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json20 files changed, 1,401 insertions(+), 283 deletions(−)Laws enacted
+55major laws · full counts from 1973
Executive orders
—records start in 1994
Final rules
—records start in 1994
Supreme Court
5 of 9seats changed hands
Agencies
+25 −5departments & tracked agencies
Public debt
+$27.2B$259B → $286B
The presidency passed from Harry S. Truman to Dwight David Eisenhower. 49 senators and 206 representatives took seats that they did not hold before. 5 new justices joined the Supreme Court. Inflation-adjusted federal spending changed +10% (FY1953 → FY1961).
Executive5 files+39−19
executive/presidentThe presidency
Harry S. Truman D
33rd president
Dwight David Eisenhower R
34th president · took office Jan 20, 1953
executive/vice-presidentThe vice presidency
Alben William Barkley D
Richard Milhous Nixon R
took office Jan 20, 1957
executive/cabinetCabinet & senior officials
+12−12Wikidata ↗
Secretary of State · 2 people took this office in between
Secretary of the Treasury · 2 people took this office in between
Secretary of Defense · 3 people took this office in between
Attorney General · 2 people took this office in between
Secretary of the Navy · 4 people took this office in between
vacant on Jan 19, 1961
next: John Connally D · Jan 25, 1961
Show 6 more cabinet offices
vacant on Jan 19, 1961
next: Arthur Goldberg D · Jan 21, 1961
White House Chief of Staff · 2 people took this office in between
Director of the Office of Management and Budget · 4 people took this office in between
Ambassador to the United Nations · 2 people took this office in between
Other senior officials (3 changed)
Secretary of the Navy · 4 people took this office in between
vacant on Jan 19, 1961
next: John Connally D · Jan 25, 1961
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff · 3 people took this office in between
2 offices unchanged
Chair of the Federal Reserve: William McChesney Martin D
Director of the FBI: J. Edgar Hoover I
executive/ordersExecutive orders
no dataFederal Register API ↗
Federal Register records of executive orders begin in 1994.
executive/agenciesFederal agencies
+25−5Wikidata ↗
169 → 189 tracked organizations · 10 → 11 executive departments
United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare department
established Apr 11, 1953 · defunct United States federal executive department
Small Business Administration
established Jul 30, 1953 · United States government agency that supports entrepreneurs and small businesses
United States Information Agency
established Aug 1, 1953 · former United States government agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
established Jul 29, 1958 · American space and aeronautics agency
National Capital Transportation Agency
established Jul 14, 1960 · agency created in 1960 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to comprehensively plan different modes of transportation in the Washington, D.C. area
Federal Maritime Commission
established Jan 1, 1961 · regulatory agency of the United States federal government
United States Agency for International Development
established Jan 1, 1961 · US government civilian foreign aid agency
Space Nuclear Propulsion Office
established Jan 1, 1961 · agency researching nuclear rockets
Agricultural Research Service
established Nov 2, 1953 · research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture
Plum Island Animal Disease Center
established Jan 1, 1954 · United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of animal diseases
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St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
established Jan 1, 1954 · United States federal agency operating the US portions of the St. Lawrence Seaway
Indian Health Service
established Jan 1, 1955 · branch of the United States Health Department regarding the health of Native Americans (American Indians)
United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
established Jan 1, 1957 · federal institution
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
established Jan 1, 1958 · agency of the U.S. Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technologies
Federal Aviation Administration
established Aug 23, 1958 · U.S. government agency regulating civil aviation
Office of the Federal Register
established Feb 6, 1959 · United States government agency
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
established Jan 1, 1961 · U.S. State Department division
Defense Logistics Agency
established Jan 1, 1961 · government agency
Defense Security Cooperation Agency
established Jan 1, 1961 · US military agency
Division of international labor comparisons
established Jan 1, 1961 · organization
Economics and Statistics Administration
established Jan 1, 1961 · former Federal Agency
Federal Air Marshal Service
established Jan 1, 1961 · United States federal law enforcement agency
Office of Fine Arts
established Jan 1, 1961 · U.S. State Department division
Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation
established Jan 1, 1961 · US government agency
Office of the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance
established Jan 1, 1961 · American government agency
Federal Security Agency
abolished Apr 11, 1953 · United States government agency from 1939 to 1953 · replaced by United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
abolished Jan 1, 1957 · former American independent agency
Economic Stabilization Agency
abolished Apr 30, 1953 · American government agency
Defense Manpower Administration
abolished Aug 25, 1953 · American government agency
Civil Aeronautics Administration
abolished Jan 1, 1958 · former independent agency of the United States government
Agency start and end dates come from Wikidata, which covers smaller bureaus unevenly.
Military3 files+2−3
military/conflictsArmed conflicts
U.S. in 1 armed conflict → 0
Korean War
ended Jul 27, 1953 · U.S. troops fighting alongside the government · against South Korea
2 conflicts began and ended in between
Taiwan Strait crisis
Dec 31, 1954 – Dec 31, 1954 · U.S. troops fighting alongside the government · against Taiwan
Taiwan Strait crisis
Dec 31, 1958 – Dec 31, 1958 · U.S. troops fighting alongside the government · against Taiwan
An armed conflict here means at least 25 battle deaths in a year, with U.S. forces as a party or fighting for a government (UCDP's definition). Air strikes, raids, and advisory missions below that threshold aren't included. UN peacekeeping missions are excluded.
military/troopsU.S. troops abroad
−177,779 troops abroadDMDC via troopdata (Allen, Flynn & Martinez Machain) ↗
750,539 → 572,760 active-duty troops stationed abroad · 2,466,753 → 2,486,300 total active duty
18 → 25 countries with 1,000 or more U.S. troops
as of Jun 30, 1952 → as of Sep 30, 1960
South Korea 218,078 → 55,864
−162,214
Japan 185,196 → 83,586
−101,610
Germany 202,172 → 232,256
+30,084
Austria 12,130 → 32
−12,098
Spain 36 → 11,232
+11,196
France 30,234 → 40,059
+9,825
Guam 17,127 → 8,371
−8,756
Turkey 845 → 7,454
+6,609
Panama 12,932 → 7,807
−5,125
Puerto Rico 5,146 → 10,197
+5,051
Greenland 920 → 4,685
+3,765
Taiwan 545 → 4,147
+3,602
Largest U.S. deployments as of Sep 30, 1960
Germany 232,256
Japan 83,586
South Korea 55,864
France 40,059
United Kingdom 31,992
Canada 14,312
Philippines 11,334
Spain 11,232
Active-duty personnel assigned to each country in the Defense Department's location reports, which leave out most combat deployments, forces afloat, and short rotations: Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan during their wars are press or Pentagon estimates, and Iraq and Syria read zero after 2023 although a few thousand troops remained. Each date shows the latest report on or before it.
military/spendingCost of war
Lifetime cost of wars fought in this window · constant FY2011 dollars (CRS)
Korean War $341B
4.2% of GDP in its peak year · 1950–1953
Operation spending is what the Defense Department obligated to each named operation in each fiscal year, from its Cost of War reports; it excludes State Department and USAID programs, veterans' care, interest, and base budgets. Lifetime costs are the Congressional Research Service's estimates of direct military spending for each war, in FY2011 dollars.
Legislative4 files+310−249
legislative/controlControl of Congress
83
84
85
86
87
Top: House · Bottom: Senate DemocraticRepublican
83rd Congress → 87th Congress · 4 new Congresses elected
2 changes of chamber control along the way
House: Republican majority
219 R · 213 D
House: Democrat majority
262 D · 173 R
Senate: Republican majority
48 R · 47 D
Senate: Democrat majority
65 D · 35 R
legislative/senateSenate
+49−45congress-legislators ↗
49 new members · 45 departed · 51 served on both dates · women 1 → 2 · median age 57 → 59
25 seats changed party
Show 21 more seat flips
Who joined and who left (49 in · 45 out)
Ernest Gruening D
Alaska
Edward Lewis Bartlett D
Alaska
Clair Engle D
California
John Albert Carroll D
Colorado
Gordon Llewellyn Allott R
Colorado
Thomas Joseph Dodd D
Connecticut
James Caleb Boggs R
Delaware
Herman Eugene Talmadge D
Georgia
Oren Ethelbirt Long D
Hawaii
Hiram Leong Fong R
Hawaii
Jack Richard Miller R
Iowa
Frank Forrester Church D
Idaho
Rupert Vance Hartke D
Indiana
Thruston Ballard Morton R
Kentucky
Benjamin A. Smith II D
Massachusetts
Edmund Sixtus Muskie D
Maine
Philip Aloysius Hart D
Michigan
Patrick Vincent McNamara D
Michigan
Eugene Joseph McCarthy D
Minnesota
Edward Vaughn Long D
Missouri
Lee Warren Metcalf D
Montana
Samuel James Ervin Jr. D
North Carolina
Benjamin Everett Jordan D
North Carolina
Quentin Northrup Burdick D
North Dakota
Roman Lee Hruska R
Nebraska
Carl Thomas Curtis R
Nebraska
Norris H. Cotton R
New Hampshire
Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D
New Jersey
Clifford Philip Case R
New Jersey
Alan Harvey Bible D
Nevada
Howard Walter Cannon D
Nevada
Jacob Koppel Javits R
New York
Kenneth Barnard Keating R
New York
Frank John Lausche D
Ohio
Stephen Marvin Young D
Ohio
Maurine Brown Neuberger D
Oregon
Joseph Sill Clark D
Pennsylvania
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R
Pennsylvania
Claiborne de Borda Pell D
Rhode Island
J. Strom Thurmond D
South Carolina
Ralph Webster Yarborough D
Texas
William Arvis Blakley D
Texas
Frank Edward Moss D
Utah
Winston Lewis Prouty R
Vermont
William Proxmire D
Wisconsin
Robert C. Byrd D
West Virginia
Jennings Randolph D
West Virginia
Gale William McGee D
Wyoming
John Joseph Hickey D
Wyoming
William Fife Knowland R
California
Edwin Carl Johnson D
Colorado
Eugene Donald Millikin R
Colorado
William Arthur Purtell R
Connecticut
Joseph Allen Frear Jr. D
Delaware
Walter Franklin George D
Georgia
Guy Mark Gillette D
Iowa
Herman Welker R
Idaho
William Ezra Jenner R
Indiana
Earle C Clements D
Kentucky
John Fitzgerald Kennedy D
Massachusetts
Frederick George Payne R
Maine
Homer Samuel Ferguson R
Michigan
Charles Edward Potter R
Michigan
Edward John Thye R
Minnesota
Thomas Carey Hennings Jr. D
Missouri
James Edward Murray D
Montana
Willis Smith D
North Carolina
Clyde Roark Hoey D
North Carolina
William Langer R
North Dakota
Dwight Palmer Griswold R
Nebraska
Hugh Alfred Butler R
Nebraska
Charles William Tobey R
New Hampshire
Robert Clymer Hendrickson R
New Jersey
Howard Alexander Smith R
New Jersey
Patrick Anthony McCarran D
Nevada
George Wilson Malone R
Nevada
Herbert Henry Lehman D
New York
Irving McNeil Ives R
New York
Robert Alphonso Taft R
Ohio
John William Bricker R
Ohio
Guy Cordon R
Oregon
James Henderson Duff R
Pennsylvania
Edward Martin R
Pennsylvania
Theodore Francis Green D
Rhode Island
Burnet Rhett Maybank D
South Carolina
Lyndon Baines Johnson D
Texas
Marion Price Daniel D
Texas
Arthur Vivian Watkins R
Utah
Ralph Edward Flanders R
Vermont
Joseph Raymond McCarthy R
Wisconsin
Matthew Mansfield Neely D
West Virginia
Harley Martin Kilgore D
West Virginia
Lester Callaway Hunt D
Wyoming
Frank Aloysius Barrett R
Wyoming
legislative/houseHouse
+206−204congress-legislators ↗
206 new members · 204 departed · 229 served on both dates · women 11 → 17 · median age 52 → 53
27 state delegations changed
Show delegation changes
California 11 D · 19 R
California 16 D · 14 R
Connecticut 1 D · 5 R
Connecticut 4 D · 2 R
Delaware 0 D · 1 R
Delaware 1 D · 0 R
Florida 8 D · 0 R
Florida 7 D · 1 R
Hawaii 0 D · 1 R
Hawaii 1 D · 0 R
Iowa 0 D · 8 R
Iowa 2 D · 6 R
Idaho 1 D · 1 R
Idaho 2 D · 0 R
Illinois 9 D · 16 R
Illinois 14 D · 11 R
Indiana 1 D · 10 R
Indiana 4 D · 7 R
Kentucky 6 D · 2 R
Kentucky 7 D · 1 R
Massachusetts 6 D · 8 R
Massachusetts 8 D · 6 R
Maryland 3 D · 4 R
Maryland 6 D · 1 R
Michigan 5 D · 13 R
Michigan 7 D · 11 R
Minnesota 4 D · 5 R
Minnesota 3 D · 6 R
Missouri 7 D · 4 R
Missouri 9 D · 2 R
New Hampshire 0 D · 1 R
New Hampshire 0 D · 2 R
New Jersey 5 D · 9 R
New Jersey 6 D · 8 R
Nevada 0 D · 1 R
Nevada 1 D · 0 R
New York 16 D · 27 R
New York 22 D · 21 R
Ohio 6 D · 15 R · 1 other
Ohio 7 D · 16 R
Oregon 0 D · 4 R
Oregon 2 D · 2 R
Pennsylvania 11 D · 19 R
Pennsylvania 14 D · 16 R
Texas 22 D · 0 R
Texas 21 D · 1 R
Utah 0 D · 2 R
Utah 2 D · 0 R
Virginia 7 D · 3 R
Virginia 8 D · 2 R
Washington 1 D · 6 R
Washington 2 D · 5 R
Wisconsin 1 D · 9 R
Wisconsin 4 D · 6 R
Who joined and who left (206 in · 204 out)
Ralph Julian Rivers D
Alaska-AL
George Huddleston Jr. D
Alabama-9
Thomas Dale Alford D
Arkansas-5
Catherine Dorris Norrell D
Arkansas-6
Stewart Lee Udall D
Arizona-2
Clement Woodnutt Miller D
California-1
Dalip Singh Saund D
California-29
John Finley Baldwin Jr. R
California-6
James Roosevelt D
California-26
Jeffery Cohelan D
California-7
Glenard Paul Lipscomb R
California-24
H. Allen Smith R
California-20
Charles McKevett Teague R
California-13
Alphonzo Bell R
California-16
John Joseph McFall D
California-11
Bernice Frederic Sisk D
California-12
James Charles Corman D
California-22
Harold Terry Johnson D
California-2
John Harbin Rousselot R
California-25
Peter Hoyt Dominick R
Colorado-2
Frank Kowalski D
Connecticut-AL
Abner Woodruff Sibal R
Connecticut-4
Emilio Quincy Daddario D
Connecticut-1
John Stephen Monagan D
Connecticut-5
Robert Nicholas Giaimo D
Connecticut-3
Harris Brown McDowell Jr. D
Delaware-AL
William Cato Cramer R
Florida-1
Paul Grant Rogers D
Florida-6
Dante Bruno Fascell D
Florida-4
Iris Faircloth Blitch D
Georgia-8
George Elliott Hagan D
Georgia-1
John William Davis D
Georgia-7
Robert Grier Stephens Jr. D
Georgia-10
John James Flynt Jr. D
Georgia-4
Daniel K. Inouye D
Hawaii-AL
Merwin Coad D
Iowa-6
James Edward Bromwell R
Iowa-2
John Henry Kyl R
Iowa-4
Frederick Delbert Schwengel R
Iowa-1
Neal Edward Smith D
Iowa-5
Ralph R. Harding D
Idaho-2
Edward Rowan Finnegan D
Illinois-12
Elmer Joseph Hoffman R
Illinois-14
Roland Victor Libonati D
Illinois-7
William Thomas Murphy D
Illinois-3
Roman Conrad Pucinski D
Illinois-11
Harold Reginald Collier R
Illinois-10
George Edward Shipley D
Illinois-23
John Bayard Anderson R
Illinois-16
Edward Joseph Derwinski R
Illinois-4
Paul Findley R
Illinois-20
Kenneth James Gray D
Illinois-25
Robert Henry Michel R
Illinois-18
Daniel David Rostenkowski D
Illinois-8
Donald Cogley Bruce R
Indiana-11
Winfield Kirkpatrick Denton D
Indiana-8
Richard Lowell Roudebush R
Indiana-6
John Edward Roush D
Indiana-5
John Brademas D
Indiana-3
James Floyd Breeding D
Kansas-5
Walter Lewis McVey Jr. R
Kansas-3
William Henry Avery R
Kansas-1
Robert Fred Ellsworth R
Kansas-2
Garner E. Shriver R
Kansas-4
Robert Joseph Dole R
Kansas-6
Frank Welsh Burke D
Kentucky-3
Eugene Siler R
Kentucky-8
Frank Albert Stubblefield D
Kentucky-1
William Huston Natcher D
Kentucky-2
Harold Barnett McSween D
Louisiana-8
Hastings Keith R
Massachusetts-9
Frank Bradford Morse R
Massachusetts-5
Torbert Hart Macdonald D
Massachusetts-8
James Anthony Burke D
Massachusetts-13
Silvio Ottavio Conte R
Massachusetts-1
Thomas Francis Johnson D
Maryland-1
Daniel Baugh Brewster D
Maryland-2
Richard Estep Lankford D
Maryland-5
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R
Maryland-6
Peter Adams Garland R
Maine-1
Stanley Roger Tupper R
Maine-2
August Edgar Johansen R
Michigan-3
Charles Ernest Chamberlain R
Michigan-6
Robert Paul Griffin R
Michigan-9
Martha Wright Griffiths D
Michigan-17
James Harvey R
Michigan-8
James Grant O’Hara D
Michigan-7
Charles Coles Diggs Jr. D
Michigan-13
William S. Broomfield R
Michigan-18
John D. Dingell D
Michigan-15
Odin Elsford Stanley Langen R
Minnesota-9
Clark MacGregor R
Minnesota-3
Ancher Nelsen R
Minnesota-2
Joseph Edward Karth D
Minnesota-4
Albert Harold Quie R
Minnesota-1
Durward Gorham Hall R
Missouri-7
William Raleigh Hull Jr. D
Missouri-6
William Joseph Randall D
Missouri-4
Richard Howard Ichord II D
Missouri-8
James Franklin Battin R
Montana-2
Arnold Olsen D
Montana-1
Alvin Paul Kitchin D
North Carolina-8
Ralph James Scott D
North Carolina-5
Horace Robinson Kornegay D
North Carolina-6
Basil Lee Whitener D
North Carolina-11
Alton Asa Lennon D
North Carolina-7
David Newton Henderson D
North Carolina-3
Roy Arthur Taylor D
North Carolina-12
Hjalmar Carl Nygaard R
North Dakota-AL
Phillip Hart Weaver R
Nebraska-1
Ralph Frederick Beermann R
Nebraska-3
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R
Nebraska-2
David Thomas Martin R
Nebraska-4
Perkins Bass R
New Hampshire-2
Milton Willits Glenn R
New Jersey-2
George Marvin Wallhauser R
New Jersey-12
William Thomas Cahill R
New Jersey-1
Charles Samuel Joelson D
New Jersey-8
Florence Price Dwyer R
New Jersey-6
Cornelius Edward Gallagher D
New Jersey-13
Dominick Vincent Daniels D
New Jersey-14
Frank Thompson Jr. D
New Jersey-4
Thomas Gayle Morris D
New Mexico-AL
Walter Stephan Baring Jr. D
Nevada-AL
Victor L’Episcopo Anfuso D
New York-8
Edwin Benedict Dooley R
New York-26
Alfred Edward Santangelo D
New York-18
Jessica McCullough Weis R
New York-38
Herbert Zelenko D
New York-21
Robert Raymond Barry R
New York-27
James Christopher Healey D
New York-22
John Vliet Lindsay R
New York-17
Charles Ellsworth Goodell R
New York-43
Leonard Farbstein D
New York-19
Jacob H. Gilbert D
New York-23
Seymour Halpern R
New York-4
Alexander Pirnie R
New York-34
William Fitts Ryan D
New York-20
Hugh Leo Carey D
New York-12
Thaddeus Joseph Dulski D
New York-41
Carleton James King R
New York-31
Howard Winfield Robison R
New York-37
Otis Grey Pike D
New York-1
Joseph Patrick Addabbo D
New York-5
Samuel Studdiford Stratton D
New York-32
Robert Eugene Cook D
Ohio-11
Tom Van Horn Moorehead R
Ohio-15
Walter Henry Moeller D
Ohio-10
William Edwin Minshall Jr. R
Ohio-23
Donald Daniel Clancy R
Ohio-2
Charles Adams Mosher R
Ohio-13
Thomas Ludlow Ashley D
Ohio-9
Samuel Leeper Devine R
Ohio-12
William Howard Harsha R
Ohio-6
Charles Albert Vanik D
Ohio-21
John Milan Ashbrook R
Ohio-17
Delbert Leroy Latta R
Ohio-5
Edwin Russell Durno R
Oregon-4
Edith Starrett Green D
Oregon-3
Albert Conrad Ullman D
Oregon-2
Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan D
Pennsylvania-2
William Warren Scranton R
Pennsylvania-10
William H. Milliken Jr. R
Pennsylvania-7
Willard Sevier Curtin R
Pennsylvania-8
Herman Toll D
Pennsylvania-6
Elmer Joseph Holland D
Pennsylvania-30
John Irving Whalley R
Pennsylvania-18
Frank Monroe Clark D
Pennsylvania-25
George Atlee Goodling R
Pennsylvania-19
Herman Theodore Schneebeli R
Pennsylvania-17
Richard Schultz Schweiker R
Pennsylvania-13
John Herman Dent D
Pennsylvania-21
Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix Sr. D
Pennsylvania-4
Daniel John Flood D
Pennsylvania-11
William Singer Moorhead D
Pennsylvania-28
Fernand Joseph St. Germain D
Rhode Island-1
Corinne Boyd Riley D
South Carolina-2
Robert Witherspoon Hemphill D
South Carolina-5
Robert Thomas Ashmore D
South Carolina-4
Benjamin Reifel R
South Dakota-1
Joseph Carlton Loser D
Tennessee-5
Ross Bass D
Tennessee-6
Robert Ashton Everett D
Tennessee-8
J. T. Rutherford D
Texas-16
Bruce Reynolds Alger R
Texas-5
Joe Madison Kilgore D
Texas-15
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D
Texas-3
Robert Randolph Casey D
Texas-22
John Andrew Young D
Texas-14
James Claude Wright Jr. D
Texas-12
Morris Blaine Peterson D
Utah-1
David Sjodahl King D
Utah-2
William Pat Jennings D
Virginia-9
William Munford Tuck D
Virginia-5
Thomas Nelms Downing D
Virginia-1
Robert Theodore Stafford R
Vermont-AL
Catherine Dean May R
Washington-4
Julia Butler Hansen D
Washington-3
Lester Roland Johnson D
Wisconsin-9
Henry Carl Schadeberg R
Wisconsin-1
Vernon Wallace Thomson R
Wisconsin-3
Henry Schoellkopf Reuss D
Wisconsin-5
Robert William Kastenmeier D
Wisconsin-2
Arch Alfred Moore Jr. R
West Virginia-1
Kenneth William Hechler D
West Virginia-4
John Mark Slack Jr. D
West Virginia-6
Edward Lewis Bartlett D
Alaska-AL
Laurie Calvin Battle D
Alabama-9
Lawrence Brooks Hays D
Arkansas-5
William Frank Norrell D
Arkansas-6
Harold Ambrose Patten D
Arizona-2
Ernest King Bramblett R
California-13
Robert Likens Condon D
California-6
Allan Oakley Hunter R
California-12
C. Norris Poulson R
California-24
Samuel William Yorty D
California-26
John Carl Williams Hinshaw R
California-20
Justin Leroy Johnson R
California-11
John Phillips R
California-29
John Joseph Allen Jr. R
California-7
Patrick Jerome Hillings R
California-25
Hubert Baxter Scudder R
California-1
Clair Engle D
California-2
Joseph Franklin Holt III R
California-22
Donald Lester Jackson R
California-16
William Silas Hill R
Colorado-2
Albert William Cretella R
Connecticut-3
Albert Paul Morano R
Connecticut-4
James Thomas Patterson R
Connecticut-5
Antoni Nicholas Sadlak R
Connecticut-AL
Thomas Joseph Dodd D
Connecticut-1
Herbert Birchby Warburton R
Delaware-AL
Courtney Warren Campbell D
Florida-1
William Courtland Lantaff D
Florida-4
Dwight Laing Rogers D
Florida-6
Albert Sidney Camp D
Georgia-4
William McDonald Wheeler D
Georgia-8
Henderson Lovelace Lanham D
Georgia-7
Paul Brown D
Georgia-10
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D
Georgia-1
Joseph Rider Farrington R
Hawaii-AL
James Isaac Dolliver R
Iowa-6
Thomas Ellsworth Martin R
Iowa-1
Paul Harvey Cunningham R
Iowa-5
Karl Miles Le Compte R
Iowa-4
Henry Oscar Talle R
Iowa-2
Hamer Harold Budge R
Idaho-2
Cecil William Bishop R
Illinois-25
Fred Ernst Busbey R
Illinois-3
Edgar Allan Jonas R
Illinois-12
Richard William Hoffman R
Illinois-10
Chauncey William Reed R
Illinois-14
Harold Himmel Velde R
Illinois-18
James Bernard Bowler D
Illinois-7
Thomas Sylvy Gordon D
Illinois-8
William Estus McVey R
Illinois-4
Timothy Patrick Sheehan R
Illinois-11
Sidney Elmer Simpson R
Illinois-20
Charles Wesley Vursell R
Illinois-23
Leo Elwood Allen R
Illinois-16
D. Bailey Merrill R
Indiana-8
Shepard J. Crumpacker Jr. R
Indiana-3
John Valentine Beamer R
Indiana-5
Charles Bruce Brownson R
Indiana-11
Cecil Murray Harden R
Indiana-6
Howard Shultz Miller D
Kansas-1
Clifford Ragsdale Hope R
Kansas-5
Myron Virgil George R
Kansas-3
Errett Power Scrivner R
Kansas-2
Edward Herbert Rees R
Kansas-4
Wint Smith R
Kansas-6
Garrett Lee Withers D
Kentucky-2
James Stephen Golden R
Kentucky-8
Noble Jones Gregory D
Kentucky-1
John Marshall Robsion Jr. R
Kentucky-3
George Shannon Long D
Louisiana-8
Angier Louis Goodwin R
Massachusetts-8
John Walter Heselton R
Massachusetts-1
Donald William Nicholson R
Massachusetts-9
Richard Bowditch Wigglesworth R
Massachusetts-13
Edith Nourse Rogers R
Massachusetts-5
Frank Small Jr. R
Maryland-5
James Patrick Sinnott Devereux R
Maryland-2
DeWitt Stephen Hyde R
Maryland-6
Edward Tylor Miller R
Maryland-1
Charles Pembroke Nelson R
Maine-2
Robert Hale R
Maine-1
Kit Francis Clardy R
Michigan-6
George Donoghue O’Brien D
Michigan-13
Charles Gibb Oakman R
Michigan-17
Paul Werntz Shafer R
Michigan-3
John David Dingell D
Michigan-15
George Anthony Dondero R
Michigan-18
Ruth Thompson R
Michigan-9
Jesse Paine Wolcott R
Michigan-7
Alvin Morell Bentley R
Michigan-8
Harold Christian Hagen R
Minnesota-9
August Herman Andresen R
Minnesota-1
Joseph Patrick O’Hara R
Minnesota-2
Roy William Wier D
Minnesota-3
Eugene Joseph McCarthy D
Minnesota-4
William Clay Cole R
Missouri-6
Jeffrey Paul Hillelson R
Missouri-4
Dewey Jackson Short R
Missouri-7
Albert Sidney Johnson Carnahan D
Missouri-8
Wesley Abner D’Ewart R
Montana-2
Lee Warren Metcalf D
Montana-1
Frank Ertel Carlyle D
North Carolina-7
Richard Thurmond Chatham D
North Carolina-5
Charles Bennett Deane D
North Carolina-8
Woodrow Wilson Jones D
North Carolina-11
George Adams Shuford D
North Carolina-12
Graham Arthur Barden D
North Carolina-3
Carl Thomas Durham D
North Carolina-6
Usher Lloyd Burdick R
North Dakota-AL
Roman Lee Hruska R
Nebraska-2
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R
Nebraska-3
Arthur Lewis Miller R
Nebraska-4
Carl Thomas Curtis R
Nebraska-1
Edward Joseph Hart D
New Jersey-14
Charles Robert Howell D
New Jersey-4
Thomas Millet Hand R
New Jersey-2
Robert Winthrop Kean R
New Jersey-12
Alfred Dennis Sieminski D
New Jersey-13
Charles Anderson Wolverton R
New Jersey-1
Gordon Canfield R
New Jersey-8
Clifford Philip Case R
New Jersey-6
Antonio Manuel Fernández D
New Mexico-AL
Clarence Clifton Young R
Nevada-AL
Louis Benjamin Heller D
New York-8
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. D
New York-20
James George Donovan D
New York-18
Sidney Asher Fine D
New York-22
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R
New York-26
Arthur George Klein D
New York-19
William Sterling Cole R
New York-37
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R
New York-17
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R
New York-27
Bernard William Kearney R
New York-32
Henry Jepson Latham R
New York-4
Edmund Patrick Radwan R
New York-41
William Robert Williams R
New York-34
Albert Henry Bosch R
New York-5
Isidore Dollinger D
New York-23
Francis Edwin Dorn R
New York-12
Kenneth Barnard Keating R
New York-38
Daniel Alden Reed R
New York-43
Dean Park Taylor R
New York-31
Stuyvesant II Wainwright R
New York-1
Jacob Koppel Javits R
New York-21
Robert Crosser D
Ohio-21
Henry Frazier Reams I
Ohio-9
Alvin F. Weichel R
Ohio-13
Cliff Clevenger R
Ohio-5
Thomas Albert Jenkins R
Ohio-10
J. Harry McGregor R
Ohio-17
John Martin Vorys R
Ohio-12
William Emil Hess R
Ohio-2
James Gould Polk D
Ohio-6
Oliver Payne Bolton R
Ohio-11
Robert Thompson Secrest D
Ohio-15
Homer Daniel Angell R
Oregon-3
Samuel Harrison Coon R
Oregon-2
Mathew Harris Ellsworth R
Oregon-4
Edward John Bonin R
Pennsylvania-11
Louis Edward Graham R
Pennsylvania-25
Vera Daerr Buchanan D
Pennsylvania-30
William Thomas Granahan D
Pennsylvania-2
Karl Clarence King R
Pennsylvania-8
Joseph Leonard Carrigg R
Pennsylvania-10
Earl Chudoff D
Pennsylvania-4
Herman Peter Eberharter D
Pennsylvania-28
Benjamin Franklin James R
Pennsylvania-7
Augustine Bernard Kelley D
Pennsylvania-21
Samuel Kerns McConnell Jr. R
Pennsylvania-13
Simon Walter Stauffer R
Pennsylvania-19
Alvin Ray Bush R
Pennsylvania-17
Richard Murray Simpson R
Pennsylvania-18
Hugh Doggett Scott Jr. R
Pennsylvania-6
Aime Joseph Forand D
Rhode Island-1
Joseph Raleigh Bryson D
South Carolina-4
James Prioleau Richards D
South Carolina-5
John Jacob Riley D
South Carolina-2
Harold Orrin Lovre R
South Dakota-1
James Patrick Sutton D
Tennessee-6
James Percy Priest D
Tennessee-5
Jere Cooper D
Tennessee-8
Wingate Hezekiah Lucas D
Texas-12
John Emmett Lyle Jr. D
Texas-14
Kenneth Mills Regan D
Texas-16
Joseph Franklin Wilson D
Texas-5
Brady Preston Gentry D
Texas-3
Martin Dies Jr. D
Texas-AL
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D
Texas-15
Douglas R. Stringfellow R
Utah-1
William Adams Dawson R
Utah-2
Thomas Bahnson Stanley D
Virginia-5
Edward John Robeson Jr. D
Virginia-1
William Creed Wampler R
Virginia-9
Winston Lewis Prouty R
Vermont-AL
Otis Halbert Holmes R
Washington-4
Russell Vernon Mack R
Washington-3
Merlin Hull R
Wisconsin-9
Charles Joseph Kersten R
Wisconsin-5
Lawrence Henry Smith R
Wisconsin-1
Gardner Robert Withrow R
Wisconsin-3
Glenn Robert Davis R
Wisconsin-2
William Elmer Neal R
West Virginia-4
Robert Homer Mollohan D
West Virginia-1
Robert C. Byrd D
West Virginia-6
legislative/lawsLaws enacted
Complete lists of public laws start with the 93rd Congress (Jan 3, 1973). Earlier years show notable and landmark acts only.
55 laws recorded · 1 landmark · 54 notable
Small Business Act
Pub. L. 83-163 · Jul 30, 1953
Refugee Relief Act
Pub. L. 83-203 · Aug 7, 1953
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
Pub. L. 83-212 · Aug 7, 1953
Public Law 280
Pub. L. 83-280 · Aug 14, 1953
Saint Lawrence Seaway Act
Pub. L. 83-358 · May 13, 1954
Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954
Pub. L. 83-480 · Jul 10, 1954
Housing Act of 1954
Pub. L. 83-560 · Aug 2, 1954
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954
Pub. L. 83-566 · Aug 4, 1954
Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act
Ch. 649, 83rd Cong. · Aug 12, 1954
Show 30 more notable laws
Multiple Mineral Development Act
Pub. L. 83-585 · Aug 13, 1954
Internal Revenue Code of 1954
Pub. L. 83-591 · Aug 16, 1954
Communist Control Act of 1954
Pub. L. 83-637 · Aug 24, 1954
Agricultural Act of 1954
Pub. L. 83-690 · Aug 28, 1954
Atomic Energy Act of 1954
Pub. L. 83-703 · Aug 30, 1954
Formosa Resolution
Jan 29, 1955
Career Incentive Act
Mar 31, 1955
Flood Control and Coastal Emergency Act
Pub. L. 84-99 · Jun 28, 1955
To provide that all United States currency shall bear the inscription "In God We Trust"
Pub. L. 84-140 · Jul 11, 1955
Air Pollution Control Act
Pub. L. 84-159 · Jul 14, 1955
Multiple Surface Use Mining Act
Pub. L. 94-167 · Jul 23, 1955
Reserve Forces Act
Pub. L. 84-305 · Aug 9, 1955
National Housing Act ("Capehart Act")
Pub. L. 84-345 · Aug 11, 1955
Poliomyelitis Vaccination Assistance Act
Pub. L. 84-377 · Aug 12, 1955
Colorado River Storage Project Act
Pub. L. 84-485 · Apr 11, 1956
Bank Holding Company Act
Pub. L. 84-511 · May 9, 1956
Agricultural Act of 1956
Pub. L. 84-540 · May 28, 1956
Library Services Act
Pub. L. 84-597 · Jun 19, 1956
Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act
Pub. L. 84-830 · Jul 28, 1956
Health Research Facilities Act
Pub. L. 84-835 · Jul 30, 1956
Social Security Amendments of 1956 (Social Security Disability Insurance)
Pub. L. 84-880 · Aug 1, 1956
Indian Relocation Act of 1956
Pub. L. 84-959 · Aug 3, 1956
Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956
Pub. L. 84-1024 · Aug 8, 1956
Federal Plant Pest Act of 1957
Pub. L. 85-36 · May 23, 1957
Airways Modernization Act
Pub. L. 85-133 · Aug 14, 1957
Poultry Products Inspection Act of 1957
Pub. L. 85-172 · Aug 28, 1957
Price–Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act
Pub. L. 85-256 · Sep 2, 1957
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Pub. L. 85-315 · Sep 9, 1957
Automobile Information Disclosure Act of 1958
Pub. L. 85-506 · Jul 7, 1958
Alaska Statehood Act
Pub. L. 85-508 · Jul 7, 1958
Judicial3 files+1,048−5
judicial/supreme-courtThe Supreme Court
Bench by appointing party: 9 D → 5 R · 4 D · every justice ↗
Stanley Forman Reed D
appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1938
Robert Houghwout Jackson D
appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1941
Harold Hitz Burton D
appointed by Harry S Truman · 1945
Frederick Moore Vinson D
appointed by Harry S Truman · 1946
Sherman Minton D
appointed by Harry S Truman · 1949
Earl Warren R
appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1954
John Marshall Harlan R
appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1955
William Joseph Brennan, Jr. R
appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1957
Charles Evans Whittaker R
appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1957
Potter Stewart R
appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1959
4 justices served on both dates
Hugo Lafayette Black D
appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1937
Felix Frankfurter D
appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1939
William Orville Douglas D
appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1939
Tom C. Clark D
appointed by Harry S Truman · 1949
judicial/lower-courtsAppeals & district courts
Courts of appeals (active judges): 52 D · 10 R · 1 N( → 39 R · 26 D
District courts (active judges): 183 D · 34 R · 1 N( → 123 D · 115 R
Dwight D. Eisenhower R appointed 189 judges
5 Supreme Court · 45 appeals · 129 district · 10 other
6 circuits flipped majority
Second Circuit 3 D · 3 R (tie majority)
Second Circuit 1 D · 5 R (R majority)
Fifth Circuit 5 D · 1 R (D majority)
Fifth Circuit 1 D · 6 R (R majority)
Sixth Circuit 4 D · 1 R (D majority)
Sixth Circuit 3 D · 3 R (tie majority)
Seventh Circuit 5 D · 0 R (D majority)
Seventh Circuit 1 D · 4 R (R majority)
Eighth Circuit 5 D · 2 R (D majority)
Eighth Circuit 1 D · 4 R (R majority)
Ninth Circuit 7 D · 0 R (D majority)
Ninth Circuit 2 D · 7 R (R majority)
D and R describe the party of the appointing president, not the judge. Active service ends when a judge takes senior status.
judicial/rulingsSupreme Court decisions
854 argued decisions · 15 landmark
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
347 U.S. 483 · May 17, 1954 · Decided 9–0 · Civil Rights · Overruled precedent · Struck down state law
Bolling v. Sharpe
347 U.S. 497 · May 17, 1954 · Decided 9–0 · Civil Rights · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
349 U.S. 294 · May 31, 1955 · Decided 9–0 · Civil Rights · Reversed and remanded
Carroll v. Lanza
349 U.S. 408 · Jun 6, 1955 · Decided 6–3 · Federalism · Reversed · Overruled precedent
United States ex rel. Toth v. Quarles
350 U.S. 11 · Nov 7, 1955 · Decided 6–3 · Civil Rights · Reversed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Reid v. Covert
354 U.S. 1 · Jun 10, 1957 · Decided 6–2 · Civil Rights · Affirmed · Overruled precedent · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Vanderbilt v. Vanderbilt
354 U.S. 416 · Jun 24, 1957 · Decided 6–2 · Due Process · Affirmed · Overruled precedent
Trop v. Dulles
356 U.S. 86 · Mar 31, 1958 · Decided 5–4 · Civil Rights · Reversed and remanded · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Cooper v. Aaron
358 U.S. 1 · Sep 12, 1958 · Decided 9–0 · Civil Rights · Affirmed
Ladner v. United States
358 U.S. 169 · Dec 15, 1958 · Decided 8–1 · Criminal Procedure · Reversed and remanded · Overruled precedent
Show 5 more
Kinsella v. United States ex rel. Singleton
Jan 18, 1960 · Decided 7–2 · Civil Rights · Affirmed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Grisham v. Hagan
Jan 18, 1960 · Decided 7–2 · Civil Rights · Reversed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
McElroy v. United States ex rel. Guagliardo
Jan 18, 1960 · Decided 5–4 · Civil Rights · Affirmed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
United States v. Raines
Feb 29, 1960 · Decided 9–0 · Civil Rights · Reversed · Overruled precedent
Elkins v. United States
Jun 27, 1960 · Decided 5–4 · Criminal Procedure · Vacated and remanded · Overruled precedent
Landmark means the Court overruled precedent, struck down a federal law, or the case is on a curated landmark list.
Fiscal2 files±0
fiscal/budgetThe federal budget
+10% real spendingOMB Historical Tables ↗
Fiscal year 1953 → fiscal year 1961 · inflation-adjusted with the GDP price index
Spending $76.1B
FY1953
Spending $97.7B
FY1961 · +28% nominal · +10% after inflation
Revenue $69.6B
FY1953
Revenue $94.4B
FY1961 · +36% nominal · +16% after inflation
Surplus / deficit −$6.5B
FY1953
Surplus / deficit −$3.3B
FY1961 · +$3.2B
Spending, % of GDP 19.9%
FY1953
Spending, % of GDP 17.9%
FY1961 · −2.0 pts
Debt held by the public, % of GDP 57.2%
FY1953
Debt held by the public, % of GDP 43.6%
FY1961 · −13.6 pts
Spending by function · real change
fiscal/debtTotal public debt outstanding
+$27.2BTreasury Fiscal Data ↗
$259B
as of Jun 30, 1952
$286B
as of Jun 30, 1960
Constitution & Union1 file+2
constitution/amendmentsAmendments & statehood
22 → 22 amendments in force · 48 → 50 states
Alaska joins the Union
admitted Jan 3, 1959
Hawaii joins the Union
admitted Aug 21, 1959
Reverts1 file−7
revert/undoneWhat was undone
0 executive orders revoked or superseded · 0 rules struck down by Congress · 7 Supreme Court precedents overruled
7 decisions that overruled precedent
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
May 17, 1954 · 9-0 · Civil Rights
Carroll v. Lanza
Jun 6, 1955 · 6-3 · Federalism
Reid v. Covert
Jun 10, 1957 · 6-2 · Civil Rights
Vanderbilt v. Vanderbilt
Jun 24, 1957 · 6-2 · Due Process
Ladner v. United States
Dec 15, 1958 · 8-1 · Criminal Procedure
United States v. Raines
Feb 29, 1960 · 9-0 · Civil Rights
Elkins v. United States
Jun 27, 1960 · 5-4 · Criminal Procedure
Revocations are full revocations or supersessions recorded in the Federal Register (partial amendments aren't counted), and those records begin in 1994. Congressional Review Act disapprovals are identified by title. Laws repealed outright aren't tracked yet. Agencies abolished are in the Executive section.
Log1 file±0
logEverything in between
95 events
- presidentDwight David Eisenhower takes office
- agency−Federal Security Agency
- agency+United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
- agency−Economic Stabilization Agency
- war−Korean War
- agency+Small Business Administration
- lawSmall Business Act
- agency+United States Information Agency
- lawRefugee Relief Act
- lawOuter Continental Shelf Lands Act
- lawPublic Law 280
- justiceEarl Warren — Chief Justice
- lawSaint Lawrence Seaway Act
- rulingBrown v. Board of Education of Topeka
- rulingBolling v. Sharpe
- lawAgricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954
- lawHousing Act of 1954
- lawWatershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act of 1954
- lawFederal National Mortgage Association Charter Act
- lawMultiple Mineral Development Act
- lawInternal Revenue Code of 1954
- lawCommunist Control Act of 1954
- lawAgricultural Act of 1954
- lawAtomic Energy Act of 1954
- war+Taiwan Strait crisis
- war−Taiwan Strait crisis
- lawFormosa Resolution
- justiceJohn Marshall Harlan — Associate Justice
- lawCareer Incentive Act
- rulingBrown v. Board of Education of Topeka
- rulingCarroll v. Lanza
- lawFlood Control and Coastal Emergency Act
- lawTo provide that all United States currency shall bear the inscription "In God We Trust"
- lawAir Pollution Control Act
- lawMultiple Surface Use Mining Act
- lawReserve Forces Act
- lawNational Housing Act ("Capehart Act")
- lawPoliomyelitis Vaccination Assistance Act
- rulingUnited States ex rel. Toth v. Quarles
- lawColorado River Storage Project Act
- lawBank Holding Company Act
- lawAgricultural Act of 1956
- lawLibrary Services Act
- lawFederal Aid Highway Act of 1956
- lawAlaska Mental Health Enabling Act
- lawHealth Research Facilities Act
- lawSocial Security Amendments of 1956 (Social Security Disability Insurance)
- lawIndian Relocation Act of 1956
- lawFish and Wildlife Act of 1956
- agency−Reconstruction Finance Corporation
- presidentDwight David Eisenhower takes office
- justiceWilliam Joseph Brennan, Jr. — Associate Justice
- justiceCharles Evans Whittaker — Associate Justice
- lawFederal Plant Pest Act of 1957
- rulingReid v. Covert
- rulingVanderbilt v. Vanderbilt
- lawAirways Modernization Act
- lawPoultry Products Inspection Act of 1957
- lawPrice–Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act
- lawCivil Rights Act of 1957
- rulingTrop v. Dulles
- lawAutomobile Information Disclosure Act of 1958
- lawAlaska Statehood Act
- agency+National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- lawNational Aeronautics and Space Act
- lawTransportation Act of 1958
- lawFederal Aviation Act of 1958
- lawFormer Presidents Act
- lawHumane Slaughter Act
- lawEURATOM Cooperation Act of 1958
- lawMilitary Construction Appropriation Act (Advanced Research Projects Agency)
- lawNational Defense Education Act
- rulingCooper v. Aaron
- rulingLadner v. United States
- war+Taiwan Strait crisis
- war−Taiwan Strait crisis
- stateAlaska
- lawHawaii Admission Act
- justicePotter Stewart — Associate Justice
- stateHawaii
- lawLabor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (Landrum–Griffin Act)
- rulingKinsella v. United States ex rel. Singleton
- rulingGrisham v. Hagan
- rulingMcElroy v. United States ex rel. Guagliardo
- rulingUnited States v. Raines
- lawNarcotics Manufacturing Act of 1960
- lawCivil Rights Act of 1960
- lawMultiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960
- rulingElkins v. United States
- agency+National Capital Transportation Agency
- lawFlood Control Act of 1960
- lawSocial Security Amendments (Kerr-Mill aid)
- agency+Federal Maritime Commission
- agency+Space Nuclear Propulsion Office
- agency+United States Agency for International Development