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The United States on January 16, 1984

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

55 R · 45 D

100 senators · 98th Congress

House

267 D · 167 R

434 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

26 amendments in force

Unemployment

8.3%

Dec 1983 · $1 then ≈ $3.33 today

Public debt

$1.38T

as of Sep 30, 1983 · 1 armed conflict

1984-01-16/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

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

Secretary of State George Shultz R

since Jul 16, 1982

Secretary of Energy Donald P. Hodel R

since Nov 5, 1982

Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole R

since Feb 7, 1983

Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret Heckler R

since Mar 9, 1983

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency William Ruckelshaus R

since May 15, 1983

1984-01-16/congress98th Congress

Senate · 55 R · 45 D

House · 267 D · 167 R

1984-01-16/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

1984-01-16/militaryArmed conflicts under way

Lebanese Civil War (Multinational Force)

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

1984-01-16/weekWithin a week · Jan 9, 1984 – Jan 23, 1984

Ruling Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Engle

Jan 10, 1984 · 464 U.S. 206

Ruling United States v. Mendoza

Jan 10, 1984 · 464 U.S. 154

Ruling United States v. Stauffer Chemical Co.

Jan 10, 1984 · 464 U.S. 165

Ruling Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Phinpathya

Jan 10, 1984 · 464 U.S. 183

Ruling Silkwood v. Kerr-Mcgee Corp.

Jan 11, 1984 · 464 U.S. 238

Ruling Michigan v. Clifford

Jan 11, 1984 · 464 U.S. 287

Ruling Secretary of the Interior v. California

Jan 11, 1984 · 464 U.S. 312

Ruling Sony Corporation of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.

Jan 17, 1984 · 464 U.S. 417

Ruling Badaracco v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Jan 17, 1984 · 464 U.S. 386

Ruling Donovan v. Lone Steer, Inc.

Jan 17, 1984 · 464 U.S. 408

Ruling Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of California

Jan 18, 1984 · 464 U.S. 501

Ruling Daily Income Fund, Inc. v. Fox

Jan 18, 1984 · 464 U.S. 523

Ruling McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. Greenwood

Jan 18, 1984 · 464 U.S. 548

Ruling Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman

Jan 23, 1984 · 465 U.S. 89

Ruling Southland Corp. v. Keating

Jan 23, 1984 · 465 U.S. 1

Ruling Pulley v. Harris

Jan 23, 1984 · 465 U.S. 37

Ruling Migra v. Warren City School District Board of Education

Jan 23, 1984 · 465 U.S. 75

Ruling McKaskle v. Wiggins

Jan 23, 1984 · 465 U.S. 168

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.