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The United States on November 17, 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, 1941

Senate

66 D · 28 R

96 senators · 77th Congress

House

265 D · 161 R

432 representatives

Supreme Court

8 D · 1 R

9 justices by appointing party

Union

48 states

21 amendments in force

Prices

$1 ≈ $22.02

in today's dollars

Public debt

$49.0B

as of Jun 30, 1941

1941-11-17/executiveThe administration

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt D

since Jan 20, 1941

Vice President Henry Agard Wallace 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

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

Attorney General Francis Biddle D

since Aug 26, 1941

1941-11-17/congress77th Congress

Senate · 66 D · 28 R · 1 I · 1 P

House · 265 D · 161 R · 3 P · 1 FL · 1 AL · 1 ID

1941-11-17/supreme-courtThe bench

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

James Francis Byrnes D

Associate Justice · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · since Jun 25, 1941

Harlan Fiske Stone D

Chief Justice · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · since Jul 3, 1941

Robert Houghwout Jackson D

Associate Justice · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · since Jul 11, 1941

1941-11-17/weekWithin a week · Nov 10, 1941 – Nov 24, 1941

Ruling Indianapolis v. Chase National Bank

Nov 10, 1941 · 314 U.S. 63

Ruling Alabama v. King & Boozer

Nov 10, 1941 · 314 U.S. 1

Ruling Reitz v. Mealey

Nov 10, 1941 · 314 U.S. 33

Ruling Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. Kepner

Nov 10, 1941 · 314 U.S. 44

Ruling Curry v. United States

Nov 10, 1941 · 314 U.S. 14

Ruling Federal Land Bank of St. Paul v. Bismarck Lumber Co.

Nov 10, 1941 · 314 U.S. 95

Ruling Bernards v. Johnson

Nov 10, 1941 · 314 U.S. 19

Ruling Cuno Engineering Corp. v. Automatic Devices Corp.

Nov 10, 1941 · 314 U.S. 84

Ruling Automatic Devices Corp. v. Sinko Tool & Manufacturing Co.

Nov 10, 1941 · 314 U.S. 94

Ruling Toucey v. New York Life Insurance Co.

Nov 17, 1941 · 314 U.S. 118

Ruling Commercial Molasses Corp. v. New York Tank Barge Corp.

Nov 17, 1941 · 314 U.S. 104

Ruling Southern Railway Co. v. Painter

Nov 17, 1941 · 314 U.S. 155

Ruling Edwards v. California

Nov 24, 1941 · 314 U.S. 160

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.