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The United States on November 28, 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

4 D · 4 R

8 justices by appointing party

Union

48 states

22 amendments in force

Unemployment

6.7%

Oct 1958 · $1 then ≈ $11.66 today

Public debt

$276B

as of Jun 30, 1958

1958-11-28/executiveThe administration

President Dwight David Eisenhower R

since Jan 20, 1957

Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon R

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 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

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Maurice Stans R

since Mar 18, 1958

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Arthur Sherwood Flemming R

since Aug 1, 1958

White House Chief of Staff Wilton Persons R

since Oct 7, 1958

1958-11-28/congress85th Congress

Senate · 50 D · 46 R

House · 236 D · 199 R

1958-11-28/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

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

1958-11-28/weekWithin a week · Nov 21, 1958 – Dec 5, 1958

Ruling Hawkins v. United States

Nov 24, 1958 · 358 U.S. 74

Ruling Federal Housing Administration v. The Darlington, Inc.

Nov 24, 1958 · 358 U.S. 84

Ruling Hotel Employees Local No. 255 v. Leedom

Nov 24, 1958 · 358 U.S. 99

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.