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The United States on January 13, 1971

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

34 R · 33 D

67 senators · 92nd Congress

House

—

0 representatives

Supreme Court

5 R · 4 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

25 amendments in force

Unemployment

6.1%

Dec 1970 · $1 then ≈ $8.47 today

Public debt

$371B

as of Jun 30, 1970 · 3 armed conflicts

1971-01-13/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 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

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 Health, Education, and Welfare Elliot Richardson R

since Jun 24, 1970

Director of the Office of Management and Budget George Shultz R

since Jul 1, 1970

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency William Ruckelshaus R

since Dec 4, 1970

1971-01-13/congress92nd Congress

Senate · 34 R · 33 D

House ·

1971-01-13/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

Harry Andrew Blackmun R

Associate Justice · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · since May 14, 1970

1971-01-13/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

1971-01-13/weekWithin a week · Jan 6, 1971 – Jan 20, 1971

War powers Gulf of Tonkin Resolution repealed

Jan 12, 1971 · Congress

Law Foreign Military Sales Act of 1971

Jan 12, 1971 · Pub. L. 91-672

Ruling National Labor Relations Board v. Local 825

Jan 12, 1971 · 400 U.S. 297

Ruling Wyman v. James

Jan 12, 1971 · 400 U.S. 309

Ruling Bruno v. Pennsylvania

Jan 12, 1971 · 400 U.S. 350

Law Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act

Jan 13, 1971 · Pub. L. 91-695

Ruling U.S. Bulk Carriers, Inc. v. Arguelles

Jan 13, 1971 · 400 U.S. 351

Ruling Blount v. Rizzi

Jan 14, 1971 · 400 U.S. 410

Ruling Perkins v. Matthews

Jan 14, 1971 · 400 U.S. 379

Ruling Wisconsin v. Constantineau

Jan 19, 1971 · 400 U.S. 433

Ruling Procunier v. Atchley

Jan 19, 1971 · 400 U.S. 446

Ruling Mayberry v. Pennsylvania

Jan 20, 1971 · 400 U.S. 455

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.