# United States Department of Commerce founding date

entity: /record/us-department-of-commerce.md  
predicate: founded  
page: /record/us-department-of-commerce/founded  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, United States Department of Commerce's founding date on the AsOf record is March 4, 1913, dated March 4, 1913, from 2 secondary sources (archives.gov and wordnetweb.princeton.edu). The record holds 1 claim on United States Department of Commerce's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founding date

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [United States Department of Commerce](/record/us-department-of-commerce.md) | founded | 1913-03-04 | valid 1913-03-04 to present | conf 0.90 | valid | [clm_EF3BBD7A8EC3](/claim/clm_EF3BBD7A8EC3.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503577, https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/040.html, http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Department%20of%20Commerce

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [United States Department of Commerce](/record/us-department-of-commerce.md) | founded | 1913-03-04 | valid 1913-03-04 to present | conf 0.90 | valid | [clm_EF3BBD7A8EC3](/claim/clm_EF3BBD7A8EC3.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503577, https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/040.html, http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Department%20of%20Commerce

## Questions this record answers

### What is United States Department of Commerce's current founding date?

March 4, 1913, dated March 4, 1913, from 2 secondary sources (archives.gov and wordnetweb.princeton.edu). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.90).


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