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The United States on January 3, 1945

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

57 D · 38 R

96 senators · 79th Congress

House

243 D · 192 R

437 representatives

Supreme Court

8 D · 1 R

9 justices by appointing party

Union

48 states

21 amendments in force

Prices

$1 ≈ $18.93

in today's dollars

Public debt

$201B

as of Jun 30, 1944

1945-01-03/executiveThe administration

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt D

since Jan 20, 1941

Vice President Henry Agard Wallace D

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 Commerce Jesse H. Jones D

since Sep 19, 1940

Attorney General Francis Biddle D

since Aug 26, 1941

Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal D

since May 19, 1944

Secretary of State Edward Reilly Stettinius, Jr. D

since Dec 1, 1944

1945-01-03/congress79th Congress

Senate · 57 D · 38 R · 1 P

House · 243 D · 192 R · 1 AL · 1 P

1945-01-03/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

1945-01-03/weekWithin a week · Dec 27, 1944 – Jan 10, 1945

Agency + Wage Stabilization Board

Jan 1, 1945 · eop

Agency + Bureau of Intelligence and Research

Jan 1, 1945 · sub_agency

Agency + Defense Technical Information Center

Jan 1, 1945 · sub_agency

Ruling Singer v. United States

Jan 2, 1945 · 323 U.S. 338

Ruling Coffman v. Federal Laboratories, Inc.

Jan 2, 1945 · 323 U.S. 325

Ruling City of Cleveland v. United States

Jan 2, 1945 · 323 U.S. 329

Ruling Coffman v. Breeze Corporations, Inc.

Jan 2, 1945 · 323 U.S. 316

Ruling Georgia Hardwood Lumber Co. v. Compania de Navegacion Transmar

Jan 2, 1945 · 323 U.S. 334

Ruling United States v. Rosenwasser

Jan 2, 1945 · 323 U.S. 360

Ruling Industrial Addition Association v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Jan 2, 1945 · 323 U.S. 310

Ruling United States v. Waddill, Holland & Flinn, Inc.

Jan 2, 1945 · 323 U.S. 353

Ruling McCullough v. Kammerer Corporation

Jan 2, 1945 · 323 U.S. 327

Ruling United States v. General Motors Corp

Jan 8, 1945 · 323 U.S. 373

Ruling Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Lenroot

Jan 8, 1945 · 323 U.S. 490

Ruling Thomas v. Collins

Jan 8, 1945 · 323 U.S. 516

Ruling National Metropolitan Bank v. United States

Jan 8, 1945 · 323 U.S. 454

Ruling Ford Motor Co. v. Department of Treasury of Indiana

Jan 8, 1945 · 323 U.S. 459

Ruling Williams v. Kaiser

Jan 8, 1945 · 323 U.S. 471

Ruling Tomkins v. Missouri

Jan 8, 1945 · 323 U.S. 485

Ruling McKenzie v. Irving Trust Co.

Jan 8, 1945 · 323 U.S. 365

Ruling Hartford-Empire Co. v. United States

Jan 8, 1945 · 323 U.S. 386

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.