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The United States on January 30, 1973

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, 1973

Senate

57 D · 42 R

100 senators · 93rd Congress

House

240 D · 192 R

433 representatives

Supreme Court

6 R · 3 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

26 amendments in force

Unemployment

5.2%

Dec 1972 · $1 then ≈ $7.93 today

Public debt

$427B

as of Jun 30, 1972 · 3 armed conflicts

1973-01-30/executiveThe administration

President Richard Milhous Nixon R

since Jan 20, 1973

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 Transportation John Anthony Volpe R

since Jan 22, 1969

Secretary of State William P. Rogers R

since Jan 22, 1969

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency William Ruckelshaus R

since Dec 4, 1970

Secretary of Commerce Peter George Peterson R

since Feb 29, 1972

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Caspar Weinberger R

since Jun 12, 1972

Attorney General Richard Kleindienst R

since Jun 12, 1972

Secretary of the Treasury George Shultz R

since Jun 12, 1972

Secretary of Defense Elliot Richardson R

since Jan 30, 1973

1973-01-30/congress93rd Congress

Senate · 57 D · 42 R · 1 C

House · 240 D · 192 R · 1 ID

1973-01-30/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

1973-01-30/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

1973-01-30/weekWithin a week · Jan 23, 1973 – Feb 6, 1973

Law A joint resolution providing for a moment of Prayer and Thanksgiving and a National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving.

Feb 1, 1973 · Pub. L. 93-3

Law An original joint resolution to amend section 1319 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 to increase the limitation on the face amount of flood insurance coverage authorized to be outstanding.

Feb 2, 1973 · Pub. L. 93-4

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.