Incumbents
- President: Herbert Hoover (Republican) (until March 4), Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) (starting March 4)
- Vice President: Charles Curtis (Republican) (until March 4), John Nance Garner (Democratic) (starting March 4)
- Chief Justice: Charles Evans Hughes
- Speaker of the House of Representatives: John Nance Garner (D-Texas) (until March 4), Henry Thomas Rainey (D-Illinois) (starting March 9)
- Senate Majority Leader: James Eli Watson (R-Indiana) (until March 4), Joseph Taylor Robinson (D-Arkansas) (starting March 4)
- Congress: 72nd (until March 4), 73rd (starting March 4)
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