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The United States on January 18, 1958

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, 1957

Senate

50 D · 46 R

96 senators · 85th Congress

House

236 D · 199 R

435 representatives

Supreme Court

5 D · 4 R

9 justices by appointing party

Union

48 states

22 amendments in force

Unemployment

5.2%

Dec 1957 · $1 then ≈ $11.86 today

Public debt

$271B

as of Jun 30, 1957

1958-01-18/executiveThe administration

President Dwight David Eisenhower R

since Jan 20, 1957

Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon R

White House Chief of Staff Sherman Adams R

since Jan 20, 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

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

Secretary of the Treasury Robert B. Anderson D

since Jul 29, 1957

Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy R

since Oct 9, 1957

Attorney General William P. Rogers R

since Oct 23, 1957

1958-01-18/congress85th Congress

Senate · 50 D · 46 R

House · 236 D · 199 R

1958-01-18/supreme-courtThe bench

Hugo Lafayette Black D

Associate Justice · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · since Aug 18, 1937

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

William Joseph Brennan, Jr. R

Associate Justice · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · since Mar 21, 1957

Charles Evans Whittaker R

Associate Justice · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · since Mar 22, 1957

1958-01-18/weekWithin a week · Jan 11, 1958 – Jan 25, 1958

Ruling Staub v. City of Baxley

Jan 13, 1958 · 355 U.S. 313

Ruling United States v. Sharpnack

Jan 13, 1958 · 355 U.S. 286

Ruling Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. v. Illinois

Jan 13, 1958 · 355 U.S. 300

Ruling Lawn v. United States

Jan 13, 1958 · 355 U.S. 339

Ruling Reeves v. Alabama

Jan 13, 1958 · 355 U.S. 368

Ruling Gordon v. Texas

Jan 13, 1958 · 355 U.S. 369

Ruling Nashville Milk Co. v. Carnation Company

Jan 20, 1958 · 355 U.S. 373

Ruling Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Vance

Jan 20, 1958 · 355 U.S. 389

Ruling Cities Service Gas Co. v. State Corporation Commission of Kansas

Jan 20, 1958 · 355 U.S. 391

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.