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The United States on January 15, 1983

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

President

Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan R · since Jan 20, 1981

Senate

54 R · 46 D

100 senators · 98th Congress

House

268 D · 167 R

435 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

26 amendments in force

Unemployment

10.8%

Dec 1982 · $1 then ≈ $3.45 today

Public debt

$1.14T

as of Sep 30, 1982 · 1 armed conflict

1983-01-15/executiveThe administration

President Ronald Wilson Reagan R

since Jan 20, 1981

Vice President George Herbert Walker Bush R

White House Chief of Staff James Baker R

since Jan 20, 1981

Director of the Office of Management and Budget David Stockman R

since Jan 21, 1981

Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger R

since Jan 21, 1981

Secretary of Education Terrel Bell R

since Jan 22, 1981

Secretary of the Treasury Donald Regan R

since Jan 22, 1981

Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt R

since Jan 23, 1981

Attorney General William French Smith R

since Jan 23, 1981

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Samuel Pierce R

since Jan 23, 1981

Director of Central Intelligence William J. Casey R

since Jan 28, 1981

Secretary of Labor Raymond J. Donovan R

since Feb 4, 1981

Ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick D

since Feb 4, 1981

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Anne Gorsuch Burford R

since May 20, 1981

Secretary of State George Shultz R

since Jul 16, 1982

Secretary of Energy Donald P. Hodel R

since Nov 5, 1982

1983-01-15/congress98th Congress

Senate · 54 R · 46 D

House · 268 D · 167 R

1983-01-15/supreme-courtThe bench

William Joseph Brennan, Jr. R

Associate Justice · appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower · since Mar 21, 1957

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

Sandra Day O'Connor R

Associate Justice · appointed by Ronald Reagan · since Sep 22, 1981

1983-01-15/militaryArmed conflicts under way

Lebanese Civil War (Multinational Force)

since Jan 1, 1983 · U.S. supporting a government with troops in combat

1983-01-15/weekWithin a week · Jan 8, 1983 – Jan 22, 1983

Law An act to modify a withdrawal of certain lands in Mono County, California, to facilitate an exchange for certain other lands in Mono County, California, and for other purposes.

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-426

Law A bill to recognize the organization known as Former Members of Congress.

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-427

Law A bill to authorize the exchange of certain land held in trust by the United States for the Navajo Tribe, and for other purposes.

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-428

Law Texas Band of Kickapoo Act

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-429

Law A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to release on behalf of the United States certain restrictions contained in a previous conveyance of land to the city of Albuquerque, N. Mex., and for other purposes.

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-431

Law A bill to amend the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended, to eliminate certain unnecessary regulatory requirements.

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-432

Law National Park System Visitor Facilities Fund Act

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-433

Law A bill to declare certain Federal lands acquired for the benefit of Indians to be held in trust for the Tribes of such Indians.

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-434

Law A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to release certain conditions contained in a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the United States to Eastern Washington University.

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-435

Law A bill to provide for the distribution of Warm Springs judgment funds awarded in Docket number 198 before the Indian Claims Commission, and for other purposes.

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-436

Law An act to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow student interns of the Internal Revenue Service to have access to certain information required by such students in the performance of their official duties.

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-437

Law A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to extend for an additional year the Agricultural and Productive Credit and Self-Help Community Development Programs.

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-438

Law Federal Seed Act Amendments of 1982

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-439

Law A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to allow modifications of certain effluent limitations relating to biochemical oxygen demand and pH.

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-440

Law A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to designate the week of January 16, 1983, through January 22, 1983, as "National Jaycee Week."

Jan 8, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-442

Agency + Executive Office for Immigration Review

Jan 9, 1983 · sub_agency

Ruling Bowen v. United States Postal Service

Jan 11, 1983 · 459 U.S. 212

Law Futures Trading Act of 1982

Jan 11, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-444

Ruling Pillsbury Co. v. Conboy

Jan 11, 1983 · 459 U.S. 248

Ruling Director v. Perini North River Associates

Jan 11, 1983 · 459 U.S. 297

Law Internal Revenue Code of 1954 and Social Security Act

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-455

Law A bill to reduce certain duties, to suspend temporarily certain duties, to extend certain existing suspensions of duties, and for other purposes.

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-446

Law A bill to exempt the United States Capitol Historical Society from certain taxes.

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-447

Law Technical Corrections Act of 1982

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-448

Law A bill to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain general and permanent laws related to transportation as subtitle I and chapter 31 of subtitle II of title 49, United States Code, "Transportation".

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-449

Law Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-451

Law A bill to codify without substantive change recent laws related to money and finance and to improve the United States Code.

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-452

Law A bill to improve fishery conservation and management.

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-453

Law A bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to transfer responsibility for the quarterly financial report from the Federal Trade Commission to the Secretary of Commerce, and for other purposes.

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-454

Law A bill to authorize appropriations for the United States International Trade Commission, the United States Customs Service, and the Office of the United States Trade Representative for fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes.

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-456

Law A joint resolution to make technical corrections in certain banking and related statutes.

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-457

Law A bill to amend the Act of October 19, 1973 (87 Stat. 466), relating to the use or distribution of certain judgement funds awarded by the Indian Claims Commission or the Court of Claims.

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-458

Law Indian Land Consolidation Act

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-459

Law A bill to revise the boundaries of the Saratoga National Historical Park in the State of New York, and for other purposes.

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-460

Law An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to assess civil penalties with respect to violations of certain Acts relating to the prevention of the introduction and dissemination into the United States of plant pests, plant diseases, and livestock and poultry diseases, to increase the amount of criminal fines which may be imposed with respect to violations of such Acts, and for other purposes.

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-461

Law Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Amendments Act of 1982

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-462

Law A bill to amend title 28 to provide protection to all jurors in Federal cases to clarify the compensation of attorneys for jurors in protecting their employment rights, and authorizing the service of jury summonses by ordinary mail.

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-463

Law An act to amend the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 to extend authorizations of appropriations, and for other purposes.

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-464

Law A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain National Forest System Lands, and for other purposes.

Jan 12, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-465

Law A bill to designate certain lands in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, as wilderness; and to designate management of certain lands for uses other than wilderness.

Jan 13, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-466

Law Rail Safety and Service Improvement Act of 1982

Jan 14, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-468

Law A joint resolution establishing the dates for submission of the Budget and Economic Report.

Jan 14, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-469

Law Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act

Jan 14, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-470

Law A bill to modify the judicial districts of West Virginia, and for other purposes.

Jan 14, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-471

Law An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the tax treatment of periodic payments for damages received on account of personal injury or sickness, and for other purposes.

Jan 14, 1983 · Pub. L. 97-473

Ruling Shepard v. National Labor Relations Board

Jan 18, 1983 · 459 U.S. 344

Ruling Missouri v. Hunter

Jan 19, 1983 · 459 U.S. 359

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.