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The United States on November 23, 1965

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

President

Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson D · since Jan 20, 1965

Senate

68 D · 32 R

100 senators · 89th Congress

House

294 D · 140 R

434 representatives

Supreme Court

5 D · 4 R

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

24 amendments in force

Unemployment

4.2%

Oct 1965 · $1 then ≈ $10.63 today

Public debt

$317B

as of Jun 30, 1965 · 1 armed conflict

1965-11-23/executiveThe administration

President Lyndon Baines Johnson D

since Jan 20, 1965

Vice President Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D

Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman D

since Jan 20, 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

White House Chief of Staff W. Marvin Watson D

since Nov 22, 1963

Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach D

since Jan 28, 1965

Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler D

since Apr 1, 1965

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Charles Schultze D

since Jun 1, 1965

Ambassador to the United Nations Arthur Goldberg D

since Jul 28, 1965

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare John W. Gardner R

since Aug 18, 1965

Postmaster General Larry O'Brien D

since Nov 3, 1965

1965-11-23/congress89th Congress

Senate · 68 D · 32 R

House · 294 D · 140 R

1965-11-23/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

Abe Fortas D

Associate Justice · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · since Aug 11, 1965

1965-11-23/militaryArmed conflicts under way

Laotian Civil War

since Dec 31, 1963 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

1965-11-23/weekWithin a week · Nov 16, 1965 – Nov 30, 1965

Ruling Swift & Co., Inc. v. Wickham

Nov 22, 1965 · 382 U.S. 111

Ruling United States v. Romano

Nov 22, 1965 · 382 U.S. 136

Ruling United Steelworkers of America v. R. H. Bouligny, Inc.

Nov 22, 1965 · 382 U.S. 145

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.