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The United States on January 16, 1960

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

65 D · 35 R

100 senators · 86th Congress

House

281 D · 153 R

435 representatives

Supreme Court

5 R · 4 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

22 amendments in force

Unemployment

5.3%

Dec 1959 · $1 then ≈ $11.46 today

Public debt

$285B

as of Jun 30, 1959

1960-01-16/executiveThe administration

President Dwight David Eisenhower R

since Jan 20, 1957

Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon R

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

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

Secretary of State Christian Herter R

since Apr 22, 1959

Secretary of Defense Thomas S. Gates, Jr. R

since Dec 2, 1959

1960-01-16/congress86th Congress

Senate · 65 D · 35 R

House · 281 D · 153 R · 1 ID

1960-01-16/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

Potter Stewart R

Associate Justice · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · since May 7, 1959

1960-01-16/weekWithin a week · Jan 9, 1960 – Jan 23, 1960

Ruling Blackburn v. Alabama

Jan 11, 1960 · 361 U.S. 199

Ruling Stirone v. United States

Jan 11, 1960 · 361 U.S. 212

Ruling United States v. Robinson

Jan 11, 1960 · 361 U.S. 220

Ruling Mitchell v. Oregon Frozen Foods Co.

Jan 11, 1960 · 361 U.S. 231

Ruling Kinsella v. United States ex rel. Singleton

Jan 18, 1960 · 361 U.S. 234

Ruling Grisham v. Hagan

Jan 18, 1960 · 361 U.S. 278

Ruling McElroy v. United States ex rel. Guagliardo

Jan 18, 1960 · 361 U.S. 281

Ruling Goett v. Union Carbide Corp.

Jan 18, 1960 · 361 U.S. 340

Ruling Hess v. United States

Jan 18, 1960 · 361 U.S. 314

Ruling Mitchell v. Robert Demario Jewelry, Inc.

Jan 18, 1960 · 361 U.S. 288

Ruling United States v. Price

Jan 18, 1960 · 361 U.S. 304

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.