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The United States on January 3, 1941

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

66 D · 28 R

96 senators · 77th Congress

House

267 D · 161 R

434 representatives

Supreme Court

6 D · 3 R

9 justices by appointing party

Union

48 states

21 amendments in force

Prices

$1 ≈ $23.90

in today's dollars

Public debt

$43.0B

as of Jun 29, 1940

1941-01-03/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

1941-01-03/congress77th Congress

Senate · 66 D · 28 R · 1 P · 1 I

House · 267 D · 161 R · 3 P · 1 ID · 1 FL · 1 AL

1941-01-03/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

1941-01-03/weekWithin a week · Dec 27, 1940 – Jan 10, 1941

Ruling Z. & F. Assets Realization Corp. v. Hull

Jan 6, 1941 · 311 U.S. 470

Ruling Jackson v. Irving Trust Co.

Jan 6, 1941 · 311 U.S. 494

Ruling Voeller v. Neilston Warehouse Co.

Jan 6, 1941 · 311 U.S. 531

Ruling Vandenbark v. Owens-Illinois Glass Co.

Jan 6, 1941 · 311 U.S. 538

Ruling Railroad Commission of Texas v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.

Jan 6, 1941 · 311 U.S. 578

Ruling Railroad Commission of Texas v. Rowan & Nichols Oil Co.

Jan 6, 1941 · 311 U.S. 570

Ruling H. J. Heinz Company v. National Labor Relations Board

Jan 6, 1941 · 311 U.S. 514

Ruling Palmer v. Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co.

Jan 6, 1941 · 311 U.S. 544

Ruling Reconstruction Finance Corp. v. Prudence Securities Advisory Group

Jan 6, 1941 · 311 U.S. 579

Ruling National Labor Relations Board v. Link-Belt Company

Jan 6, 1941 · 311 U.S. 584

Ruling Helvering v. Hammel

Jan 6, 1941 · 311 U.S. 504

Ruling Electro-Chemical Engraving Co., Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Jan 6, 1941 · 311 U.S. 513

Ruling McClain v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Jan 6, 1941 · 311 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.