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The United States on January 3, 1949

Who held every office, how Congress and the Court were made up, and what happened within a week. Diff this day against today →

President

Truman

Harry S. Truman D · since Apr 12, 1945

Senate

54 D · 42 R

96 senators · 81st Congress

House

263 D · 173 R

437 representatives

Supreme Court

9 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

48 states

21 amendments in force

Unemployment

Dec 1948 · $1 then ≈ $13.98 today

Public debt

$252B

as of Jun 30, 1948

1949-01-03/executiveThe administration

President Harry S. Truman D

since Apr 12, 1945

Vice President vacant

Attorney General Thomas Campbell Clark D

since Jun 27, 1945

Secretary of the Treasury John Wesley Snyder D

since Jun 25, 1946

Director of the Office of Management and Budget James E. Webb D

since Jul 13, 1946

White House Chief of Staff John R. Steelman R

since Dec 12, 1946

Ambassador to the United Nations Warren Austin R

since Jan 14, 1947

Secretary of State George Marshall

since Jan 21, 1947

Director of Central Intelligence Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter I

since May 1, 1947

Secretary of Defense James Forrestal D

since Sep 17, 1947

Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin D

since Aug 13, 1948

1949-01-03/congress81st Congress

Senate · 54 D · 42 R

House · 263 D · 173 R · 1 AL

1949-01-03/supreme-courtThe bench

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

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

Harold Hitz Burton D

Associate Justice · appointed by Harry S Truman · since Sep 22, 1945

Frederick Moore Vinson D

Chief Justice · appointed by Harry S Truman · since Jun 21, 1946

1949-01-03/weekWithin a week · Dec 27, 1948 – Jan 10, 1949

Agency + Sandia National Laboratories

Jan 1, 1949 · sub_agency

Ruling Lincoln Federal Labor Union v. Northwestern Iron & Metal Co.

Jan 3, 1949 · 335 U.S. 525

Ruling Coray v. Southern Pacific Co.

Jan 3, 1949 · 335 U.S. 520

Ruling American Federation of Labor v. American Sash & Door Co.

Jan 3, 1949 · 335 U.S. 538

Ruling Jungersen v. Ostby & Barton Co.

Jan 3, 1949 · 335 U.S. 560

Ruling Ayrshire Collieries Corp. v. United States

Jan 3, 1949 · 335 U.S. 573

Ruling Henslee v. Union Planters National Bank & Trust Co.

Jan 3, 1949 · 335 U.S. 595

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.