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The United States on January 29, 1970

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 · 43 R

100 senators · 91st Congress

House

242 D · 192 R

434 representatives

Supreme Court

4 D · 4 R

8 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

25 amendments in force

Unemployment

3.5%

Dec 1969 · $1 then ≈ $8.94 today

Public debt

$354B

as of Jun 30, 1969 · 3 armed conflicts

1970-01-29/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

1970-01-29/congress91st Congress

Senate · 57 D · 43 R

House · 242 D · 192 R

1970-01-29/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

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

Thurgood Marshall D

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

Warren Earl Burger R

Chief Justice · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · since Jun 23, 1969

1970-01-29/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

Cambodian Civil War

since Jan 1, 1970 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

1970-01-29/weekWithin a week · Jan 22, 1970 – Feb 5, 1970

Ruling Arkansas v. Tennessee

Jan 25, 1970 · 397 U.S. 88

Ruling Evans v. Abney

Jan 26, 1970 · 396 U.S. 435

Ruling Breen v. Selective Service Local Board No. 16

Jan 26, 1970 · 396 U.S. 460

Ruling Goldstein v. Cox

Jan 26, 1970 · 396 U.S. 471

Ruling United States v. Interstate Commerce Commission

Feb 2, 1970 · 396 U.S. 491

Ruling Ross v. Bernhard

Feb 2, 1970 · 396 U.S. 531

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.