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The United States on January 3, 1951

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 Jan 20, 1949

Senate

49 D · 46 R

96 senators · 82nd Congress

House

234 D · 200 R

435 representatives

Supreme Court

9 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

48 states

21 amendments in force

Unemployment

4.3%

Dec 1950 · $1 then ≈ $13.48 today

Public debt

$257B

as of Jun 30, 1950 · 1 armed conflict

1951-01-03/executiveThe administration

President Harry S. Truman D

since Jan 20, 1949

Vice President Alben William Barkley D

Secretary of the Treasury John Wesley Snyder D

since Jun 25, 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 Labor Maurice J. Tobin D

since Aug 13, 1948

Secretary of State Dean Acheson D

since Jan 21, 1949

Attorney General J. Howard McGrath D

since Jul 27, 1949

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Frederick Joseph Lawton D

since Apr 13, 1950

Secretary of Defense George Marshall

since Sep 21, 1950

Director of Central Intelligence Walter Bedell Smith I

since Oct 7, 1950

1951-01-03/congress82nd Congress

Senate · 49 D · 46 R · 1 I

House · 234 D · 200 R · 1 I

1951-01-03/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

Robert Houghwout Jackson D

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

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

Tom C. Clark D

Associate Justice · appointed by Harry S Truman · since Aug 19, 1949

Sherman Minton D

Associate Justice · appointed by Harry S Truman · since Oct 5, 1949

1951-01-03/militaryArmed conflicts under way

Korean War

since Jun 27, 1950 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

1951-01-03/weekWithin a week · Dec 27, 1950 – Jan 10, 1951

Law Celler–Kefauver Act (Anti-Merger Act)

Dec 29, 1950 · Pub. L. 81-899

Agency − Economic Cooperation Administration

Jan 1, 1951 · other

Agency + Emergency Management Institute

Jan 1, 1951 · sub_agency

Agency + Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Jan 1, 1951 · sub_agency

Agency + Savannah River National Laboratory

Jan 1, 1951 · sub_agency

Ruling Dowd v. United States ex rel. Cook

Jan 2, 1951 · 340 U.S. 206

Ruling Kiefer-Stewart Co. v. Seagram

Jan 2, 1951 · 340 U.S. 211

Ruling Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co. v. United States

Jan 2, 1951 · 340 U.S. 216

Justice John Patrick Hartigan — U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Jan 3, 1951 · First Circuit

Ruling Standard Oil Co. v. Federal Trade Commission

Jan 8, 1951 · 340 U.S. 231

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.