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The United States on November 25, 1940

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

67 D · 26 R

95 senators · 76th Congress

House

261 D · 168 R

433 representatives

Supreme Court

6 D · 3 R

9 justices by appointing party

Union

48 states

21 amendments in force

Prices

$1 ≈ $24.07

in today's dollars

Public debt

$43.0B

as of Jun 29, 1940

1940-11-25/executiveThe administration

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt D

since Jan 20, 1937

Vice President John Nance Garner D

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 Harold D. Smith D

since Apr 15, 1939

Attorney General Robert H. Jackson D

since Jan 18, 1940

Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson R

since Jul 10, 1940

Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox R

since Jul 11, 1940

Secretary of Commerce Jesse H. Jones D

since Sep 19, 1940

1940-11-25/congress76th Congress

Senate · 67 D · 26 R · 1 P · 1 I

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

1940-11-25/supreme-courtThe bench

James Clark McReynolds D

Associate Justice · appointed by Woodrow Wilson · since Aug 29, 1914

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

Felix Frankfurter D

Associate Justice · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · since Jan 20, 1939

William Orville Douglas D

Associate Justice · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · since Apr 15, 1939

Frank Murphy D

Associate Justice · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · since Jan 18, 1940

1940-11-25/weekWithin a week · Nov 18, 1940 – Dec 2, 1940

Ruling Milk Wagon Drivers' Union v. Lake Valley Farm Products, Inc.

Nov 18, 1940 · 311 U.S. 91

Ruling Wilson & Co., Inc. v. United States

Nov 18, 1940 · 311 U.S. 104

Ruling Helvering v. Eubank

Nov 25, 1940 · 311 U.S. 122

Ruling American United Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. City of Avon Park

Nov 25, 1940 · 311 U.S. 138

Ruling Helvering v. Horst

Nov 25, 1940 · 311 U.S. 112

Ruling Federal Communications Commission v. Columbia Broadcasting System of California, Inc.

Nov 25, 1940 · 311 U.S. 132

Ruling Smith v. Texas

Nov 25, 1940 · 311 U.S. 128

Law Ramspeck Act

Nov 26, 1940 · Pub. L. 76-880

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.