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The United States on November 21, 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

Eisenhower

Dwight David Eisenhower R · since Jan 20, 1953

Senate

48 D · 47 R

96 senators · 83rd Congress

House

219 R · 213 D

433 representatives

Supreme Court

8 D

8 justices by appointing party

Union

48 states

22 amendments in force

Unemployment

3.1%

Oct 1953 · $1 then ≈ $12.48 today

Public debt

$266B

as of Jun 30, 1953

1953-11-21/executiveThe administration

President Dwight David Eisenhower R

since Jan 20, 1953

Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon R

White House Chief of Staff Sherman Adams R

since Jan 20, 1953

Secretary of the Treasury George Magoffin Humphrey R

since Jan 21, 1953

Attorney General Herbert Brownell R

since Jan 21, 1953

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles R

since Jan 21, 1953

Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson R

since Jan 21, 1953

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Joseph Dodge R

since Jan 22, 1953

Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. R

since Jan 26, 1953

Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson R

since Jan 28, 1953

Director of Central Intelligence Allen Dulles D

since Feb 26, 1953

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Oveta Culp Hobby R

since Apr 11, 1953

1953-11-21/congress83rd Congress

Senate · 48 D · 47 R · 1 I

House · 219 R · 213 D · 1 I

1953-11-21/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

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

1953-11-21/weekWithin a week · Nov 14, 1953 – Nov 28, 1953

Ruling Arkansas v. Texas

Nov 16, 1953 · 346 U.S. 368

Ruling United States v. Debrow

Nov 16, 1953 · 346 U.S. 374

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.