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The United States on November 16, 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

63 D · 37 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

3.4%

Oct 1968 · $1 then ≈ $9.55 today

Public debt

$348B

as of Jun 30, 1968 · 2 armed conflicts

1968-11-16/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 State Dean Rusk D

since Jan 21, 1961

Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall D

since Jan 21, 1961

Secretary of the Treasury Henry H. Fowler D

since Apr 1, 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

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Charles Zwick D

since Jan 29, 1968

Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford D

since Feb 29, 1968

Secretary of Commerce C. R. Smith D

since Mar 6, 1968

Postmaster General W. Marvin Watson D

since Apr 26, 1968

White House Chief of Staff James Robert Jones D

since Apr 26, 1968

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Wilbur J. Cohen D

since May 16, 1968

Ambassador to the United Nations James Russell Wiggins D

since Oct 7, 1968

1968-11-16/congress90th Congress

Senate · 63 D · 37 R

House · 246 D · 186 R

1968-11-16/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

1968-11-16/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

1968-11-16/weekWithin a week · Nov 9, 1968 – Nov 23, 1968

Ruling Whyy, Inc. v. Borough of Glassboro

Nov 12, 1968 · 393 U.S. 117

Ruling Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad Co.

Nov 12, 1968 · 393 U.S. 87

Ruling Epperson v. Arkansas

Nov 17, 1968 · 393 U.S. 97

Ruling Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Co.

Nov 18, 1968 · 393 U.S. 129

Ruling Commonwealth Coatings Corp. v. Continental Casualty Co.

Nov 18, 1968 · 393 U.S. 145

Ruling Grunenthal v. Long Island Rail Road Co.

Nov 18, 1968 · 393 U.S. 156

Ruling Carroll v. President and Commissioners of Princess Anne

Nov 19, 1968 · 393 U.S. 175

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.