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civicdiff.com/1961-01-20...1963-11-21 · 2.8 years
json19 files changed, 618 insertions(+), 129 deletions(−)Laws enacted
+25major laws · full counts from 1973
Executive orders
—records start in 1994
Final rules
—records start in 1994
Supreme Court
2 of 9seats changed hands
Agencies
+7 −1departments & tracked agencies
Public debt
+$19.5B$286B → $306B
The presidency passed from Dwight David Eisenhower to John Fitzgerald Kennedy. 16 senators and 79 representatives took seats that they did not hold before. 2 new justices joined the Supreme Court. Inflation-adjusted federal spending changed +17% (FY1961 → FY1964). 1 constitutional amendment was ratified.
Executive5 files+24−14
executive/presidentThe presidency
Dwight David Eisenhower R
34th president
John Fitzgerald Kennedy D
35th president · took office Jan 20, 1961
executive/vice-presidentThe vice presidency
Richard Milhous Nixon R
Lyndon Baines Johnson D
took office Jan 20, 1961
executive/cabinetCabinet & senior officials
+15−11Wikidata ↗
Secretary of the Navy · 3 people took this office in between
Show 7 more cabinet offices
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare · 2 people took this office in between
Director of the Office of Management and Budget · 2 people took this office in between
vacant on Nov 21, 1963
next: Richard Helms I · Jun 30, 1966
Other senior officials (3 changed)
Secretary of the Navy · 3 people took this office in between
3 offices unchanged
Chair of the Federal Reserve: William McChesney Martin D
Director of the FBI: J. Edgar Hoover I
Solicitor General: Archibald Cox D
executive/ordersExecutive orders
no dataFederal Register API ↗
Federal Register records of executive orders begin in 1994.
executive/agenciesFederal agencies
+7−1Wikidata ↗
189 → 195 tracked organizations · 11 → 11 executive departments
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
established Sep 26, 1961 · independent agency
Office of the United States Trade Representative
established Jan 1, 1962 · United States government agency
United States Travel Service
established Jul 1, 1961 · defunct portion of the United States Department of Commerce
National Reconnaissance Office
established Sep 6, 1961 · US intelligence agency in charge of satellite intelligence
Defense Intelligence Agency
established Oct 1, 1961 · military intelligence agency of the United States federal government
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
established Jan 1, 1962 · human development research institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
established Jan 1, 1962 · research center at Stanford University
United States Hydrographic Office
abolished Jul 10, 1962 · U.S. agency that prepares and publishes maps, charts, and nautical books required in navigation · replaced by Naval Oceanographic Office
Agency start and end dates come from Wikidata, which covers smaller bureaus unevenly.
Military2 files+2−1
military/conflictsArmed conflicts
U.S. in 0 armed conflicts → 1
Vietnam: South Vietnam vs. the Viet Cong
began 1962 · U.S. troops fighting alongside the government · against FNL
1 conflict began and ended in between
Bay of Pigs invasion
Apr 17, 1961 – Apr 20, 1961 · U.S. troops fighting alongside the government · against Cuban Revolutionary Council
An armed conflict here means at least 25 battle deaths in a year, with U.S. forces as a party or fighting for a government (UCDP's definition). Air strikes, raids, and advisory missions below that threshold aren't included. UN peacekeeping missions are excluded.
military/troopsU.S. troops abroad
+42,019 troops abroadDMDC via troopdata (Allen, Flynn & Martinez Machain) ↗
572,760 → 614,779 active-duty troops stationed abroad · 2,486,300 → 2,690,398 total active duty
25 → 28 countries with 1,000 or more U.S. troops
as of Sep 30, 1960 → as of Sep 30, 1963
Germany 232,256 → 254,057
+21,801
Vietnam 794 → 15,620
+14,826
Japan 83,586 → 90,140
+6,554
Morocco 8,031 → 2,378
−5,653
United Kingdom 31,992 → 27,438
−4,554
Turkey 7,454 → 10,475
+3,021
Thailand 338 → 3,269
+2,931
Canada 14,312 → 11,484
−2,828
Philippines 11,334 → 13,889
+2,555
Spain 11,232 → 13,418
+2,186
Panama 7,807 → 9,382
+1,575
Ethiopia 91 → 1,608
+1,517
Largest U.S. deployments as of Sep 30, 1963
Germany 254,057
Japan 90,140
South Korea 56,910
France 41,331
United Kingdom 27,438
Vietnam 15,620
Philippines 13,889
Spain 13,418
Active-duty personnel assigned to each country in the Defense Department's location reports, which leave out most combat deployments, forces afloat, and short rotations: Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan during their wars are press or Pentagon estimates, and Iraq and Syria read zero after 2023 although a few thousand troops remained. Each date shows the latest report on or before it.
Legislative4 files+120−103
legislative/controlControl of Congress
87
88
Top: House · Bottom: Senate DemocraticRepublican
87th Congress → 88th Congress · 1 new Congress elected
0 changes of chamber control along the way
House: Democrat majority on both dates
262 D · 173 R → 250 D · 177 R
Senate: Democrat majority on both dates
65 D · 35 R → 67 D · 33 R
legislative/senateSenate
+16−16congress-legislators ↗
16 new members · 16 departed · 84 served on both dates · women 2 → 2 · median age 59 → 59
10 seats changed party
Show 6 more seat flips
Who joined and who left (16 in · 16 out)
Peter Hoyt Dominick R
Colorado
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D
Connecticut
Daniel K. Inouye D
Hawaii
Leonard Beck Jordan R
Idaho
Birch Evans Bayh D
Indiana
James Blackwood Pearson R
Kansas
Edward M. Kennedy D
Massachusetts
Daniel Baugh Brewster D
Maryland
Thomas James McIntyre D
New Hampshire
Edwin Leard Mechem R
New Mexico
James Howard Edmondson D
Oklahoma
George Stanley McGovern D
South Dakota
Herbert Sanford Walters D
Tennessee
John Goodwin Tower R
Texas
Gaylord Anton Nelson D
Wisconsin
Milward Lee Simpson R
Wyoming
John Albert Carroll D
Colorado
Prescott Sheldon Bush R
Connecticut
Oren Ethelbirt Long D
Hawaii
Henry Clarence Dworshak R
Idaho
Homer Earl Capehart R
Indiana
Andrew Frank Schoeppel R
Kansas
Benjamin A. Smith II D
Massachusetts
John Marshall Butler R
Maryland
Henry Styles Bridges R
New Hampshire
Dennis Chavez D
New Mexico
Robert Samuel Kerr D
Oklahoma
Francis Higbee Case R
South Dakota
Carey Estes Kefauver D
Tennessee
William Arvis Blakley D
Texas
Alexander Wiley R
Wisconsin
John Joseph Hickey D
Wyoming
legislative/houseHouse
+79−87congress-legislators ↗
79 new members · 87 departed · 348 served on both dates · women 17 → 11 · median age 53 → 52
31 state delegations changed
Show delegation changes
Alabama 9 D · 0 R
Alabama 1 D · 0 R
Arkansas 6 D · 0 R
Arkansas 4 D · 0 R
Arizona 1 D · 1 R
Arizona 2 D · 1 R
California 16 D · 14 R
California 24 D · 14 R
Connecticut 4 D · 2 R
Connecticut 5 D · 1 R
Florida 7 D · 1 R
Florida 10 D · 2 R
Hawaii 1 D · 0 R
Hawaii 2 D · 0 R
Iowa 2 D · 6 R
Iowa 1 D · 6 R
Illinois 14 D · 11 R
Illinois 12 D · 12 R
Kansas 1 D · 5 R
Kansas 0 D · 5 R
Kentucky 7 D · 1 R
Kentucky 5 D · 2 R
Massachusetts 8 D · 6 R
Massachusetts 7 D · 5 R
Maryland 6 D · 1 R
Maryland 6 D · 2 R
Maine 0 D · 3 R
Maine 0 D · 2 R
Michigan 7 D · 11 R
Michigan 8 D · 11 R
Minnesota 3 D · 6 R
Minnesota 4 D · 4 R
Missouri 9 D · 2 R
Missouri 8 D · 2 R
Mississippi 6 D · 0 R
Mississippi 5 D · 0 R
North Carolina 11 D · 1 R
North Carolina 9 D · 2 R
North Dakota 0 D · 1 R
North Dakota 0 D · 2 R
Nebraska 0 D · 4 R
Nebraska 0 D · 3 R
New Jersey 6 D · 8 R
New Jersey 7 D · 8 R
New York 22 D · 21 R
New York 20 D · 21 R
Ohio 7 D · 16 R
Ohio 6 D · 18 R
Oregon 2 D · 2 R
Oregon 3 D · 1 R
Pennsylvania 14 D · 16 R
Pennsylvania 13 D · 14 R
Tennessee 7 D · 2 R
Tennessee 6 D · 3 R
Texas 21 D · 1 R
Texas 21 D · 2 R
Utah 2 D · 0 R
Utah 0 D · 2 R
Washington 2 D · 5 R
Washington 1 D · 6 R
West Virginia 5 D · 1 R
West Virginia 4 D · 1 R
Who joined and who left (79 in · 87 out)
George Frederick Senner Jr. D
Arizona-3
Morris King Udall D
Arizona-2
Everett Glen Burkhalter D
California-27
Patrick Minor Martin R
California-38
Ronald Brooks Cameron D
California-25
Richard Thomas Hanna D
California-34
Burt Lacklen Talcott R
California-12
Robert Louis Leggett D
California-4
Lionel Van Deerlin D
California-37
Charles Herbert Wilson D
California-31
Donald Holst Clausen R
California-1
Augustus Freeman Hawkins D
California-21
Edward Ross Roybal D
California-30
William Donlon Edwards D
California-9
George E. Brown Jr. D
California-29
Donald Glenn Brotzman R
Colorado-2
Bernard Francis Grabowski D
Connecticut-AL
William Leon St. Onge D
Connecticut-2
Edward John Gurney R
Florida-11
Don Fuqua D
Florida-9
Claude Denson Pepper D
Florida-3
Sam Melville Gibbons D
Florida-10
James Russell Tuten D
Georgia-8
Charles Longstreet Weltner D
Georgia-5
Thomas Ponce Gill D
Hawaii-1
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D
Hawaii-2
Compton Ignatius White Jr. D
Idaho-1
Robert Thaddeus McLoskey R
Illinois-19
Donald Henry Rumsfeld R
Illinois-13
Charlotte Thompson Reid R
Illinois-15
Robert McClory R
Illinois-12
Joe Skubitz R
Kansas-5
Marion Gene Snyder R
Kentucky-3
Joseph David Waggonner Jr. D
Louisiana-4
Gillis William Long D
Louisiana-8
Carlton Ralph Sickles D
Maryland-AL
Rogers Clark Ballard Morton R
Maryland-1
Clarence Dickinson Long D
Maryland-2
Harold Martin Ryan D
Michigan-14
Neil Oliver Staebler D
Michigan-AL
J. Edward Hutchinson R
Michigan-4
Lucien Norbert Nedzi D
Michigan-1
Alec Gehard Olson D
Minnesota-6
Donald MacKay Fraser D
Minnesota-5
James Thomas Broyhill R
North Carolina-9
Don Levingston Short R
North Dakota-2
Louis Crosby Wyman R
New Hampshire-1
James Colgate Cleveland R
New Hampshire-2
Edward James Patten D
New Jersey-15
Joseph George Minish D
New Jersey-11
Joseph Manuel Montoya D
New Mexico-AL
James Russell Grover Jr. R
New York-2
Ogden Rogers Reid R
New York-26
John Michael Murphy D
New York-16
John Waldemar Wydler R
New York-4
Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal D
New York-8
Frank Jefferson Horton R
New York-36
Homer E. Abele R
Ohio-10
Oliver Payne Bolton R
Ohio-11
Carl West Rich R
Ohio-1
Robert Thompson Secrest D
Ohio-15
Robert Taft Jr. R
Ohio-AL
Robert Blackford Duncan D
Oregon-4
James Dorman Weaver R
Pennsylvania-24
John Crain Kunkel R
Pennsylvania-16
Joseph Michael McDade R
Pennsylvania-10
Albert William Watson D
South Carolina-2
William Emerson Brock III R
Tennessee-3
Richard Harmon Fulton D
Tennessee-5
James Henry Quillen R
Tennessee-1
Joe Richard Pool D
Texas-AL
Edgar Franklin Foreman R
Texas-16
Graham Boynton Purcell Jr. D
Texas-13
Herbert Ray Roberts D
Texas-4
Henry Barbosa González D
Texas-20
Laurence Junior Burton R
Utah-1
Sherman Parkinson Lloyd R
Utah-2
John Otho Marsh Jr. D
Virginia-7
K. William Stinson R
Washington-7
Frank William Boykin D
Alabama-1
George McInvale Grant D
Alabama-2
George Huddleston Jr. D
Alabama-9
Albert McKinley Rains D
Alabama-5
Kenneth Allison Roberts D
Alabama-4
Armistead Inge Selden Jr. D
Alabama-6
George William Andrews D
Alabama-3
Robert Emmett Jones Jr. D
Alabama-8
Thomas Dale Alford D
Arkansas-5
Catherine Dorris Norrell D
Arkansas-6
Stewart Lee Udall D
Arizona-2
Edgar Willard Hiestand R
California-21
Gordon Leo McDonough R
California-15
Clement Woodnutt Miller D
California-1
Dalip Singh Saund D
California-29
John Harbin Rousselot R
California-25
Peter Hoyt Dominick R
Colorado-2
Frank Kowalski D
Connecticut-AL
Horace Seely-Brown Jr. R
Connecticut-2
Iris Faircloth Blitch D
Georgia-8
James Curran Davis D
Georgia-5
Daniel K. Inouye D
Hawaii-AL
Merwin Coad D
Iowa-6
Gracie Bowers Pfost D
Idaho-1
Robert Bruce Chiperfield R
Illinois-19
Marguerite Stitt Church R
Illinois-13
Peter Francis Mack Jr. D
Illinois-21
Noah Morgan Mason R
Illinois-15
Sidney Richard Yates D
Illinois-9
James Floyd Breeding D
Kansas-5
Walter Lewis McVey Jr. R
Kansas-3
Frank Welsh Burke D
Kentucky-3
Brent Spence D
Kentucky-5
Overton Brooks D
Louisiana-4
Harold Barnett McSween D
Louisiana-8
Laurence Curtis R
Massachusetts-10
Thomas Joseph Lane D
Massachusetts-7
Thomas Francis Johnson D
Maryland-1
Daniel Baugh Brewster D
Maryland-2
Peter Adams Garland R
Maine-1
Clare Eugene Hoffman R
Michigan-4
Thaddeus Michael Machrowicz D
Michigan-1
Louis Charles Rabaut D
Michigan-14
Herman Carl Andersen R
Minnesota-7
Walter Henry Judd R
Minnesota-5
Fred Marshall D
Minnesota-6
Morgan Moore Moulder D
Missouri-11
Frank Ellis Smith D
Mississippi-3
Hugh Quincy Alexander D
North Carolina-9
Alvin Paul Kitchin D
North Carolina-8
Phillip Hart Weaver R
Nebraska-1
Perkins Bass R
New Hampshire-2
Chester Earl Merrow R
New Hampshire-1
Hugh Joseph Addonizio D
New Jersey-11
Thomas Gayle Morris D
New Mexico-AL
Victor L’Episcopo Anfuso D
New York-8
Edwin Benedict Dooley R
New York-26
Lester Holtzman D
New York-6
John Henry Ray R
New York-15
Alfred Edward Santangelo D
New York-18
John Taber R
New York-36
Jessica McCullough Weis R
New York-38
Herbert Zelenko D
New York-21
Robert Eugene Cook D
Ohio-11
Tom Van Horn Moorehead R
Ohio-15
Gordon Harry Scherer R
Ohio-1
Walter Henry Moeller D
Ohio-10
Edwin Russell Durno R
Oregon-4
Ivor David Fenton R
Pennsylvania-12
Kathryn Elizabeth Granahan D
Pennsylvania-2
Carroll Dudley Kearns R
Pennsylvania-24
Walter Mann Mumma R
Pennsylvania-16
William Warren Scranton R
Pennsylvania-10
James Edward Van Zandt R
Pennsylvania-20
Corinne Boyd Riley D
South Carolina-2
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D
Tennessee-3
Joseph Carlton Loser D
Tennessee-5
Brazilla Carroll Reece R
Tennessee-1
Frank Neville Ikard D
Texas-13
Paul Joseph Kilday D
Texas-20
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn D
Texas-4
J. T. Rutherford D
Texas-16
Morris Blaine Peterson D
Utah-1
David Sjodahl King D
Utah-2
Burr Powell Harrison D
Virginia-7
Donald Hammer Magnuson D
Washington-7
Cleveland Monroe Bailey D
West Virginia-3
legislative/lawsLaws enacted
Complete lists of public laws start with the 93rd Congress (Jan 3, 1973). Earlier years show notable and landmark acts only.
25 laws recorded · 0 landmark · 25 notable
Area Redevelopment Act
Pub. L. 87-27 · May 1, 1961
Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1961
Pub. L. 87-30 · May 5, 1961
Travel Act
Pub. L. 87-63 · Jun 29, 1961
Housing Act of 1961
Pub. L. 87-70 · Jun 30, 1961
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1961
Pub. L. 87-128 · Aug 8, 1961
Oil Pollution Act of 1961
Pub. L. 87-167 · Aug 30, 1961
Foreign Assistance Act
Pub. L. 87-195 · Sep 4, 1961
Federal Wire Act
Pub. L. 87-216 · Sep 13, 1961
Fulbright–Hays Act of 1961 (Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961)
Pub. L. 87-256 · Sep 21, 1961
Peace Corps Act of 1961
Pub. L. 87-293 · Sep 22, 1961
Show 15 more notable laws
Arms Control and Disarmament Act of 1961
Pub. L. 87-297 · Sep 26, 1961
Community Health Services and Facilities Act
Pub. L. 87-395 · Oct 5, 1961
Manpower Development and Training Act
Pub. L. 87-415 · Mar 15, 1962
Migration and Refugee Assistance Act
Pub. L. 87-510 · Jun 28, 1962
All-Channel Receiver Act
Pub. L. 87-529 · Jul 10, 1962
Communications Satellite Act of 1962
Pub. L. 87-624 · Aug 31, 1962
McIntire–Stennis Act of 1962
Pub. L. 87-788 · Oct 10, 1962
Trade Expansion Act
Pub. L. 87-794 · Oct 11, 1962
Revenue Act of 1962
Pub. L. 87-834 · Oct 16, 1962
Bribery Act
Pub. L. 87-849 · Oct 23, 1962
Vaccination Assistance Act
Pub. L. 87-868 · Oct 23, 1962
Rivers and Harbors Act of 1962
Pub. L. 87-874 · Oct 23, 1962
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Pub. L. 88-38 · Jun 10, 1963
Department of Defense Appropriations Act
Pub. L. 88-149 · Oct 17, 1963
Community Mental Health Act
Pub. L. 88-164 · Oct 31, 1963
Judicial3 files+471−2
judicial/supreme-courtThe Supreme Court
Bench by appointing party: 5 R · 4 D → 5 D · 4 R · every justice ↗
Felix Frankfurter D
appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1939
Charles Evans Whittaker R
appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1957
Byron Raymond White D
appointed by John F. Kennedy · 1962
Arthur Joseph Goldberg D
appointed by John F. Kennedy · 1962
7 justices served on both dates
Hugo Lafayette Black D
appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1937
William Orville Douglas D
appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · 1939
Tom C. Clark D
appointed by Harry S Truman · 1949
Earl Warren R
appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1954
John Marshall Harlan R
appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1955
William Joseph Brennan, Jr. R
appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1957
Potter Stewart R
appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1959
judicial/lower-courtsAppeals & district courts
Courts of appeals (active judges): 39 R · 26 D → 38 D · 37 R
District courts (active judges): 123 D · 115 R → 189 D · 106 R · 3 N( · 1 N(
Dwight D. Eisenhower R appointed 2 judges
2 district
John F. Kennedy D appointed 131 judges
2 Supreme Court · 20 appeals · 107 district · 2 other
None (reassignment) N( appointed 3 judges
3 district
None (assignment) N( appointed 1 judge
1 district
1 circuit flipped majority
Sixth Circuit 3 D · 3 R (tie majority)
Sixth Circuit 2 D · 3 R (R majority)
D and R describe the party of the appointing president, not the judge. Active service ends when a judge takes senior status.
judicial/rulingsSupreme Court decisions
332 argued decisions · 12 landmark
James v. United States
366 U.S. 213 · May 15, 1961 · Decided 6–3 · Criminal Procedure · Reversed and remanded · Overruled precedent
Mapp v. Ohio
367 U.S. 643 · Jun 19, 1961 · Decided 6–3 · Criminal Procedure · Reversed and remanded · Overruled precedent
Baker v. Carr
369 U.S. 186 · Mar 26, 1962 · Decided 6–2 · Civil Rights · Reversed and remanded · Overruled precedent
Engel v. Vitale
370 U.S. 421 · Jun 25, 1962 · Decided 6–1 · First Amendment · Reversed and remanded
Smith v. Evening News Association
371 U.S. 195 · Dec 10, 1962 · Decided 8–1 · Federalism · Reversed and remanded · Overruled precedent
Local No. 438 Construction & General Laborers' Union v. Curry
371 U.S. 542 · Jan 21, 1963 · Decided 9–0 · Federalism · Reversed · Overruled precedent
Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez
372 U.S. 144 · Feb 18, 1963 · Decided 5–4 · Civil Rights · Affirmed · Declared federal law unconstitutional
Gideon v. Wainwright
372 U.S. 335 · Mar 18, 1963 · Decided 9–0 · Criminal Procedure · Reversed and remanded · Overruled precedent · Struck down state law
Gray v. Sanders
372 U.S. 368 · Mar 18, 1963 · Decided 8–1 · Civil Rights · Vacated and remanded · Overruled precedent · Struck down state law
Fay v. Noia
372 U.S. 391 · Mar 18, 1963 · Decided 6–3 · Criminal Procedure · Affirmed · Overruled precedent
Show 2 more
Ferguson v. Skrupa
Apr 22, 1963 · Decided 9–0 · Economic Activity · Reversed · Overruled precedent
School District of Abington Township v. Schempp
Jun 17, 1963 · Decided 8–1 · First Amendment · Affirmed · Struck down state law
Landmark means the Court overruled precedent, struck down a federal law, or the case is on a curated landmark list.
Fiscal2 files±0
fiscal/budgetThe federal budget
+17% real spendingOMB Historical Tables ↗
Fiscal year 1961 → fiscal year 1964 · inflation-adjusted with the GDP price index
Spending $97.7B
FY1961
Spending $119B
FY1964 · +21% nominal · +17% after inflation
Revenue $94.4B
FY1961
Revenue $113B
FY1964 · +19% nominal · +15% after inflation
Surplus / deficit −$3.3B
FY1961
Surplus / deficit −$5.9B
FY1964 · −$2.6B
Spending, % of GDP 17.9%
FY1961
Spending, % of GDP 17.9%
FY1964 · +0.0 pts
Debt held by the public, % of GDP 43.6%
FY1961
Debt held by the public, % of GDP 38.8%
FY1964 · −4.8 pts
Spending by function · real change
fiscal/debtTotal public debt outstanding
+$19.5BTreasury Fiscal Data ↗
$286B
as of Jun 30, 1960
$306B
as of Jun 30, 1963
Constitution & Union1 file+1
constitution/amendmentsAmendments & statehood
22 → 23 amendments in force · 50 → 50 states
Amendment XXIII Electoral votes for Washington, D.C.
ratified Mar 29, 1961 · Grants the District of Columbia electors in presidential elections.
Reverts1 file−9
revert/undoneWhat was undone
0 executive orders revoked or superseded · 0 rules struck down by Congress · 9 Supreme Court precedents overruled
9 decisions that overruled precedent
James v. United States
May 15, 1961 · 6-3 · Criminal Procedure
Mapp v. Ohio
Jun 19, 1961 · 6-3 · Criminal Procedure
Baker v. Carr
Mar 26, 1962 · 6-2 · Civil Rights
Smith v. Evening News Association
Dec 10, 1962 · 8-1 · Federalism
Local No. 438 Construction & General Laborers' Union v. Curry
Jan 21, 1963 · 9-0 · Federalism
Gideon v. Wainwright
Mar 18, 1963 · 9-0 · Criminal Procedure
Gray v. Sanders
Mar 18, 1963 · 8-1 · Civil Rights
Fay v. Noia
Mar 18, 1963 · 6-3 · Criminal Procedure
Show 1 more
Ferguson v. Skrupa
Apr 22, 1963 · 9-0 · Economic Activity
Revocations are full revocations or supersessions recorded in the Federal Register (partial amendments aren't counted), and those records begin in 1994. Congressional Review Act disapprovals are identified by title. Laws repealed outright aren't tracked yet. Agencies abolished are in the Executive section.
Log1 file±0
logEverything in between
46 events
- presidentJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy takes office
- amendmentElectoral votes for Washington, D.C.
- war+Bay of Pigs invasion
- war−Bay of Pigs invasion
- lawArea Redevelopment Act
- lawFair Labor Standards Amendments of 1961
- rulingJames v. United States
- rulingMapp v. Ohio
- lawTravel Act
- lawHousing Act of 1961
- lawConsolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1961
- lawOil Pollution Act of 1961
- lawForeign Assistance Act
- lawFederal Wire Act
- lawFulbright–Hays Act of 1961 (Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961)
- lawPeace Corps Act of 1961
- agency+Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
- lawArms Control and Disarmament Act of 1961
- lawCommunity Health Services and Facilities Act
- agency+Office of the United States Trade Representative
- war+Vietnam: South Vietnam vs. the Viet Cong
- lawManpower Development and Training Act
- rulingBaker v. Carr
- justiceByron Raymond White — Associate Justice
- rulingEngel v. Vitale
- lawMigration and Refugee Assistance Act
- lawAll-Channel Receiver Act
- lawCommunications Satellite Act of 1962
- justiceArthur Joseph Goldberg — Associate Justice
- lawMcIntire–Stennis Act of 1962
- lawTrade Expansion Act
- lawRevenue Act of 1962
- lawBribery Act
- lawVaccination Assistance Act
- lawRivers and Harbors Act of 1962
- rulingSmith v. Evening News Association
- rulingLocal No. 438 Construction & General Laborers' Union v. Curry
- rulingKennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez
- rulingGideon v. Wainwright
- rulingGray v. Sanders
- rulingFay v. Noia
- rulingFerguson v. Skrupa
- lawEqual Pay Act of 1963
- rulingSchool District of Abington Township v. Schempp
- lawDepartment of Defense Appropriations Act
- lawCommunity Mental Health Act