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The United States on January 26, 1963

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

67 D · 33 R

100 senators · 88th Congress

House

250 D · 177 R

427 representatives

Supreme Court

5 D · 4 R

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

23 amendments in force

Unemployment

5.5%

Dec 1962 · $1 then ≈ $11.08 today

Public debt

$298B

as of Jun 30, 1962 · 1 armed conflict

1963-01-26/executiveThe administration

President John Fitzgerald Kennedy D

since Jan 20, 1961

Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson D

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 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

Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson II D

since Jan 23, 1961

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Anthony Joseph Celebrezze, Sr. D

since Jul 31, 1962

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Kermit Gordon D

since Dec 28, 1962

1963-01-26/congress88th Congress

Senate · 67 D · 33 R

House · 250 D · 177 R

1963-01-26/supreme-courtThe bench

Hugo Lafayette Black D

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

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

Potter Stewart R

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

Byron Raymond White D

Associate Justice · appointed by John F. Kennedy · since Apr 12, 1962

Arthur Joseph Goldberg D

Associate Justice · appointed by John F. Kennedy · since Sep 28, 1962

1963-01-26/militaryArmed conflicts under way

Vietnam: South Vietnam vs. the Viet Cong

since Jan 1, 1962 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

1963-01-26/weekWithin a week · Jan 19, 1963 – Feb 2, 1963

Ruling Local No. 438 Construction & General Laborers' Union v. Curry

Jan 21, 1963 · 371 U.S. 542

Ruling Mercantile National Bank at Dallas v. Langdeau

Jan 21, 1963 · 371 U.S. 555

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.