missouri
Joel Bennett Clark D
Missouri
Theodore Gilmore Bilbo D
Mississippi
James Edward Murray D
Montana
Edward Raymond Burke D
Nebraska
Henry Styles Bridges R
New Hampshire
Charles William Tobey R
New Hampshire
William Howell Smathers D
New Jersey
Dennis Chavez D
New Mexico
Carl Atwood Hatch D
New Mexico
Patrick Anthony McCarran D
Nevada
James Michael Mead D
New York
Alvin Victor Donahey D
Ohio
Robert Alphonso Taft R
Ohio
Joshua Bryan Lee D
Oklahoma
Rufus Cecil Holman R
Oregon
Joseph F. Guffey D
Pennsylvania
Peter Goelet Gerry D
Rhode Island
Theodore Francis Green D
Rhode Island
John Chandler Gurney R
South Dakota
Arthur Thomas Stewart D
Tennessee
Elbert Duncan Thomas D
Utah
Harry Flood Byrd D
Virginia
Ernest Willard Gibson R
Vermont
Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach D
Washington
Homer Truett Bone D
Washington
Alexander Wiley R
Wisconsin
Rush Dew Holt D
West Virginia
Joseph Christopher O’Mahoney D
Wyoming
Henry Herman Schwartz D
Wyoming
Hugo Lafayette Black D
Alabama
Joseph Taylor Robinson D
Arkansas
Samuel Morgan Shortridge R
California
Edward Prentiss Costigan D
Colorado
Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R
Colorado
Hiram Bingham R
Connecticut
Frederic Collin Walcott R
Connecticut
Daniel Oren Hastings R
Delaware
Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D
Florida
Park Trammell D
Florida
Smith Wildman Brookhart R
Iowa
Lester Jesse Dickinson R
Iowa
John Thomas R
Idaho
Otis Ferguson Glenn R
Illinois
James Hamilton Lewis D
Illinois
James Eli Watson R
Indiana
Arthur Raymond Robinson R
Indiana
George McGill D
Kansas
Marvel Mills Logan D
Kentucky
Edwin Sidney Broussard D
Louisiana
Huey Pierce Long D
Louisiana
Marcus Allen Coolidge D
Massachusetts
Phillips Lee Goldsborough R
Maryland
James Couzens R
Michigan
Thomas David Schall R
Minnesota
Roscoe Conkling Patterson R
Missouri
Hubert Durrett Stephens D
Mississippi
Thomas James Walsh D
Montana
Robert Beecher Howell R
Nebraska
George Higgins Moses R
New Hampshire
Henry Wilder Keyes R
New Hampshire
Hamilton Fish Kean R
New Jersey
Bronson Murray Cutting R
New Mexico
Sam Gilbert Bratton D
New Mexico
Tasker Lowndes Oddie R
Nevada
Royal Samuel Copeland D
New York
Simeon Davison Fess R
Ohio
Robert Johns Bulkley D
Ohio
Thomas Pryor Gore D
Oklahoma
Frederick Steiwer R
Oregon
David Aiken Reed R
Pennsylvania
Felix Hebert R
Rhode Island
Jesse Houghton Metcalf R
Rhode Island
Peter Norbeck R
South Dakota
Cordell Hull D
Tennessee
Reed Smoot R
Utah
Claude Augustus Swanson D
Virginia
Porter Hinman Dale R
Vermont
Clarence Cleveland Dill D
Washington
Elijah Sherman Grammer R
Washington
John James Blaine R
Wisconsin
Henry Drury Hatfield R
West Virginia
John Benjamin Kendrick D
Wyoming
Robert Davis Carey R
Wyoming
legislative/houseHouse+305−311congress-legislators ↗
305 new members · 311 departed · 128 served on both dates · women 6 → 6 · median age 57 → 52
40 state delegations changed
Show delegation changes
Alaska 0 D · 1 R
Alaska 1 D · 0 R
Alabama 10 D · 0 R
Alabama 9 D · 0 R
California 1 D · 10 R
California 12 D · 8 R
Colorado 1 D · 3 R
Colorado 4 D · 0 R
Connecticut 2 D · 3 R
Connecticut 2 D · 4 R
Florida 4 D · 0 R
Florida 5 D · 0 R
Georgia 12 D · 0 R
Georgia 10 D · 0 R
Iowa 1 D · 10 R
Iowa 2 D · 7 R
Idaho 0 D · 2 R
Idaho 1 D · 1 R
Illinois 11 D · 15 R
Illinois 16 D · 10 R
Indiana 9 D · 4 R
Indiana 5 D · 7 R
Kansas 1 D · 7 R
Kansas 1 D · 6 R
Kentucky 9 D · 2 R
Kentucky 8 D · 1 R
Massachusetts 4 D · 12 R
Massachusetts 5 D · 10 R
Maine 0 D · 4 R
Maine 0 D · 3 R
Michigan 0 D · 13 R
Michigan 5 D · 12 R
Minnesota 0 D · 9 R · 1 other
Minnesota 1 D · 7 R · 1 other
Missouri 13 D · 4 R
Missouri 12 D · 1 R
Mississippi 8 D · 0 R
Mississippi 7 D · 0 R
North Carolina 10 D · 0 R
North Carolina 11 D · 0 R
North Dakota 0 D · 3 R
North Dakota 0 D · 1 R
Nebraska 4 D · 2 R
Nebraska 2 D · 3 R
New Hampshire 1 D · 2 R
New Hampshire 0 D · 2 R
New Jersey 3 D · 9 R
New Jersey 3 D · 11 R
Nevada 0 D · 1 R
Nevada 1 D · 0 R
New York 23 D · 20 R
New York 24 D · 19 R · 1 other
Ohio 9 D · 13 R
Ohio 9 D · 14 R
Oklahoma 7 D · 1 R
Oklahoma 9 D · 0 R
Pennsylvania 3 D · 33 R
Pennsylvania 15 D · 19 R
Rhode Island 1 D · 2 R
Rhode Island 0 D · 2 R
South Carolina 7 D · 0 R
South Carolina 6 D · 0 R
South Dakota 0 D · 3 R
South Dakota 0 D · 2 R
Tennessee 8 D · 2 R
Tennessee 7 D · 2 R
Texas 17 D · 1 R
Texas 21 D · 0 R
Utah 0 D · 2 R
Utah 2 D · 0 R
Virginia 9 D · 1 R
Virginia 9 D · 0 R
Vermont 0 D · 2 R
Vermont 0 D · 1 R
Washington 1 D · 4 R
Washington 6 D · 0 R
Wisconsin 1 D · 11 R
Wisconsin 0 D · 8 R · 2 other
West Virginia 2 D · 4 R
West Virginia 5 D · 1 R
Who joined and who left (305 in · 311 out)
Anthony Joseph Dimond D
Alaska-AL
Joe Starnes D
Alabama-5
Luther Patrick D
Alabama-9
Peterson Bryant Jarman D
Alabama-6
Samuel Francis Hobbs D
Alabama-4
Frank William Boykin D
Alabama-1
George McInvale Grant D
Alabama-2
John Jackson Sparkman D
Alabama-8
William Ben Cravens D
Arkansas-4
Wade Hampton Kitchens D
Arkansas-7
Clyde Taylor Ellis D
Arkansas-3
David Dickson Terry D
Arkansas-5
William Frank Norrell D
Arkansas-6
Ezekiel Candler Gathings D
Arkansas-1
Wilbur Daigh Mills D
Arkansas-2
John Robert Murdock D
Arizona-AL
Thomas Marion Eaton R
California-18
Frank Henry Buck D
California-3
Leland Merritt Ford R
California-16
Lee Edward Geyer D
California-17
Charles Kramer D
California-13
John Martin Costello D
California-15
Thomas Francis Ford D
California-14
Edouard Victor Michel Izac D
California-20
John Harvey Tolan D
California-7
Horace Jeremiah Voorhis D
California-12
Alfred James Elliott D
California-10
Bertrand Wesley Gearhart R
California-9
John Zuinglius Anderson R
California-8
Franck Roberts Havenner D
California-4
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R
California-11
Harry Richard Sheppard D
California-19
William Evans Burney D
Colorado-3
Fred Nelson Cummings D
Colorado-2
Lawrence Lewis D
Colorado-1
Albert Elmer Austin R
Connecticut-4
Thomas Raymond Ball R
Connecticut-2
James Andrew Shanley D
Connecticut-3
John Joseph Smith D
Connecticut-5
Boleslaus Joseph Monkiewicz R
Connecticut-AL
William Jennings Miller R
Connecticut-1
George Short Williams R
Delaware-AL
Millard Fillmore Caldwell D
Florida-3
Arthur Patrick Cannon D
Florida-4
Joseph Edward Hendricks D
Florida-5
James Hardin Peterson D
Florida-1
Florence Reville Gibbs D
Georgia-8
Emmett Marshall Owen D
Georgia-4
Benjamin Frank Whelchel D
Georgia-9
Hugh Peterson D
Georgia-1
Stephen Pace D
Georgia-3
Paul Brown D
Georgia-10
Samuel Wilder King R
Hawaii-AL
Vincent Francis Harrington D
Iowa-9
William Sebastian Jacobsen D
Iowa-2
John Williams Gwynne R
Iowa-3
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R
Iowa-1
Karl Miles Le Compte R
Iowa-5
Henry Oscar Talle R
Iowa-4
Benton Franklin Jensen R
Iowa-7
Compton Ignatius White D
Idaho-1
Henry Clarence Dworshak R
Idaho-2
Frank William Fries D
Illinois-21
John Cunningham Martin D
Illinois-AL
James McAndrews D
Illinois-9
Laurence Fletcher Arnold D
Illinois-23
James Martin Barnes D
Illinois-20
Leo Paul Kocialkowski D
Illinois-8
Anton Frank Maciejewski D
Illinois-6
Raymond Stephen McKeough D
Illinois-2
Arthur Wergs Mitchell D
Illinois-1
Edwin Martin Schaefer D
Illinois-22
William Howard Wheat R
Illinois-19
Jessie Sumner R
Illinois-18
Anton Joseph Johnson R
Illinois-14
Ralph Edwin Church R
Illinois-10
Chauncey William Reed R
Illinois-11
Leo Elwood Allen R
Illinois-13
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R
Illinois-15
Noah Morgan Mason R
Illinois-12
Everett McKinley Dirksen R
Illinois-16
Leslie Cornelius Arends R
Illinois-17
William Theodore Schulte D
Indiana-1
George W. Gillie R
Indiana-4
Robert Allen Grant R
Indiana-3
Forest Arthur Harness R
Indiana-5
Noble Jacob Johnson R
Indiana-6
Gerald Wayne Landis R
Indiana-7
Raymond Smiley Springer R
Indiana-10
Charles Abraham Halleck R
Indiana-2
John Mills Houston D
Kansas-5
Thomas Daniel Winter R
Kansas-3
Edward Herbert Rees R
Kansas-4
Frank Carlson R
Kansas-6
Edward Wester Creal D
Kentucky-4
Beverly Mills Vincent D
Kentucky-2
Emmet O’Neal D
Kentucky-3
John Marshall Robsion R
Kentucky-9
Joseph Bengal Bates D
Kentucky-8
Noble Jones Gregory D
Kentucky-1
John Keller Griffith D
Louisiana-6
Robert Louis Mouton D
Louisiana-3
Newt Virgus Mills D
Louisiana-5
Asa Leonard Allen D
Louisiana-8
Overton Brooks D
Louisiana-4
Joseph Edward Casey D
Massachusetts-3
Lawrence Joseph Connery D
Massachusetts-7
Thomas Aloysius Flaherty D
Massachusetts-11
Arthur Daniel Healey D
Massachusetts-8
Charles Russell Clason R
Massachusetts-2
George Joseph Bates R
Massachusetts-6
Ambrose Jerome Kennedy D
Maryland-4
William Devereux Byron D
Maryland-6
Thomas D’Alesandro Jr. D
Maryland-3
Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer D
Maryland-5
Clyde Harold Smith R
Maine-2
Ralph Owen Brewster R
Maine-3
James Churchill Oliver R
Maine-1
Rudolph Gabriel Tenerowicz D
Michigan-1
Frank Eugene Hook D
Michigan-12
Frederick Van Ness Bradley R
Michigan-11
Albert Joseph Engel R
Michigan-9
John Lesinski D
Michigan-16
William Wallace Blackney R
Michigan-6
Fred Lewis Crawford R
Michigan-8
Paul Werntz Shafer R
Michigan-3
John David Dingell D
Michigan-15
George Anthony Dondero R
Michigan-17
Clare Eugene Hoffman R
Michigan-4
Louis Charles Rabaut D
Michigan-14
John Grant Alexander R
Minnesota-3
Elmer James Ryan D
Minnesota-2
Richard Thompson Buckler FL
Minnesota-9
Oscar Ferdinand Youngdahl R
Minnesota-5
Herman Carl Andersen R
Minnesota-7
Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D
Missouri-11
Charles Arthur Anderson D
Missouri-12
Reuben Terrell Wood D
Missouri-6
Richard Meloan Duncan D
Missouri-3
Charles Jasper Bell D
Missouri-4
Orville Zimmerman D
Missouri-10
Dewey Jackson Short R
Missouri-7
Aaron Lane Ford D
Mississippi-4
Daniel Rayford McGehee D
Mississippi-7
William Meyers Colmer D
Mississippi-6
Jacob Thorkelson R
Montana-1
James Francis O’Connor D
Montana-2
Alonzo Dillard Folger D
North Carolina-5
William Olin Burgin D
North Carolina-8
Graham Arthur Barden D
North Carolina-3
Carl Thomas Durham D
North Carolina-6
Harold Dunbar Cooley D
North Carolina-4
William Lemke R
North Dakota-AL
George Henry Heinke R
Nebraska-1
Harry Buffington Coffee D
Nebraska-5
Charles Francis McLaughlin D
Nebraska-2
Karl Stefan R
Nebraska-3
Carl Thomas Curtis R
Nebraska-4
Arthur Byron Jenks R
New Hampshire-1
Foster Waterman Stearns R
New Hampshire-2
Walter Sooy Jeffries R
New Jersey-2
Albert Lincoln Vreeland R
New Jersey-11
Donald Holman McLean R
New Jersey-6
David Lane Powers R
New Jersey-4
John Parnell Thomas R
New Jersey-7
Edward Joseph Hart D
New Jersey-14
Robert Winthrop Kean R
New Jersey-12
Frank Charles Osmers Jr. R
New Jersey-9
John Joseph Dempsey D
New Mexico-1
James Graves Scrugham D
Nevada-AL
Bruce Barton R
New York-17
Edward Walter Curley D
New York-22
Marcellus Hugh Evans D
New York-5
John Francis Harter R
New York-41
Bert Lord R
New York-34
Wallace Edgar Pierce R
New York-31
Ernest Harold Cluett R
New York-29
Michael Joseph Kennedy D
New York-15
Caroline Love Goodwin O’Day D
New York-AL
Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R
New York-27
Pius Louis Schwert D
New York-42
Fred James Douglas R
New York-33
James Herbert Fay D
New York-16
Joseph John O’Brien R
New York-38
James Aloysius O’Leary D
New York-11
William Bernard Barry D
New York-2
Vito Anthony Marcantonio AL
New York-20
Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D
New York-3
James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. R
New York-39
William Thomas Byrne D
New York-28
Leonard Wood Hall R
New York-1
Donald Lawrence O’Toole D
New York-8
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R
New York-25
William Sterling Cole R
New York-37
Charles Anthony Buckley D
New York-23
Eugene James Keogh D
New York-9
William Albert Ashbrook D
Ohio-17
Lycurgus Luther Marshall R
Ohio-AL
Harry Nelson Routzohn R
Ohio-3
James Seccombe R
Ohio-16
Dudley Allen White R
Ohio-13
Harold Kile Claypool D
Ohio-11
Dow Watters Harter D
Ohio-14
John Feeney Hunter D
Ohio-9
Martin Leonard Sweeney D
Ohio-20
Robert Franklin Jones R
Ohio-4
Earl Ramage Lewis R
Ohio-18
Frederick Cleveland Smith R
Ohio-8
Charles Henry Elston R
Ohio-1
Cliff Clevenger R
Ohio-5
John Martin Vorys R
Ohio-12
Clarence J. Brown R
Ohio-7
Robert Thompson Secrest D
Ohio-15
Michael Joseph Kirwan D
Ohio-19
Phillip Colgan Ferguson D
Oklahoma-8
Samuel Chapman Massingale D
Oklahoma-7
Will Rogers D
Oklahoma-AL
John Conover Nichols D
Oklahoma-2
Lyle H. Boren D
Oklahoma-4
Almer Stillwell Mike Monroney D
Oklahoma-5
Walter Marcus Pierce D
Oregon-2
James Wheaton Mott R
Oregon-1
Homer Daniel Angell R
Oregon-3
Robert Gray Allen D
Pennsylvania-28
John Burrwood Daly D
Pennsylvania-4
Matthew Anthony Dunn D
Pennsylvania-34
Fred Christian Gartner R
Pennsylvania-5
Charles Isiah Faddis D
Pennsylvania-25
John Harold Flannery D
Pennsylvania-12
Benjamin Jarrett R
Pennsylvania-20
Joseph A. McArdle D
Pennsylvania-33
Guy Louis Moser D
Pennsylvania-14
Albert Greig Rutherford R
Pennsylvania-15
Leon Sacks D
Pennsylvania-1
John William Ditter R
Pennsylvania-17
James Patrick McGranery D
Pennsylvania-2
Michael Joseph Bradley D
Pennsylvania-3
Francis John Myers D
Pennsylvania-6
Robert Lewis Rodgers R
Pennsylvania-29
John Buell Snyder D
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legislative/lawsLaws enactedComplete lists of public laws start with the 93rd Congress (Jan 3, 1973). Earlier years show notable and landmark acts only.
96 laws recorded · 7 landmark · 75 notable
Buy American Act
Pub. L. 72-428 · Mar 3, 1933
Emergency Banking Act
Pub. L. 73-1 · Mar 9, 1933
The Economy Act of 1933. Roosevelt
Mar 20, 1933
Show 30 more notable laws
Economy Act of March 20, 1933
Pub. L. 73-2 · Mar 20, 1933
Cullen–Harrison Act
Pub. L. 73-3 · Mar 22, 1933
Civilian Conservation Corps Reforestation Relief Act
Pub. L. 73-5 · Mar 31, 1933
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Pub. L. 73-10 · May 12, 1933
Federal Emergency Relief Act
Pub. L. 73-15 · May 12, 1933
Tennessee Valley Authority Act
Pub. L. 73-17 · May 18, 1933
Homeowners Refinancing Act
Pub. L. 73-43 · Jun 13, 1933
National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933
Pub. L. 73-67 · Jun 16, 1933
Farm Credit Act of 1933
Pub. L. 73-75 · Jun 16, 1933
Gold Reserve Act
Pub. L. 73-87 · Jan 30, 1934
Tydings–McDuffie Act (Philippine Independence Act)
Pub. L. 73-127 · Mar 24, 1934
Vinson–Trammell Act
Pub. L. 73-135 · Mar 27, 1934
Emergency Air Mail Act
Pub. L. 73-140 · Mar 27, 1934
Jones-Connally Act 1934
Pub. L. 73-142 · Apr 7, 1934
Johnson Act
Pub. L. 73-151 · Apr 13, 1934
Revenue Act of 1934
Pub. L. 73-216 · May 10, 1934
Reciprocal Tariff Act
Pub. L. 73-316 · Jun 12, 1934
Indian Reorganization Act
Pub. L. 73-383 · Jun 18, 1934
Rules Enabling Act
Pub. L. 73-415 · Jun 19, 1934
National Archives Act
Pub. L. 73-432 · Jun 19, 1934
Federal Credit Union Act
Pub. L. 73-467 · Jun 26, 1934
National Firearms Act
Pub. L. 73-474 · Jun 26, 1934
National Housing Act of 1934
Pub. L. 73-479 · Jun 27, 1934
Taylor Grazing Act of 1934
Pub. L. 73-482 · Jun 28, 1934
Frazier–Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act
Pub. L. 73-486 · Jun 28, 1934
Connally Hot Oil Act of 1935
Pub. L. 74-14 · Feb 22, 1935
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
Ch. 85, Sess. 1, 74th Cong. · Apr 27, 1935
Bankhead–Jones Act of 1935
Pub. L. 74-182 · Jun 29, 1935
Motor Carrier Act
Pub. L. 74-255 · Aug 9, 1935
Banking Act of 1935
Pub. L. 74-305 · Aug 23, 1935
Judicial
judicial/supreme-courtThe Supreme CourtBench by appointing party: 7 R · 2 D → 5 D · 3 R
Willis Van Devanter R
appointed by William H. Taft · 1910
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
Benjamin Nathan Cardozo R
appointed by Herbert Hoover · 1932
Hugo Lafayette Black D
appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1937
Stanley Forman Reed D
appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1938
Felix Frankfurter D
appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1939
William Orville Douglas D
appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1939
4 justices served on both dates
James Clark McReynolds D
appointed by Woodrow Wilson · 1914
Harlan Fiske Stone R
appointed by Calvin Coolidge · 1925
Charles Evans Hughes R
appointed by Herbert Hoover · 1930
Owen Josephus Roberts R
appointed by Herbert Hoover · 1930
judicial/lower-courtsAppeals & district courtsCourts of appeals (active judges): 32 R · 8 D · 3 N( → 34 D · 17 R · 2 N(
District courts (active judges): 130 R · 18 D · 3 N( → 94 R · 81 D · 3 N(
Franklin D. Roosevelt D appointed 125 judges
4 Supreme Court · 35 appeals · 81 district · 5 other
7 circuits flipped majority
First Circuit 1 D · 2 R (R majority)
First Circuit 1 D · 1 R (tie majority)
Third Circuit 2 D · 2 R (tie majority)
Third Circuit 5 D · 0 R (D majority)
Sixth Circuit 0 D · 4 R (R majority)
Sixth Circuit 3 D · 2 R (D majority)
Eighth Circuit 1 D · 4 R (R majority)
Eighth Circuit 3 D · 2 R (D majority)
Ninth Circuit 0 D · 2 R (R majority)
Ninth Circuit 6 D · 1 R (D majority)
Tenth Circuit 0 D · 2 R (R majority)
Tenth Circuit 2 D · 1 R (D majority)
District of Columbia Circuit 0 D · 5 R (R majority)
District of Columbia Circuit 6 D · 0 R (D 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+1,066Supreme Court Database ↗
1,066 argued decisions · 20 landmark
Nathanson v. United States
290 U.S. 41 · Nov 6, 1933 · Decided 9–0 · Criminal Procedure · Reversed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Booth v. United States
291 U.S. 339 · Feb 5, 1934 · Decided 9–0 · Attorneys · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Lynch v. United States
292 U.S. 571 · Jun 4, 1934 · Decided 9–0 · Civil Rights · Reversed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan
293 U.S. 388 · Jan 7, 1935 · Decided 8–1 · Miscellaneous · Reversed and remanded · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Perry v. United States
294 U.S. 330 · Feb 18, 1935 · Decided 5–4 · Economic Activity · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Railroad Retirement Board v. Alton Railroad Co.
295 U.S. 330 · May 6, 1935 · Decided 5–4 · Judicial Power · Affirmed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
295 U.S. 495 · May 27, 1935 · Decided 9–0 · Economic Activity · Reversed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Humphrey's Executor v. United States
295 U.S. 602 · May 27, 1935 · Decided 9–0 · Miscellaneous
Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank v. Radford
295 U.S. 555 · May 27, 1935 · Decided 9–0 · Due Process · Reversed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Hopkins Federal Savings & Loan Assn. v. Cleary
296 U.S. 315 · Dec 9, 1935 · Decided 9–0 · Economic Activity · Affirmed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Show 10 more
United States v. Constantine
Dec 9, 1935 · Decided 6–3 · Criminal Procedure · Affirmed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
United States v. Butler
Jan 6, 1936 · Decided 6–3 · Federal Taxation · Affirmed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Rickert Rice Mills, Inc. v. Fontenot
Jan 13, 1936 · Decided 9–0 · Federal Taxation · Vacated · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Carter v. Carter Coal Co.
May 18, 1936 · Decided 6–3 · Unions · Reversed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Ashton v. Cameron County Water Improvement District No. One
May 25, 1936 · Decided 5–4 · Federalism · Affirmed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.
Dec 21, 1936 · Decided 7–1 · Miscellaneous · Reversed and remanded
West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
Mar 29, 1937 · Decided 5–4 · Civil Rights · Affirmed · Overruled precedent
National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
Apr 12, 1937 · Decided 9–0 · Unions · Reversed and remanded
United States v. Carolene Products Co.
Apr 25, 1938 · Decided 6–1 · Economic Activity · Reversed
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins
Apr 25, 1938 · Decided 8–0 · Judicial Power · Reversed and remanded · Overruled precedent
Landmark means the Court overruled precedent, struck down a federal law, or the case is on a curated landmark list.
Fiscal
fiscal/budgetThe federal budgetFiscal year 1933 → fiscal year 1940 · inflation-adjusted with the GDP price index
Spending $4.6B
FY1933
Spending $9.5B
FY1940 · +106% nominal
Revenue $2.0B
FY1933
Revenue $6.5B
FY1940 · +228% nominal
Surplus / deficit −$2.6B
FY1933
Surplus / deficit −$2.9B
FY1940 · −$318M
Spending, % of GDP 7.9%
FY1933
Spending, % of GDP 9.6%
FY1940 · +1.7 pts
fiscal/debtTotal public debt outstanding+$21.0BTreasury Fiscal Data ↗
$19.5B
as of Jun 30, 1932
$40.4B
as of Jun 30, 1939
Constitution & Union
constitution/amendmentsAmendments & statehood20 → 21 amendments in force · 48 → 48 states
Amendment XXI Repeal of Prohibition
ratified Dec 5, 1933 · Repeals the 18th Amendment.
Log
logEverything in between132 events
- lawBuy American Act
- presidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt takes office
- lawEmergency Banking Act
- lawThe Economy Act of 1933. Roosevelt
- lawEconomy Act of March 20, 1933
- lawCullen–Harrison Act
- agency+Farm Credit Administration
- lawCivilian Conservation Corps Reforestation Relief Act
- agency+Civilian Conservation Corps
- agency+Emergency Conservation Work
- lawAgricultural Adjustment Act
- lawFederal Emergency Relief Act
- agency+Tennessee Valley Authority
- lawTennessee Valley Authority Act
- lawSecurities Act of 1933
- lawHomeowners Refinancing Act
- agency+Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- lawGlass–Steagall Act of 1933 (Banking Act of 1933)
- lawNational Industrial Recovery Act of 1933
- lawFarm Credit Act of 1933
- agency+National Labor Board
- rulingNathanson v. United States
- amendmentRepeal of Prohibition
- agency+National Mediation Board
- lawGold Reserve Act
- agency+Export-Import Bank of the United States
- rulingBooth v. United States
- lawTydings–McDuffie Act (Philippine Independence Act)
- lawVinson–Trammell Act
- lawEmergency Air Mail Act
- lawJones-Connally Act 1934
- lawJohnson Act
- lawRevenue Act of 1934
- rulingLynch v. United States
- agency+United States Securities and Exchange Commission
- lawSecurities Exchange Act of 1934
- lawReciprocal Tariff Act
- lawIndian Reorganization Act
- agency+Federal Communications Commission
- agency+National Archives and Records Administration
- lawRules Enabling Act
- lawNational Archives Act
- lawFederal Credit Union Act
- lawNational Firearms Act
- lawNational Housing Act of 1934
- lawTaylor Grazing Act of 1934
- lawFrazier–Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act
- agency−National Labor Board
- rulingPanama Refining Co. v. Ryan
- rulingPerry v. United States
- lawConnally Hot Oil Act of 1935
- lawSoil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
- agency+Resettlement Administration
- agency+Works Progress Administration
- rulingRailroad Retirement Board v. Alton Railroad Co.
- rulingA. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States
- rulingHumphrey's Executor v. United States
- rulingLouisville Joint Stock Land Bank v. Radford
- lawBankhead–Jones Act of 1935
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- lawNational Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Wagner Act)
- lawMotor Carrier Act
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- lawSocial Security Act
- lawBanking Act of 1935
- lawAgricultural Adjustment Act Amendment of 1935
- lawPublic Utility Act
- lawRevenue Act of 1935
- lawNeutrality Act of 1935
- rulingHopkins Federal Savings & Loan Assn. v. Cleary
- rulingUnited States v. Constantine
- rulingUnited States v. Butler
- rulingRickert Rice Mills, Inc. v. Fontenot
- lawAdjusted Compensation Payment Act
- lawNeutrality Act of 1936
- lawSoil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936
- rulingCarter v. Carter Coal Co.
- lawRural Electrification Act
- rulingAshton v. Cameron County Water Improvement District No. One
- lawCommodity Exchange Act
- lawRobinson–Patman Act
- lawFlood Control Act of 1936
- lawRevenue Act of 1936
- lawMerchant Marine Act of 1936
- lawWalsh–Healey Public Contracts Act
- rulingUnited States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.
- presidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt takes office
- rulingWest Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish
- rulingNational Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.
- lawNeutrality Acts of 1937
- lawNeutrality Act of 1937
- lawAgricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937
- agency−Emergency Conservation Work
- lawBankhead–Jones Farm Tenant Act of 1937
- lawMarijuana Tax Act of 1937
- lawNational Cancer Institute Act
- lawMiller–Tydings Act
- justiceHugo Lafayette Black — Associate Justice
- lawFlood Control Act of 1937
- agency−Resettlement Administration
- lawHousing Act of 1937
- lawPittman–Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act
- agency+Maritime Labor Board
- agency+U.S. AbilityOne Commission
- justiceStanley Forman Reed — Associate Justice
- lawNational Housing Act Amendments of 1938
- lawAgricultural Adjustment Act of 1938
- lawWheeler–Lea Act
- rulingUnited States v. Carolene Products Co.
- rulingErie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins
- lawIndian Mineral Leasing Act
- lawNaval Act of 1938
- lawLa Follette–Bulwinkle Act
- lawForeign Agents Registration Act
- lawNatural Gas Act of 1938
- lawBankruptcy Act of 1938
- lawWagner-O'Day Act
- lawCivil Aeronautics Act
- lawFederal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
- lawFair Labor Standards Act of 1938
- lawFlood Control Act of 1938
- lawFederal Firearms Act of 1938
- agency+Executive Office of the President of the United States
- agency+Office of the Vice President of the United States
- justiceFelix Frankfurter — Associate Justice
- lawReorganization Act of 1939
- justiceWilliam Orville Douglas — Associate Justice
- agency+Federal Security Agency
- lawHatch Act of 1939
- lawFederal Seed Act
- lawFlood Control Act of 1939
- lawNeutrality Act of 1939