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The United States on January 12, 1974

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

58 D · 41 R

100 senators · 93rd Congress

House

241 D · 193 R

435 representatives

Supreme Court

6 R · 3 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

26 amendments in force

Unemployment

4.9%

Dec 1973 · $1 then ≈ $7.29 today

Public debt

$458B

as of Jun 30, 1973

1974-01-12/executiveThe administration

President Richard Milhous Nixon R

since Jan 20, 1973

Vice President Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R

Secretary of the Treasury George Shultz R

since Jun 12, 1972

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Roy Ash I

since Feb 2, 1973

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development James Thomas Lynn R

since Feb 2, 1973

Secretary of Commerce Frederick B. Dent R

since Feb 2, 1973

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Caspar Weinberger R

since Feb 12, 1973

Ambassador to the United Nations John A. Scali R

since Feb 20, 1973

White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig R

since May 4, 1973

Secretary of Defense James R. Schlesinger R

since Jul 2, 1973

Director of Central Intelligence William Colby I

since Sep 4, 1973

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Russell E. Train R

since Sep 12, 1973

Secretary of State Henry Kissinger R

since Sep 22, 1973

Attorney General William B. Saxbe R

since Jan 4, 1974

1974-01-12/congress93rd Congress

Senate · 58 D · 41 R · 1 C

House · 241 D · 193 R · 1 ID

1974-01-12/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

1974-01-12/weekWithin a week · Jan 5, 1974 – Jan 19, 1974

Ruling United States v. Maze

Jan 8, 1974 · 414 U.S. 395

Ruling United States v. Calandra

Jan 8, 1974 · 414 U.S. 338

Ruling Gateway Coal Co. v. United Mine Workers of America

Jan 8, 1974 · 414 U.S. 368

Ruling Communist Party of Indiana v. Whitcomb

Jan 9, 1974 · 414 U.S. 441

Ruling Marshall v. United States

Jan 9, 1974 · 414 U.S. 417

Ruling National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. National Association of Railroad Passengers

Jan 9, 1974 · 414 U.S. 453

Ruling O'Shea v. Littleton

Jan 15, 1974 · 414 U.S. 488

Ruling Spomer v. Littleton

Jan 15, 1974 · 414 U.S. 514

Ruling O'Brien v. Skinner

Jan 16, 1974 · 414 U.S. 524

Ruling American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah

Jan 16, 1974 · 414 U.S. 538

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.