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The United States on January 31, 1972

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

55 D · 44 R

100 senators · 92nd Congress

House

255 D · 180 R

435 representatives

Supreme Court

6 R · 3 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

26 amendments in force

Unemployment

5.8%

Jan 1972 · $1 then ≈ $8.20 today

Public debt

$398B

as of Jun 30, 1971 · 3 armed conflicts

1972-01-31/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 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

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

Secretary of the Treasury John Connally D

since Feb 11, 1971

Ambassador to the United Nations George H. W. Bush R

since Mar 1, 1971

1972-01-31/congress92nd Congress

Senate · 55 D · 44 R · 1 C

House · 255 D · 180 R

1972-01-31/supreme-courtThe bench

William Orville Douglas D

Associate Justice · appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt · since Apr 15, 1939

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

Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. R

Associate Justice · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · since Dec 9, 1971

William Hubbs Rehnquist R

Associate Justice · appointed by Richard M. Nixon · since Dec 15, 1971

1972-01-31/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

1972-01-31/weekWithin a week · Jan 24, 1972 – Feb 7, 1972

Ruling Board of Regents of the University of Texas System v. New Left Education Project

Jan 24, 1972 · 404 U.S. 541

Law Federal Election Campaign Act

Feb 7, 1972 · Pub. L. 92-225

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.