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The United States on January 15, 1985

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

53 R · 47 D

100 senators · 99th Congress

House

253 D · 182 R

435 representatives

Supreme Court

7 R · 2 D

9 justices by appointing party

Union

50 states

26 amendments in force

Unemployment

7.3%

Dec 1984 · $1 then ≈ $3.20 today

Public debt

$1.57T

as of Sep 30, 1984

1985-01-15/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 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

1985-01-15/congress99th Congress

Senate · 53 R · 47 D

House · 253 D · 182 R

1985-01-15/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

1985-01-15/weekWithin a week · Jan 8, 1985 – Jan 22, 1985

Ronald Wilson Reagan takes office · Jan 20, 1985

Ruling Mills Music, Inc. v. Snyder

Jan 8, 1985 · 469 U.S. 153

Ruling Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Thurston

Jan 8, 1985 · 469 U.S. 111

Ruling Paulsen v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Jan 8, 1985 · 469 U.S. 131

Ruling Park 'N Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park and Fly, Inc.

Jan 8, 1985 · 469 U.S. 189

Ruling United States v. Hensley

Jan 8, 1985 · 469 U.S. 221

Ruling Board of License Commissioners of the Town of Tiverton v. Pastore

Jan 8, 1985 · 469 U.S. 238

Ruling Lawrence County v. Lead-Deadwood School District No. 40-1

Jan 9, 1985 · 469 U.S. 256

Law A joint resolution extending the time within which the President may transmit the Budget Message and the Economic Report to the Congress and extending the time within which the Joint Economic Committee shall file its report.

Jan 9, 1985 · Pub. L. 99-1

Ruling United States v. Boyle

Jan 9, 1985 · 469 U.S. 241

Ruling Ohio v. Kovacs

Jan 9, 1985 · 469 U.S. 274

Ruling Alexander v. Choate

Jan 9, 1985 · 469 U.S. 287

Ruling Tiffany Fine Arts, Inc. v. United States

Jan 9, 1985 · 469 U.S. 310

Ruling New Jersey v. T. L. O.

Jan 15, 1985 · 469 U.S. 325

Ruling Evitts v. Lucey

Jan 21, 1985 · 469 U.S. 387

Ruling Wainwright v. Witt

Jan 21, 1985 · 469 U.S. 412

Ruling Brandon v. Holt

Jan 21, 1985 · 469 U.S. 464

Ruling United States v. Johns

Jan 21, 1985 · 469 U.S. 478

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.