Incumbents
- President: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
- Vice President: John Nance Garner (Democratic) (until January 20), Henry A. Wallace (Democratic) (starting January 20)
- Chief Justice: Charles Evans Hughes (until June 30), Harlan F. Stone (starting July 3)
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sam Rayburn (D-Texas)
- Senate Majority Leader: Alben W. Barkley (D-Kentucky)
- Congress: 76th (until January 3), 77th (starting January 3)
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