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The United States on February 5, 1944

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

58 D · 36 R

95 senators · 78th Congress

House

220 D · 209 R

433 representatives

Supreme Court

8 D · 1 R

9 justices by appointing party

Union

48 states

21 amendments in force

Prices

$1 ≈ $19.36

in today's dollars

Public debt

$137B

as of Jun 30, 1943

1944-02-05/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

1944-02-05/congress78th Congress

Senate · 58 D · 36 R · 1 P

House · 220 D · 209 R · 2 P · 1 AL · 1 FL

1944-02-05/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

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

Wiley Blount Rutledge D

Associate Justice · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · since Feb 11, 1943

1944-02-05/weekWithin a week · Jan 29, 1944 – Feb 12, 1944

Ruling Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.

Jan 31, 1944 · 321 U.S. 96

Ruling Carter v. Virginia

Jan 31, 1944 · 321 U.S. 131

Ruling Davies Warehouse Co. v. Bowles

Jan 31, 1944 · 321 U.S. 144

Ruling Northwestern Electric Co. v. Federal Power Commission

Jan 31, 1944 · 321 U.S. 119

Ruling Prince v. Massachusetts

Jan 31, 1944 · 321 U.S. 158

Ruling B. F. Goodrich Co. v. United States

Jan 31, 1944 · 321 U.S. 126

Law Mustering-out Payment Act

Feb 3, 1944 · Pub. L. 78-225

Ruling Brown v. Gerdes

Feb 7, 1944 · 321 U.S. 178

Ruling Eastern-Central Motor Carriers Association v. United States

Feb 7, 1944 · 321 U.S. 194

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.