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The United States on January 12, 1975

Who held every office, how Congress and the Court were made up, and what happened within a week. Diff this day against today →

President

Jr.

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R · since Aug 9, 1974

Senate

38 D · 27 R

66 senators · 94th Congress

House

—

0 representatives

Supreme Court

6 R · 3 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

26 amendments in force

Unemployment

7.2%

Dec 1974 · $1 then ≈ $6.49 today

Public debt

$475B

as of Jun 30, 1974

1975-01-12/executiveThe administration

President Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. R

since Aug 9, 1974

Vice President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller R

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

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

Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon R

since May 9, 1974

White House Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld R

since Sep 21, 1974

1975-01-12/congress94th Congress

Senate · 38 D · 27 R · 1 C

House ·

1975-01-12/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

1975-01-12/weekWithin a week · Jan 5, 1975 – Jan 19, 1975

Law A bill to authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey any interest held by the United States in certain property in Jasper County, Ga., to the Jasper County Board of Education.

Jan 8, 1975 · Pub. L. 93-648

Law A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code in order to clarify when claims must be presented for reimbursement of memorial services expenses in the case of members of the Armed Forces whose remains are not recovered.

Jan 8, 1975 · Pub. L. 93-649

Ruling Fusari v. Steinberg

Jan 14, 1975 · 419 U.S. 379

Ruling Sosna v. Iowa

Jan 14, 1975 · 419 U.S. 393

Ruling International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. v. Local 134

Jan 14, 1975 · 419 U.S. 428

Ruling Schlesinger v. Ballard

Jan 15, 1975 · 419 U.S. 498

Ruling Maness v. Meyers

Jan 15, 1975 · 419 U.S. 449

Ruling Cousins v. Wigoda

Jan 15, 1975 · 419 U.S. 477

Agency + Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Jan 19, 1975 · independent_agency

Agency − United States Atomic Energy Commission

Jan 19, 1975 · other

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.