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The United States on January 3, 1939

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 Jan 20, 1937

Senate

69 D · 24 R

96 senators · 76th Congress

House

261 D · 168 R

433 representatives

Supreme Court

4 D · 4 R

8 justices by appointing party

Union

48 states

21 amendments in force

Prices

$1 ≈ $24.07

in today's dollars

Public debt

$37.2B

as of Jun 30, 1938

1939-01-03/executiveThe administration

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt D

since Jan 20, 1937

Vice President John Nance Garner D

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 Henry Morgenthau Jr. D

since Jan 1, 1934

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Daniel Wafena Bell D

since Sep 1, 1934

Secretary of War Harry Hines Woodring D

since Sep 25, 1936

Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins D

since Dec 24, 1938

Attorney General Frank Murphy D

since Jan 2, 1939

1939-01-03/congress76th Congress

Senate · 69 D · 24 R · 1 P · 1 FL · 1 I

House · 261 D · 168 R · 2 P · 1 AL · 1 FL

1939-01-03/supreme-courtThe bench

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

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

Hugo Lafayette Black D

Associate Justice · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · since Aug 18, 1937

Stanley Forman Reed D

Associate Justice · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · since Jan 27, 1938

1939-01-03/weekWithin a week · Dec 27, 1938 – Jan 10, 1939

Agency + Executive Office of the President of the United States

Jan 1, 1939 · eop

Agency + Office of the Vice President of the United States

Jan 1, 1939 · eop

Ruling Gwin, White & Prince, Inc. v. Henneford

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 434

Ruling Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. United States

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 507

Ruling Ford Motor Co. v. National Labor Relations Board

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 364

Ruling United States v. Pleasants

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 357

Ruling J. Bacon & Sons v. Martin

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 380

Ruling Minnesota v. United States

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 382

Ruling Indianapolis Brewing Co. v. Liquor Control Commission

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 391

Ruling Finch v. McKittrick

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 395

Ruling United States v. Continental National Bank & Trust Co.

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 398

Ruling James v. United Artists Corp.

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 410

Ruling United States v. Algoma Lumber Co.

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 415

Ruling Princess Lida of Thurn and Taxis v. Thompson

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 456

Ruling Helvering v. Owens

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 468

Ruling United States v. McClure

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 472

Ruling Chippewa Indians of Minnesota v. United States

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 479

Ruling Lyon v. Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Assn.

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 484

Ruling Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co. v. Palmer

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 493

Ruling Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. Smith

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 424

Ruling Patterson v. Stanolind Oil & Gas Co.

Jan 3, 1939 · 305 U.S. 376

Ruling United States v. Powers

Jan 9, 1939 · 305 U.S. 527

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.