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The United States on January 18, 1980

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

President

Carter

James Earl Carter D · since Jan 20, 1977

Senate

59 D · 41 R

100 senators · 96th Congress

House

276 D · 159 R

435 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

26 amendments in force

Unemployment

Dec 1979 · $1 then ≈ $4.39 today

Public debt

$827B

as of Sep 30, 1979

1980-01-18/executiveThe administration

President James Earl Carter D

since Jan 20, 1977

Vice President Walter Frederick Mondale D

Secretary of Defense Harold Brown D

since Jan 21, 1977

Secretary of State Cyrus Vance D

since Jan 23, 1977

Secretary of Agriculture Robert Bergland D

since Jan 23, 1977

Secretary of the Interior Cecil D. Andrus D

since Jan 23, 1977

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Douglas M. Costle D

since Mar 7, 1977

Director of Central Intelligence Stansfield Turner D

since Mar 9, 1977

Director of the Office of Management and Budget James T. McIntyre D

since Sep 24, 1977

Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Patricia Harris D

since Aug 3, 1979

White House Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan D

since Aug 6, 1979

Secretary of the Treasury G. William Miller D

since Aug 6, 1979

Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti D

since Aug 16, 1979

Secretary of Energy Charles Duncan, Jr. D

since Aug 24, 1979

Ambassador to the United Nations Donald McHenry D

since Sep 23, 1979

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Moon Landrieu D

since Sep 24, 1979

Secretary of Transportation Neil Goldschmidt D

since Sep 24, 1979

Secretary of Education Shirley M. Hufstedler D

since Nov 30, 1979

1980-01-18/congress96th Congress

Senate · 59 D · 41 R

House · 276 D · 159 R

1980-01-18/supreme-courtThe bench

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

John Paul Stevens R

Associate Justice · appointed by Gerald Ford · since Dec 17, 1975

1980-01-18/weekWithin a week · Jan 11, 1980 – Jan 25, 1980

Ruling Vance v. Terrazas

Jan 15, 1980 · 444 U.S. 252

Ruling Martinez v. California

Jan 15, 1980 · 444 U.S. 277

Ruling World-Wide Volkswagen Corp. v. Woodson

Jan 21, 1980 · 444 U.S. 286

Ruling Rush v. Savchuk

Jan 21, 1980 · 444 U.S. 320

Ruling Ohio v. Kentucky

Jan 21, 1980 · 444 U.S. 335

Ruling Brown v. Glines

Jan 21, 1980 · 444 U.S. 348

Ruling Idaho ex rel. Evans v. Oregon

Jan 21, 1980 · 444 U.S. 380

Ruling United States v. Bailey

Jan 21, 1980 · 444 U.S. 394

Ruling Secretary of the Navy v. Huff

Jan 21, 1980 · 444 U.S. 453

Ruling Hatzlachh Supply Co., Inc. v. United States

Jan 21, 1980 · 444 U.S. 460

Ruling Estes v. Metropolitan Branches of the Dallas NAACP

Jan 21, 1980 · 444 U.S. 437

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.