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The United States on January 27, 1969

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

President

Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon R · since Jan 20, 1969

Senate

57 D · 42 R

99 senators · 91st Congress

House

243 D · 191 R

434 representatives

Supreme Court

5 D · 4 R

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

25 amendments in force

Unemployment

3.4%

Dec 1968 · $1 then ≈ $9.49 today

Public debt

$348B

as of Jun 30, 1968 · 2 armed conflicts

1969-01-27/executiveThe administration

President Richard Milhous Nixon R

since Jan 20, 1969

Vice President Spiro Theodore Agnew R

Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms I

since Jun 30, 1966

White House Chief of Staff Harry Robbins Haldeman R

since Jan 20, 1969

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Robert Finch R

since Jan 21, 1969

Secretary of Commerce Maurice Stans R

since Jan 21, 1969

Attorney General John N. Mitchell R

since Jan 21, 1969

Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird R

since Jan 21, 1969

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Robert Mayo R

since Jan 22, 1969

Secretary of Labor George Shultz R

since Jan 22, 1969

Secretary of the Treasury David M. Kennedy R

since Jan 22, 1969

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development George W. Romney R

since Jan 22, 1969

Secretary of Transportation John Anthony Volpe R

since Jan 22, 1969

Secretary of State William P. Rogers R

since Jan 22, 1969

Ambassador to the United Nations Charles Woodruff Yost D

since Jan 23, 1969

Secretary of the Interior Wally Hickel R

since Jan 24, 1969

1969-01-27/congress91st Congress

Senate · 57 D · 42 R

House · 243 D · 191 R

1969-01-27/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

1969-01-27/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

1969-01-27/weekWithin a week · Jan 20, 1969 – Feb 3, 1969

Richard Milhous Nixon takes office · Jan 20, 1969

Ruling Hunter v. Erickson

Jan 20, 1969 · 393 U.S. 385

Ruling Gardner v. California

Jan 20, 1969 · 393 U.S. 367

Ruling Smith v. Hooey

Jan 20, 1969 · 393 U.S. 374

Ruling Spinelli v. United States

Jan 27, 1969 · 393 U.S. 410

Ruling Presbyterian Church in the United States v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian Church

Jan 27, 1969 · 393 U.S. 440

Ruling Securities and Exchange Commission v. National Securities, Inc.

Jan 27, 1969 · 393 U.S. 453

Ruling Skinner v. Louisiana

Jan 27, 1969 · 393 U.S. 473

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.