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The United States on January 5, 1968

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

64 D · 36 R

100 senators · 90th Congress

House

246 D · 186 R

432 representatives

Supreme Court

5 D · 4 R

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

25 amendments in force

Unemployment

3.8%

Dec 1967 · $1 then ≈ $9.94 today

Public debt

$326B

as of Jun 30, 1967 · 2 armed conflicts

1968-01-05/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

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

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Robert C. Weaver D

since Jan 18, 1966

Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms I

since Jun 30, 1966

Secretary of Transportation Alan Stephenson Boyd D

since Jan 16, 1967

Attorney General Ramsey Clark D

since Mar 10, 1967

1968-01-05/congress90th Congress

Senate · 64 D · 36 R

House · 246 D · 186 R

1968-01-05/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

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

Thurgood Marshall D

Associate Justice · appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson · since Aug 30, 1967

1968-01-05/militaryArmed conflicts under way

Laotian Civil War

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

Vietnam War

since Dec 31, 1965 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

1968-01-05/weekWithin a week · Dec 29, 1967 – Jan 12, 1968

Agency − Federal Bureau of Narcotics

Jan 1, 1968 · sub_agency

Agency − Public Housing Administration

Jan 1, 1968 · other

Agency + National Institute of Justice

Jan 1, 1968 · sub_agency

Law Bilingual Education Act

Jan 2, 1968 · Pub. L. 90-247

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.