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The United States on November 13, 1961

Who held every office, how Congress and the Court were made up, and what happened within a week. Diff this day against today →

President

Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy D · since Jan 20, 1961

Senate

64 D · 36 R

100 senators · 87th Congress

House

262 D · 173 R

435 representatives

Supreme Court

5 R · 4 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

23 amendments in force

Unemployment

6.5%

Oct 1961 · $1 then ≈ $11.23 today

Public debt

$289B

as of Jun 30, 1961

1961-11-13/executiveThe administration

President John Fitzgerald Kennedy D

since Jan 20, 1961

Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson D

Director of Central Intelligence Allen Dulles D

since Feb 26, 1953

White House Chief of Staff Kenneth O'Donnell D

since Jan 20, 1961

Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy D

since Jan 20, 1961

Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman D

since Jan 20, 1961

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff D

since Jan 21, 1961

Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg D

since Jan 21, 1961

Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges D

since Jan 21, 1961

Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon R

since Jan 21, 1961

Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara R

since Jan 21, 1961

Secretary of State Dean Rusk D

since Jan 21, 1961

Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall D

since Jan 21, 1961

Director of the Office of Management and Budget David E. Bell D

since Jan 22, 1961

Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson II D

since Jan 23, 1961

1961-11-13/congress87th Congress

Senate · 64 D · 36 R

House · 262 D · 173 R

1961-11-13/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

1961-11-13/weekWithin a week · Nov 6, 1961 – Nov 20, 1961

Ruling Roper v. United States

Nov 6, 1961 · 368 U.S. 20

Ruling Martin v. Walton

Nov 6, 1961 · 368 U.S. 25

Ruling Still v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

Nov 13, 1961 · 368 U.S. 35

Ruling Hamilton v. Alabama

Nov 13, 1961 · 368 U.S. 52

Ruling Hoyt v. Florida

Nov 20, 1961 · 368 U.S. 57

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.