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The United States on January 16, 1981

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

53 R · 47 D

100 senators · 97th Congress

House

241 D · 193 R

435 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

26 amendments in force

Unemployment

7.2%

Dec 1980 · $1 then ≈ $3.90 today

Public debt

$908B

as of Sep 30, 1980

1981-01-16/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 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 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

Secretary of Health and Human Services Patricia Harris D

since May 4, 1980

Secretary of State Edmund Muskie D

since May 8, 1980

White House Chief of Staff Jack Watson D

since Jun 11, 1980

1981-01-16/congress97th Congress

Senate · 53 R · 47 D

House · 241 D · 193 R · 1 I

1981-01-16/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

1981-01-16/weekWithin a week · Jan 9, 1981 – Jan 23, 1981

Ronald Wilson Reagan takes office · Jan 20, 1981

Ruling Allstate Insurance Co. v. Hague

Jan 13, 1981 · 449 U.S. 302

Ruling Watkins v. Sowders

Jan 13, 1981 · 449 U.S. 341

Ruling United States v. Morrison

Jan 13, 1981 · 449 U.S. 361

Ruling Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Risjord

Jan 13, 1981 · 449 U.S. 368

Ruling Upjohn Co. v. United States

Jan 13, 1981 · 449 U.S. 383

Ruling United States v. Cortez

Jan 21, 1981 · 449 U.S. 411

Ruling Rubin v. United States

Jan 21, 1981 · 449 U.S. 424

Ruling Cuyler v. Adams

Jan 21, 1981 · 449 U.S. 433

Ruling Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co.

Jan 21, 1981 · 449 U.S. 456

Ruling Fedorenko v. United States

Jan 21, 1981 · 449 U.S. 490

Ruling Sumner v. Mata

Jan 21, 1981 · 449 U.S. 539

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.