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The United States on January 3, 1953

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

48 R · 47 D

96 senators · 83rd Congress

House

228 R · 220 D

449 representatives

Supreme Court

9 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

48 states

22 amendments in force

Unemployment

2.7%

Dec 1952 · $1 then ≈ $12.62 today

Public debt

$259B

as of Jun 30, 1952 · 1 armed conflict

1953-01-03/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

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

since Apr 13, 1950

Director of Central Intelligence Walter Bedell Smith I

since Oct 7, 1950

Secretary of Defense Robert Abercrombie Lovett R

since Sep 17, 1951

Attorney General James P. McGranery D

since Apr 4, 1952

1953-01-03/congress83rd Congress

Senate · 48 R · 47 D · 1 I

House · 228 R · 220 D · 1 I

1953-01-03/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

1953-01-03/militaryArmed conflicts under way

Korean War

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

1953-01-03/weekWithin a week · Dec 27, 1952 – Jan 10, 1953

Agency − Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce

Jan 1, 1953 · sub_agency

Agency + Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health

Jan 1, 1953 · sub_agency

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.