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The United States on November 28, 1956

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

49 R · 46 D

96 senators · 84th Congress

House

232 D · 203 R

435 representatives

Supreme Court

6 D · 2 R

8 justices by appointing party

Union

48 states

22 amendments in force

Unemployment

3.9%

Oct 1956 · $1 then ≈ $12.25 today

Public debt

$273B

as of Jun 30, 1956

1956-11-28/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

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 Marion B. Folsom R

since Aug 1, 1955

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Percival Brundage R

since Apr 2, 1956

Secretary of the Interior Fred A. Seaton R

since Jun 8, 1956

1956-11-28/congress84th Congress

Senate · 49 R · 46 D · 1 I

House · 232 D · 203 R

1956-11-28/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

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

Earl Warren R

Chief Justice · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · since Mar 20, 1954

John Marshall Harlan R

Associate Justice · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · since Mar 17, 1955

1956-11-28/weekWithin a week · Nov 21, 1956 – Dec 5, 1956

Ruling United States v. Western Pacific Railroad Co.

Dec 3, 1956 · 352 U.S. 59

Ruling United States v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

Dec 3, 1956 · 352 U.S. 77

Ruling Putnam v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Dec 3, 1956 · 352 U.S. 82

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.