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The United States on March 7, 1933

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

President

Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt D · since Mar 4, 1933

Senate

31 R · 30 D

62 senators · 73rd Congress

House

—

0 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

48 states

20 amendments in force

Prices

$1 ≈ $26.53

in today's dollars

Public debt

$19.5B

as of Jun 30, 1932

1933-03-07/executiveThe administration

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt D

since Mar 4, 1933

Vice President John Nance Garner D

Secretary of Commerce Daniel C. Roper D

since Mar 4, 1933

Attorney General Homer Stille Cummings D

since Mar 4, 1933

Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace PP

since Mar 4, 1933

Postmaster General James Farley D

since Mar 4, 1933

Secretary of State Cordell Hull D

since Mar 4, 1933

Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins D

since Mar 4, 1933

Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes PP

since Mar 4, 1933

Secretary of the Treasury William H. Woodin R

since Mar 5, 1933

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Lewis Williams Douglas D

since Mar 7, 1933

1933-03-07/congress73rd Congress

Senate · 31 R · 30 D · 1 FL

House ·

1933-03-07/supreme-courtThe bench

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

Benjamin Nathan Cardozo R

Associate Justice · appointed by Herbert Hoover · since Mar 2, 1932

1933-03-07/weekWithin a week · Feb 28, 1933 – Mar 14, 1933

Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes office · Mar 4, 1933

Law Buy American Act

Mar 3, 1933 · Pub. L. 72-428

Law Emergency Banking Act

Mar 9, 1933 · Pub. L. 73-1

Ruling Louis K. Liggett Co. v. Lee

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 517

Ruling Williams v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore

Mar 13, 1933 · 289 U.S. 36

Ruling Clark v. United States

Mar 13, 1933 · 289 U.S. 1

Ruling Anderson v. Wilson

Mar 13, 1933 · 289 U.S. 20

Ruling Bemis Bro. Bag Co. v. United States

Mar 13, 1933 · 289 U.S. 28

Ruling Burnet v. Brooks

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 378

Ruling Arthur C. Harvey Co. v. Malley

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 415

Ruling McDonnell v. United States

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 420

Ruling Pacific Coast Steel Co. v. McLaughlin

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 426

Ruling Porter v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 436

Ruling United States v. Dakota-Montana Oil Co.

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 459

Ruling Petroleum Exploration v. Burnet

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 467

Ruling Puerto Rico v. Russell & Co.

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 476

Ruling Heiner v. Diamond Alkali Co.

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 502

Ruling Vancouver Steamship Co., Ltd. v. Rice

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 445

Ruling Appalachian Coals, Inc. v. United States

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 344

Ruling Burnet v. A. T. Jergins Trust

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 508

Ruling Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. Brady

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 448

Ruling Central Transfer Company v. Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 469

Ruling United States v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 490

Ruling Burnet v. S. & L. Building Corp.

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 406

Ruling Spicer v. Smith

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 430

Ruling Munroe v. Raphael

Mar 13, 1933 · 288 U.S. 485

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.